Three weeks ago, I wondered if the leadership rotation this year toward small- and micro-cap stocks would persist. Leading the charge higher this year: micro caps - IWC - which is still running hot in ...

A surge in private capital flows is incentivizing some companies to stay private for longer, intensifying business competition, and causing more public companies to be taken private. The effect: The ...

Small caps have been plagued by negative earnings growth for years. That has led to significant underperformance relative to the S&P 500. S&P 600 earnings growth finally turned positive in 2025 and is ...

Bank of America strategists are bullish on small cap stocks (IWM), (SP600) in 2026, expecting them to outperform both mid- (SP400) and large caps (SP500) after facing numerous challenges in 2025. “The ...

Wall Street had a wobbly start to 2026, with major stock indices ending the year’s first trading day with a mixed note. While the S&P 500 inched up 0.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.7 ...

Global investors face an increasingly volatile market environment, forcing a rethink of traditional investment strategies. With tariff threats rattling supply chains and geopolitical uncertainty ...

The S&P 500 is down on the year through late March, but surprisingly, small caps are not. This divergence, while not dramatic in size, reflects something more meaningful happening underneath the ...

Small-cap stocks have trailed large caps for 15 years -- an historical anomaly. Eras of small-cap and large-cap outperformance generally last 6 to 16 years. There are three reasons to believe a ...

Russell 2000 companies collectively carry over $800 billion in debt, with approximately $368 billion maturing in 2026 and another $341 billion in 2027. Here’s the problem, tough. 43% of small-caps are ...

Small cap mutual funds that invest in the stocks of very small companies have given among the worst performers in 2025 with a negative average return of 5%. In January 2026, the small cap funds again ...