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Index Construction Matters in U.S. Small Cap
Market participants generally expect risk/return profiles to be similar across broad market indices representing the same universe. However, indices’ risk/return characteristics can vary substantially. As of Aug. 31, 2019, the S&P SmallCap 600® returned 10.21% per year since year-end 1993, while the Russell 2000 returned 8.53%. So why is there a substantial risk/return gap between…
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Can small-cap outperformance continue?
Small caps have materially outperformed large caps in 2018, with the S&P SmallCap 600 outpacing the S&P 500 7.80% to 2.58% between Dec. 29, 2017, and May 25, 2018.1 Below, I highlight what I believe to be the drivers of small-cap returns this year, and why I believe the trend could continue. Tax cuts have…
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S&P 500 Posts Best January Since 1997
If the glass can be more than half full, this stock market glass is so full, it’s time to wonder when it may spill over. Large-caps continue to lead the U.S. equity market with the S&P 500 (TR) delivering its 15th consecutively positive month, its best month since March 2016, its best January since 1997…
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Why Size Matters
This morning’s Financial Times revisits the argument that smaller funds generally have a performance advantage over larger funds. One contention advanced in favor of this view is that as funds grow, they “have” to hold more large-cap stocks, and that this large-cap weighting hurts overall performance: “Outperformance in large-cap companies is harder to achieve because…
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