A flood of foreign money into Brazil’s biggest companies in the first quarter has left small caps trading at their cheapest versus larger peers in over six years, with some investors saying the shift ...

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 ...

Zachary Evens: Small-cap stocks have spent the last few years in the market’s shadow, but 2026 could shape up to be a different story. With interest rates falling, economic growth broadening, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brett uses “second-level thinking” to find dividend stocks to buy. Late in 2025, I wrote about a “small-cap reawakening”—a bullish ...

The Russell 2000 index is one of the most popular market benchmarks for small-cap stocks. The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (VTWO) casts the widest net for this space, but that also means it includes both ...

Thanks to inflation, $100 doesn't sound like much these days, but there's another way for investors to look at that amount. Consider it as a seed to be planted and, when tended to, one that will grow ...

Small-cap ETFs are goldmines that contain some of the most promising opportunities. Instead of digging through small-cap ETFs, you can buy shares in the funds for diversified exposure. Are you ahead, ...

Small-cap stocks are on a tear: The Morningstar US Small Cap Index is outperforming both the Morningstar US Large Cap Index and the broad-based Morningstar US Market Index by a healthy margin over the ...

Small-caps are already outperforming the S&P 500 by 8% in the early stages of 2026. However, their overall quality is poor and they tend to get volatile at the wrong times. Investors should be ...

The Russell 2000 index came back to earth on Friday, breaking one of its best stretches in decades. The index focused on small-cap stocks fell 1.8%, trailing both the S&P 500 and other major U.S.

If the first few trading sessions of the year are any indication, 2026 is set to be the year of the small-cap trade. The Russell 2000 hit all-time closing and intraday highs Thursday, putting the ...