After years of underperformance, small caps are off to a strong start in 2026.

While the three major indexes were struggling for direction, the small-cap Russell 2000 was solidly in the green. The Russell 2000 was trading at 2,529.13 on Thursday, above its previous record close.

With small-caps strutting their stuff to start 2026, this ETF may be garnering more attention, but investors can do better.

Small-cap stocks just beat large-cap stocks for 14 straight days.

There are plenty of markets on the precipice of moving early on Monday, and with this, I am looking at a wide array of assets ...

For 2025, small-cap stocks have experienced a significant turnaround, outperforming large caps, especially in the past 6 months. During this period, the December Russell 2000 futures rose 16%, while ...

The markets are seeing several assets and indices trying to fire off important signals as we head into the weekend.

Russell 1000 outperformed Russell 2000 in Q2, consistent with the 12M trend. Segmenting Russell Top 200 resumed its outperformance of Russell Midcap, after lagging during Q1. Both large-cap and ...

Conventional wisdom holds that small-cap stocks are riskier than their large-cap counterparts. Over the past decade, the Russell 2000 saw a maximum drawdown of 41.75%, while the S&P 500’s was 33.79%.

U.S. small-cap stocks measured by the Russell 2000 Index remain in a “solid uptrend” after climbing to a record high on Wednesday, according to Bespoke Investment Group. In a note emailed on Thursday, ...