These nine new ETFs are the first to provide sector-specific exposure within the U.S. small-cap stock market.
One of the bullish signals, says Arbeter, is the recent strength of the small-cap and mid-cap stock groups.
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It is a small-cap stock trading at the lowest levels in a year.
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Keep in mind that these funds have higher tax-cost ratios than the typical large-cap or small-cap stock mutual fund.
When I reached base, I called my office and sold every small-cap stock I owned, half of my portfolio.
If a micro-cap stock is in your large cap pension fund, is that an appropriate investment for that fund?
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As often happens when Cramer discusses a small or mid-cap stock, CRUS bounced more than 11% on Tuesday morning.
Rudy Martin, editor of Latin Stock Investing , believes that this large-cap stock is due to grow even larger in 2011.
Jim Oberweis has just issued his new small-cap stock picks for June.
General Electric ( 32 , GE ) is a quintessential large-cap stock.
No other large cap stock comes close to positive expected value on any form of investment direct stock purchase, options, combinations.
Did you know that a micro-cap stock was even in that fund?
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So far in 2007, Dreyfus Small-Cap Stock Index has gained 11.1%.
Of course mutual fund interest is probably also stoked by the opportunity to amass a sizable position in a small-cap stock without tipping off the market.
In aggregate the market-cap-weighted shares of our 2010 class were up 43% over 12 months versus 21% for the FTSE Asia Pacific Small Cap stock index.
But the markets put in new 5-year highs despite the performance of its biggest cap stock, and in the face of a somewhat mixed economic data week.
If this reflects shrinking appetites for risk by investors, then small-cap stock prices may see further pressure especially those that have enjoyed strong run-ups over the past several months.
While it was a bit too small in size for inclusion in the two newsletters we put out, it was perfect for the small cap stock bonus report I was working on at the time.
Improving U.S. cyclical dynamics should disproportionately benefit smaller U.S. companies, in particular, because the small- and mid-cap stock indexes have greater exposure to economically sensitive sectors than large-caps, and generate a higher portion of earnings from domestic sources.
Even though large cap stock market averages are nearly 7% higher than they were at the start of the year, they have spent the first eleven months of 2010 bouncing from the lower to the upper bands of a sideways trading range.
For example, large cap stocks have historically returned about 9% per annum in the U.S., but due to the new market realities, of slow growth, heightened volatility, punctuated by periodic financial crisis, an annual return estimate of 6% to 8% for a large cap stock portfolio might be more realistic.
Bowers points out one apparent inconsistency that, he says, suggests input from Fidelity in the selection process: Although Morningstar had previously named Joel Tillinghast as one of two fund managers of the year, they did not recommend his Fidelity Low-Priced Stock ( FLPSX) fund in the small-cap category as a favorite--going instead with Fidelity Small Cap Stock ( FSLCX) .
Fortunately, going off-road is what the RidgeWorth Large Cap Growth Stock fund does best.
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Recently, a client hired us to research a volatile micro-cap penny stock, Nuvilex(NVLX) .
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