Friday, June 22, 2018

Micro Caps Are on Fire

As we noted yesterday, small-capitalization stocks have been soaring lately. But a subset of even smaller-cap equities has produced even more stellar results this year.

The Russell Microcap Index, which is a benchmark of companies with an average market value of about $730 million, has gained 14 percent so far in 2018, as of Wednesday’s close. That compares with a only slightly less impressive year-to-date gain of 11.1 percent for the Russell 2000 index, which has a roster of companies with an average market value of $2.6 billion.

Both indexes are trading in record territory, with the Russell Microcap having just put in a 24th all-time high close for 2018. That is one more record than the Russell 2000 has set.

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