Tag: small caps
3 Small-Cap Stocks To Buy For Explosive Gains This Year
The long-term potential behind these three small-cap stocks outweighs most of their risk Small-cap stocks can be a tempting endeavor. Because of their small market caps and oftentimes low prices, investors are optimistic about their potential. While it’s wrong to buy a stock simply because its share price is low (buying 200 Fitbit Inc (NYSE:FIT) shares instead […]
How Could Small-Caps Surprise?
Co-CIO Francis Gannon discusses key topics for small-cap investors, including earnings strength, valuations, and the prospects for increased volatility. What is the current state of small-cap stocks? So it’s been a very interesting, I think, first half year in the small-cap market. We’ve seen various highs in the market. We’ve seen pullbacks in the market. The biggest […]
7 Small-Cap Stocks With Big-League Potential
While the market takes a summer break, small caps are prepping for fall Accelerating growth is usually the sign that small-cap stocks will take the lead in the markets. While we’re seeing some growth in the economy — recent numbers show the economy grew 2.6% in the last quarter — the growth I’m talking about […]
Small-Cap’s Road Back To Normal
Portfolio Manager Chuck Royce (CR) and Co-CIO Francis Gannon (FG) look at both 2Q17 and the year’s first half and see a consolidating asset class ready to make its next move up. What is your take on small-caps in the first half of 2017? Were you surprised that growth outpaced value? CR Coming into this year, we absolutely […]
3 ETFs To Buy For Scorching Small-Cap Gains
These ETFs help investors take advantage of developed and emerging markets with small cap stocks At this point in 2017, one of the prominent themes regarding U.S. stocks is the laggard status of small caps. For example, the Russell 2000 Index, one of the most widely used gauges of U.S. small-cap stocks, is up a scant […]
7 Small-Cap Stocks With Mega-Growth Potential
Look beyond the headliners to find value and growth in small caps It’s starting to look like the Trump rally has hit it’s last legs. With all the political storms in Washington, Wall Street is starting to realize all the reforms it was pricing into stocks were premature. There has been a big move into […]
Why You Should Consider Global Small Caps
Because the American equity markets have enjoyed an abnormally long period, – historically speaking, – of relative outperformance versus the rest of the global marketplace, a common plea among financial advisors and writers has been for investors to maintain discipline and continue to invest abroad. This, of course, makes sense; after all, a good portion […]
A Small-Cap Pause That Refreshes?
Co-CIO Francis Gannon analyzes the cross-currents and reversals in 1Q17 and details why the small-cap rally has room to run. Observations on a Curious Quarter 2016’s Reversals Reversed Stocks saw reversals in leadership based on market capitalization, style, and sector in 1Q17. Large-caps outpaced small-caps, growth beat value, and healthcare stocks shook off a weak […]
3 Small Cap Stocks For Apple-Like Returns
Imitating the amazing returns that Apple handed investors since it launched the iPhone is no easy task, but Bret Jensen thinks that these three stocks might be able to come close. Don’t look now, but first quarter earnings seasons is coming up directly ahead. The first quarter for the market was largely a positive one […]
Can Small-Caps Resume Their Rocket Ride?
Though the “Trump bump” helped, the year-old winning streak in smaller stocks owes far more to the spirited US economy. This rally has firepower, but we’d be choosy in riding the next leg higher. US small-caps have been on a tear for the past year. The small- and mid-cap Russell 2500 Index rocketed 17.6% in […]
7 Small-Cap Stocks That Serve Up Big Dividends
Small-cap stocks aren’t known for their generous dividends — usually Small-cap stocks are synonymous with growth — or at least the potential for growth. What they aren’t traditionally known for is paying dividends. Most small-cap stocks are relative startups that are not yet profitable. Others pour what money they make into growing the business, so […]
