Mstar Small Core Index Ishares (JKJ) 141.02 $JKJ
A Strong Dollar Does Not Mean Large Cap U.S. Multinationals Underperfom Small Cap Equities
David I. Templeton, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 5:04AM CST
The U.S. Dollar has been on a strengthening trajectory since early 2011 and more so since mid year last year. This move in the Dollar has been a headwind for U.S. domiciled multinational companies' earnings, with many firms citing this as a reason...
VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), UUPT: 29.68 (-0.04), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), ZSML: 26.10 (unch), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), USDU: 27.70 (unch), FORX: 44.02 (+0.09), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), UDNT: 10.42 (-0.02)
After The Perfect Storm In U.S. Smaller-Cap Stocks
AllianceBernstein - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 12:04PM CST
By Bruce K. Aronow and James MacGregor Last year was a tough one for US small- and mid-cap stocks, but there's reason to think 2015 may be different. For investors who trimmed their smaller-cap allocation last year, we think it may be time to...
IWR: 172.51 (+0.82), TZA: 11.10 (-0.22), IVOO: 100.91 (+0.57), VO: 127.37 (+0.66), SDD: 37.52 (-0.62), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), SMLL: 131.78 (+0.45), SRTY: 28.61 (-0.53), UMDD: 126.31 (+1.86), CSF: 38.08 (+0.10), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), SCHM: 42.58 (+0.28), SMDD: 32.73 (-0.56), PXMC: 40.56 (+0.46), RWJ: 57.52 (+0.39), RWK: 49.90 (+0.45), MYY: 15.78 (-0.08), SLY: 106.23 (+0.36), SAA: 117.15 (+1.98), VIOO: 104.24 (+0.56), FNX: 54.08 (+0.40), RWM: 15.11 (-0.10), IWC: 76.92 (+0.43), MDLL: 132.31 (+0.24), FDM: 33.11 (+0.17), MVV: 78.62 (+0.92), SMLV: 77.37 (unch), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), MZZ: 38.58 (-0.45), SBB: 51.33 (-0.76), TNA: 83.54 (+1.47), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), MIDU: 107.67 (+1.78), RSCO: 85.50 (+0.14), TWOK: 72.24 (+0.26), DWAS: 39.58 (-0.01), TWM: 37.80 (-0.52), MIDZ: 10.84 (-0.18), IJH: 149.97 (+0.87), EZM: 95.35 (+0.77), WMCR: 27.05 (+0.16), CZA: 50.71 (+0.03), URTY: 96.92 (+1.67), XSLV: 33.63 (-0.01), PXSC: 35.75 (unch), VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), EWRS: 45.53 (+0.32), XMLV: 33.65 (-0.15), ZSML: 26.10 (unch), UWM: 92.76 (+1.09), PZI: 15.94 (unch), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), MDY: 273.50 (+1.76), JKG: 152.83 (+0.97), EWRM: 52.21 (+0.31)
A Revelation For Small-Cap Investing Strategies
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 2:46AM CST
Suddenly, business as usual for small-cap investing is in need of a makeover, thanks to a new research paper (a landmark study for asset pricing) that revisits, reinterprets and ultimately revives the case for owning these shares - after controlling...
VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33)
A Closer Look At Small Caps
Manning & Napier - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 2:54AM CST
When we wrote about small cap stocks in June 2011, we concluded that they faced a number of headwinds and were unlikely to continue their strong outperformance versus large caps that began in 2000. This outlook was strongly supported by relative...
IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), SBB: 51.33 (-0.76), TZA: 11.10 (-0.22), SDD: 37.52 (-0.62), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), TNA: 83.54 (+1.47), SMLL: 131.78 (+0.45), SRTY: 28.61 (-0.53), TWOK: 72.24 (+0.26), RSCO: 85.50 (+0.14), DWAS: 39.58 (-0.01), CSF: 38.08 (+0.10), TWM: 37.80 (-0.52), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), WMCR: 27.05 (+0.16), XSLV: 33.63 (-0.01), URTY: 96.92 (+1.67), RWJ: 57.52 (+0.39), PXSC: 35.75 (unch), VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), EWRS: 45.53 (+0.32), SLY: 106.23 (+0.36), SAA: 117.15 (+1.98), VIOO: 104.24 (+0.56), RWM: 15.11 (-0.10), IWC: 76.92 (+0.43), UWM: 92.76 (+1.09), PZI: 15.94 (unch), FDM: 33.11 (+0.17), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), SMLV: 77.37 (unch), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
Focus On Small Caps In 2015
Cam Hui, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 2:40AM CST
I was reviewing my last weekend post (see The adults are back at their desks. Sell? ) and noticed an interesting point about the trajectory of forward EPS estimates. In that post, I had shown this chart from Ed Yardeni indicating that forward...
PSCI: 46.58 (+0.44), PSCH: 63.77 (+0.26), DES: 71.39 (+0.37), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), PSCM: 41.88 (+0.48), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), DGRS: 29.59 (+0.26), PSCF: 41.46 (+0.05), PSCT: 51.78 (+0.40), PSCE: 30.18 (+1.12), PSCU: 38.28 (-0.61)
All About That Base
Jeffrey Saut - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:56AM CST
The transition from one year to the next is always accompanied by a whole host of traditions intended to help people celebrate this annual new beginning. The resolutions, parades, fireworks, football games, food, furniture sales – they all seem...
TZA: 11.10 (-0.22), IWO: 146.77 (+1.10), IWN: 101.90 (+0.51), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), TNA: 83.54 (+1.47), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), UVT: 58.90 (+1.67), SJH: 49.87 (-2.39), SMLL: 131.78 (+0.45), SRTY: 28.61 (-0.53), TWOK: 72.24 (+0.26), TWM: 37.80 (-0.52), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), URTY: 96.92 (+1.67), VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), EWRS: 45.53 (+0.32), SKK: 33.55 (-1.31), VTWV: 88.12 (+0.50), RWM: 15.11 (-0.10), UWM: 92.76 (+1.09), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), UKK: 104.31 (+4.41), VTWG: 106.55 (+0.88), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)
Is The Small-Cap Premium Dead? Maybe... Or Maybe Not
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 11, 12:42PM CST
The small-cap premium is one of the oldest return anomalies (or risk factors, if you're so inclined) identified in the research literature. But after decades of analysis and mixed results, the idea that small company shares will outperform large caps...
IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
We Maintain Our Positive Medium-Term Bias On Small Cap Stocks
Invest Up - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 3:38PM CST
TRADE SUMMARY Stay long the U.S. small cap market (ETFs: i Shares Russell 2000 ETF ( IWM), iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA: IJR ), and Vanguard Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA: VB )). The BUY rating was issued at 624.24 on 7/20/2010. ...
IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
Prepare To Make Money In 2015 With The Best Small Companies Of 2014
Jae Jun - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 25, 1:16PM CST
Each year, Forbes releases their list of the best small companies in October. Why October? I don't know, but it does push me in the right direction of looking at new companies or to revisit old ones as it gets to the end of the year when it's much...
VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33)
Dynamics Of A New Regime: What's Changed Around The World?
Nanette Abuhoff Jacobson - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 21, 5:21AM CST
On October 15, the world suddenly seemed to change. At one point that day, the S&P 500 Index was down over 2%, European stocks fell 3.5%, sovereign spreads widened in peripheral European countries, 10-year U.S. Treasury yields briefly dropped...
IWS: 75.61 (+0.10), VTV: 85.39 (+0.23), IWR: 172.51 (+0.82), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), IWP: 96.90 (+0.78), VO: 127.37 (+0.66), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), SYV: 56.58 (+0.90), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), CHXF: 53.10 (+0.30), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), IWY: 52.15 (+0.20), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), IWX: 44.41 (+0.16), EES: 83.16 (+0.62), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), FTC: 47.74 (+0.03), PWB: 30.11 (+0.17), VLU: 81.38 (unch), VBR: 107.43 (+0.56), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), JPP: 44.14 (unch), SYG: 59.65 (unch), ILF: 31.60 (+0.44), GXC: 81.15 (+0.54), EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), PWV: 31.71 (+0.11), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), RWG: 44.68 (unch), GVT: 46.00 (+0.27), VBK: 131.16 (+0.86), MCHI: 52.12 (+0.31), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), VUG: 108.09 (+0.63), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), YXI: 27.30 (unch), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), YINN: 38.57 (+0.69), SJL: 61.99 (unch), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), GML: 50.91 (+0.29), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63), IELG: 32.47 (-0.06), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EMDR: 50.00 (-0.01), EEML: 35.30 (+0.54), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), FLN: 18.13 (+0.31), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), UKW: 116.13 (+4.04), SDK: 60.50 (-0.50), SCHG: 53.88 (+0.28), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), LBJ: 11.15 (+0.46), SCHM: 42.58 (+0.28), FXP: 38.91 (-0.47), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), YAO: 28.18 (+0.30), SCHV: 44.39 (+0.19), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), XPP: 73.36 (+0.86), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), FNX: 54.08 (+0.40), FNY: 30.15 (+0.14), JPNS: 24.62 (+0.12), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), EZY: 66.55 (+0.16), YANG: 9.94 (-0.17), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), FNK: 31.54 (+0.35), SFK: 20.51 (-1.28), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), MIDU: 107.67 (+1.78), FYT: 33.24 (+0.39), IESM: 32.22 (+0.28), UVU: 95.57 (+3.57), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), MIDZ: 10.84 (-0.18), EZM: 95.35 (+0.77), TILT: 88.64 (+0.39), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), FCA: 23.21 (+0.38), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), CZA: 50.71 (+0.03), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), EMHZ: 23.51 (+0.86), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), VOE: 91.87 (+0.27), JKI: 127.14 (+0.16), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), EURZ: 38.16 (+1.12), JKK: 139.90 (+0.81), JKL: 130.09 (+0.58), JKE: 118.72 (+0.78), JKF: 86.27 (+0.16), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), JKG: 152.83 (+0.97), EWRM: 52.21 (+0.31), JKH: 161.07 (unch), VOT: 105.07 (+0.76), CN: 34.87 (+0.34), FYC: 30.67 (+0.13), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
The Case For Global Small Caps
Wasatch Funds - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 14, 10:40AM CST
Opportunities, Challenges and Some Surprising Statisti Around the world, among both institutional and retail investors, there seems to be a common approach to allocating assets. What's frequently found is that investors choose a certain percentage...
PBR: 6.98 (+0.44), EWX: 44.93 (+0.33), DGS: 44.60 (+0.26), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), GWX: 28.22 (+0.19), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), EEMS: 46.91 (+0.44), CEO: 143.19 (+3.14), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), FEMS: 32.69 (+0.37), FDTS: 32.74 (+0.32)
Small-Caps Will Underperform Large-Caps Going Forward
Foundational Reseach - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 05, 2:46AM CST
VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33)
No Market Is An Island
Nanette Abuhoff Jacobson - Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 24, 4:21PM CDT
As the final quarter of the year begins, I sense that we've entered a new regime - one defined by the interplay among central bank policies in the U.S., Europe, and Japan and their impact across asset classes. The U.S. is nearing its first rate hike...
VTV: 85.39 (+0.23), IWS: 75.61 (+0.10), IWR: 172.51 (+0.82), IWP: 96.90 (+0.78), VO: 127.37 (+0.66), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), SYV: 56.58 (+0.90), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), IWY: 52.15 (+0.20), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), IWX: 44.41 (+0.16), EES: 83.16 (+0.62), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), ADRD: 23.54 (+0.20), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), FTC: 47.74 (+0.03), PWB: 30.11 (+0.17), VBR: 107.43 (+0.56), VLU: 81.38 (unch), SYG: 59.65 (unch), EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), PWV: 31.71 (+0.11), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), RWG: 44.68 (unch), GVT: 46.00 (+0.27), VBK: 131.16 (+0.86), VUG: 108.09 (+0.63), DBEF: 28.78 (+0.18), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), VEA: 39.68 (+0.28), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), SJL: 61.99 (unch), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), URTH: 73.00 (+0.31), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63), IELG: 32.47 (-0.06), EFZ: 32.73 (-0.25), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EMDR: 50.00 (-0.01), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), EFU: 40.00 (-0.54), FWDI: 27.01 (+0.25), EFO: 102.75 (unch), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), IDHQ: 19.81 (+0.23), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), MFLA: 190.00 (unch), FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), UKW: 116.13 (+4.04), SCHG: 53.88 (+0.28), SDK: 60.50 (-0.50), SCHM: 42.58 (+0.28), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), SCHV: 44.39 (+0.19), TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), HEFA: 26.82 (+0.18), FNX: 54.08 (+0.40), FNY: 30.15 (+0.14), FDT: 49.43 (+0.45), EZY: 66.55 (+0.16), DPK: 30.55 (-0.96), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), IFSM: 45.62 (-0.22), FNK: 31.54 (+0.35), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SFK: 20.51 (-1.28), MIDU: 107.67 (+1.78), FYT: 33.24 (+0.39), IESM: 32.22 (+0.28), UVU: 95.57 (+3.57), MIDZ: 10.84 (-0.18), EZM: 95.35 (+0.77), TILT: 88.64 (+0.39), DZK: 65.00 (+0.99), CZA: 50.71 (+0.03), EMHZ: 23.51 (+0.86), VOE: 91.87 (+0.27), JKI: 127.14 (+0.16), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), JKK: 139.90 (+0.81), JKL: 130.09 (+0.58), JKE: 118.72 (+0.78), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), JKF: 86.27 (+0.16), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), JKG: 152.83 (+0.97), JKH: 161.07 (unch), EWRM: 52.21 (+0.31), VOT: 105.07 (+0.76), FYC: 30.67 (+0.13), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Small caps lead late-session bounce
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 15, 2:08PM CDT
IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), SBB: 51.33 (-0.76), TZA: 11.10 (-0.22), SDD: 37.52 (-0.62), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), TNA: 83.54 (+1.47), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), SRTY: 28.61 (-0.53), TWOK: 72.24 (+0.26), RSCO: 85.50 (+0.14), DWAS: 39.58 (-0.01), CSF: 38.08 (+0.10), TWM: 37.80 (-0.52), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), WMCR: 27.05 (+0.16), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XSLV: 33.63 (-0.01), URTY: 96.92 (+1.67), RWJ: 57.52 (+0.39), PXSC: 35.75 (unch), VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), EWRS: 45.53 (+0.32), SLY: 106.23 (+0.36), SAA: 117.15 (+1.98), VIOO: 104.24 (+0.56), RWM: 15.11 (-0.10), IWC: 76.92 (+0.43), UWM: 92.76 (+1.09), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), PZI: 15.94 (unch), FDM: 33.11 (+0.17), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), SMLV: 77.37 (unch), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Smead Capital Management - Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 15, 7:22AM CDT
Someone recently asked a group of us which band we saw at our first rock concert. My answer was the Canadian band, The Guess Who, in 1975. With hits like "No Time," "Undun" and "These Eyes," The Guess Who hit the perfect...
VB: 119.86 (+0.63), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33)
A Strong Dollar Does Not Mean Large Cap U.S. Multinationals Underperfom Small Cap Equities
David I. Templeton, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 5:04AM CST
The U.S. Dollar has been on a strengthening trajectory since early 2011 and more so since mid year last year. This move in the Dollar has been a headwind for U.S. domiciled multinational companies' earnings, with many firms citing this as a reason...
VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), UUPT: 29.68 (-0.04), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), ZSML: 26.10 (unch), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), USDU: 27.70 (unch), FORX: 44.02 (+0.09), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), UDNT: 10.42 (-0.02)
After The Perfect Storm In U.S. Smaller-Cap Stocks
AllianceBernstein - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 12:04PM CST
By Bruce K. Aronow and James MacGregor Last year was a tough one for US small- and mid-cap stocks, but there's reason to think 2015 may be different. For investors who trimmed their smaller-cap allocation last year, we think it may be time to...
IWR: 172.51 (+0.82), TZA: 11.10 (-0.22), IVOO: 100.91 (+0.57), VO: 127.37 (+0.66), SDD: 37.52 (-0.62), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), SMLL: 131.78 (+0.45), SRTY: 28.61 (-0.53), UMDD: 126.31 (+1.86), CSF: 38.08 (+0.10), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), SCHM: 42.58 (+0.28), SMDD: 32.73 (-0.56), PXMC: 40.56 (+0.46), RWJ: 57.52 (+0.39), RWK: 49.90 (+0.45), MYY: 15.78 (-0.08), SLY: 106.23 (+0.36), SAA: 117.15 (+1.98), VIOO: 104.24 (+0.56), FNX: 54.08 (+0.40), RWM: 15.11 (-0.10), IWC: 76.92 (+0.43), MDLL: 132.31 (+0.24), FDM: 33.11 (+0.17), MVV: 78.62 (+0.92), SMLV: 77.37 (unch), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), MZZ: 38.58 (-0.45), SBB: 51.33 (-0.76), TNA: 83.54 (+1.47), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), MIDU: 107.67 (+1.78), RSCO: 85.50 (+0.14), TWOK: 72.24 (+0.26), DWAS: 39.58 (-0.01), TWM: 37.80 (-0.52), MIDZ: 10.84 (-0.18), IJH: 149.97 (+0.87), EZM: 95.35 (+0.77), WMCR: 27.05 (+0.16), CZA: 50.71 (+0.03), URTY: 96.92 (+1.67), XSLV: 33.63 (-0.01), PXSC: 35.75 (unch), VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), EWRS: 45.53 (+0.32), XMLV: 33.65 (-0.15), ZSML: 26.10 (unch), UWM: 92.76 (+1.09), PZI: 15.94 (unch), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), MDY: 273.50 (+1.76), JKG: 152.83 (+0.97), EWRM: 52.21 (+0.31)
A Revelation For Small-Cap Investing Strategies
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 2:46AM CST
Suddenly, business as usual for small-cap investing is in need of a makeover, thanks to a new research paper (a landmark study for asset pricing) that revisits, reinterprets and ultimately revives the case for owning these shares - after controlling...
VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33)
A Closer Look At Small Caps
Manning & Napier - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 2:54AM CST
When we wrote about small cap stocks in June 2011, we concluded that they faced a number of headwinds and were unlikely to continue their strong outperformance versus large caps that began in 2000. This outlook was strongly supported by relative...
IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), SBB: 51.33 (-0.76), TZA: 11.10 (-0.22), SDD: 37.52 (-0.62), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), TNA: 83.54 (+1.47), SMLL: 131.78 (+0.45), SRTY: 28.61 (-0.53), TWOK: 72.24 (+0.26), RSCO: 85.50 (+0.14), DWAS: 39.58 (-0.01), CSF: 38.08 (+0.10), TWM: 37.80 (-0.52), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), WMCR: 27.05 (+0.16), XSLV: 33.63 (-0.01), URTY: 96.92 (+1.67), RWJ: 57.52 (+0.39), PXSC: 35.75 (unch), VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), EWRS: 45.53 (+0.32), SLY: 106.23 (+0.36), SAA: 117.15 (+1.98), VIOO: 104.24 (+0.56), RWM: 15.11 (-0.10), IWC: 76.92 (+0.43), UWM: 92.76 (+1.09), PZI: 15.94 (unch), FDM: 33.11 (+0.17), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), SMLV: 77.37 (unch), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
Focus On Small Caps In 2015
Cam Hui, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 2:40AM CST
I was reviewing my last weekend post (see The adults are back at their desks. Sell? ) and noticed an interesting point about the trajectory of forward EPS estimates. In that post, I had shown this chart from Ed Yardeni indicating that forward...
PSCI: 46.58 (+0.44), PSCH: 63.77 (+0.26), DES: 71.39 (+0.37), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), PSCM: 41.88 (+0.48), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), DGRS: 29.59 (+0.26), PSCF: 41.46 (+0.05), PSCT: 51.78 (+0.40), PSCE: 30.18 (+1.12), PSCU: 38.28 (-0.61)
All About That Base
Jeffrey Saut - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:56AM CST
The transition from one year to the next is always accompanied by a whole host of traditions intended to help people celebrate this annual new beginning. The resolutions, parades, fireworks, football games, food, furniture sales – they all seem...
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Is The Small-Cap Premium Dead? Maybe... Or Maybe Not
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 11, 12:42PM CST
The small-cap premium is one of the oldest return anomalies (or risk factors, if you're so inclined) identified in the research literature. But after decades of analysis and mixed results, the idea that small company shares will outperform large caps...
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We Maintain Our Positive Medium-Term Bias On Small Cap Stocks
Invest Up - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 3:38PM CST
TRADE SUMMARY Stay long the U.S. small cap market (ETFs: i Shares Russell 2000 ETF ( IWM), iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA: IJR ), and Vanguard Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA: VB )). The BUY rating was issued at 624.24 on 7/20/2010. ...
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Prepare To Make Money In 2015 With The Best Small Companies Of 2014
Jae Jun - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 25, 1:16PM CST
Each year, Forbes releases their list of the best small companies in October. Why October? I don't know, but it does push me in the right direction of looking at new companies or to revisit old ones as it gets to the end of the year when it's much...
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Dynamics Of A New Regime: What's Changed Around The World?
Nanette Abuhoff Jacobson - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 21, 5:21AM CST
On October 15, the world suddenly seemed to change. At one point that day, the S&P 500 Index was down over 2%, European stocks fell 3.5%, sovereign spreads widened in peripheral European countries, 10-year U.S. Treasury yields briefly dropped...
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The Case For Global Small Caps
Wasatch Funds - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 14, 10:40AM CST
Opportunities, Challenges and Some Surprising Statisti Around the world, among both institutional and retail investors, there seems to be a common approach to allocating assets. What's frequently found is that investors choose a certain percentage...
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Small-Caps Will Underperform Large-Caps Going Forward
Foundational Reseach - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 05, 2:46AM CST
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No Market Is An Island
Nanette Abuhoff Jacobson - Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 24, 4:21PM CDT
As the final quarter of the year begins, I sense that we've entered a new regime - one defined by the interplay among central bank policies in the U.S., Europe, and Japan and their impact across asset classes. The U.S. is nearing its first rate hike...
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Small caps lead late-session bounce
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 15, 2:08PM CDT
IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), SBB: 51.33 (-0.76), TZA: 11.10 (-0.22), SDD: 37.52 (-0.62), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), TNA: 83.54 (+1.47), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), SRTY: 28.61 (-0.53), TWOK: 72.24 (+0.26), RSCO: 85.50 (+0.14), DWAS: 39.58 (-0.01), CSF: 38.08 (+0.10), TWM: 37.80 (-0.52), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), WMCR: 27.05 (+0.16), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XSLV: 33.63 (-0.01), URTY: 96.92 (+1.67), RWJ: 57.52 (+0.39), PXSC: 35.75 (unch), VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), EWRS: 45.53 (+0.32), SLY: 106.23 (+0.36), SAA: 117.15 (+1.98), VIOO: 104.24 (+0.56), RWM: 15.11 (-0.10), IWC: 76.92 (+0.43), UWM: 92.76 (+1.09), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), PZI: 15.94 (unch), FDM: 33.11 (+0.17), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), SMLV: 77.37 (unch), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Smead Capital Management - Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 15, 7:22AM CDT
Someone recently asked a group of us which band we saw at our first rock concert. My answer was the Canadian band, The Guess Who, in 1975. With hits like "No Time," "Undun" and "These Eyes," The Guess Who hit the perfect...
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