The Dow Jones Industrial Average held to higher ground Thursday, paring its lag behind surging small caps, as major stock indexes were mixed in the wake of higher-than-expected initial jobless claims.

Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street ...

The small-cap Russell 2000 was outperforming the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq in early trading as small caps continued to close the performance gap with their larger peers. The Russell 2000 was up 28.94 ...

Small-cap stocks, via the Russell 2000, have underperformed the S&P 500 by about 5% annually over the past decade. Historically, small caps outperform large caps by 2% to 3% annually since 1927, but ...

Another day, another showing of small caps running circles around their larger peers. Small-cap stocks, represented by the Russell 2000 index, was surging 1.3%, while the large-cap S&P 500 index was ...

Small-cap ETFs can potentially help investors unlock alpha, but implementation and design remains crucial for success.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) — pure-play on 600 profitable U.S. small-cap companies with 0.1% expense ratio IJR’s heavy allocation to financials (19%) and industrials (17%) positions it to ...