While large-cap mutual funds have gotten off to a rip-roaring start in 2012, small-cap funds are lagging well behind. Only 40% of funds benchmarked to the small-cap Russell 2000 index outpaced it, while just 36% and 47% of small-cap funds ...
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — It’s beginning to look as if it might be time to make a big bet on small-company growth stocks. Yes, the economy is starting to show signs of improvement and, as most investors know, that’s usually a good time to ...
Bhupinder Singh, small-cap equity strategist at J.P. Morgan Securities, has been beating the drum for small-cap stocks for some time now, riding the wave to last April's all-time highs and urging clients to double down even as Europe ...
Call it middle child syndrome: While investors seek the growth prospects of small-cap companies and the relative safety of their large-cap counterparts, it's easy to ignore mid-cap stocks.
A new year means a new start—a welcome relief to many after a lackluster year in the markets. Yet will the new year bring the rebounding stock prices that investors are hoping for?
Small-capitalization stocks are rallying—and investors might want to pay attention. As a category, small stocks, defined as companies with market values of less than about $3 billion, were the stars of 2010, with the Russell 2000 index of ...
Don’t miss these top stories: Ready to bet on small-cap growth stocks? Yields trump capital gains How food fads can nourish a startup As the economy is starting to show some signs of improvement, this would be the time to begin looking at the ...
Hostess Brands Inc. is seeking court permission for a new employment deal that would hand millions of dollars to Chief Executive Brian J. Driscoll, "architect" of the company's plan to cut costs and jettison its pension plans. Read the ...
The Russell 2000 index of small-capitalization stocks is facing a crossroads relative to the S&P 500 Index, and the former's recent technical behavior suggests an upside breakout is likely, which also bodes well for the broad market.
Saab Cars North America said it will file for Chapter 11 protection in Michigan, a move that comes a little more than a week after some of its dealerships sought to push the Swedish auto maker's U.S. unit into bankruptcy proceedings in ...
German exchange operator Deutsche Börse AG is overhauling rules governing its platform for trading shares of small companies, after a surge in market fraud over the past three years.
Global Aviation Holdings Inc., which says it is the largest commercial provider of airlift transport services for the U.S. military, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.
Bruce Aronow likes it when people say they've never heard of the top holdings of the AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio. "If they had all been discovered already, then we would probably not be seeking companies that are exploiting ...
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. on Monday laboriously moved closer to final approval of its plan to exit what has been an equally laborious bankruptcy, with the company continuing to satisfy objections and a judge beginning to overrule ...
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