Russell 2000

The S&P 500 is coming off its best quarter in five years, but that didn’t stop the market from opening Q4 by having it’s most volatile week since February. Last week was obviously a tough one for investors, but the major indices appear to have bounced back in the last few days. The...

Longfin Corp (NASDAQ: LFIN)’s run in the Russell 2000 Index came to an abrupt and unexpected end this week, sending shares plummeting and investors wondering what actually happened. Adding to the curious nature of Longfin’s short-lived run in the Russell index is the timing of a couple...

Small-cap stocks as measured by the iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (NYSE: IWM) hit an all-time high this week, but investors should look to take some of their profit off the table, at least according to Rich Ross of Evercore ISI. Taking a step back, the Russell 2000 has been showing some signs of...

The Russell 2000 index was one of the most notable winners in the early days of the "Trump rally" and soared 16 percent after the 2016 presidential election. According to CNBC, the index gained as investors assumed President Trump's pro-growth and domestic-friendly policies would have...

The "Trump rally," the term applied to the post-election run-up in equities following the U.S. presidential election, ebbed a bit Monday. One trading day does not define a trend, but it is fair to say some asset classes have enjoyed the stunning election results. ETF Strategies Post-Election That...

Small-cap stocks and exchange-traded funds have been obvious leaders since the November 8 presidential election, a pointed confirmed by the widely followed Russell 2000 hitting an all-time high Monday. Speaking of all-time highs, 151 ETFs accomplished that feat Monday with approximately 30 being...

The Russell 2000 and the S&P SmallCap 600 Indexes are the benchmarks of benchmarks when it comes to smaller U.S. stocks. There are plenty of exchange-traded funds linked to those indexes, but for the purposes of this piece, we'll use the iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (NYSE: IWM), the...

It has been a ho-hum year for small-cap stocks as highlighted by a gain of 0.75 percent for the benchmark Russell 2000, and things are mixed for micro-cap exchange-traded funds — as just one of the three ETFs dedicated to smaller small-caps is up on the year. An interesting election year...

Investors typically prize small caps for growth. Rarely are these stocks and standard small-cap exchange-traded funds thought of as dividend destinations — certainly not with the Russell 2000 and the S&P SmallCap 600 sporting an average trailing 12-month dividend yield of 1.46 percent....

Before proclaiming consumer staples stocks as boring and small-caps as disappointing to this point in 2016, have a look at the PowerShares S&P SmllCp Csmr Stpls Pfo (NASDAQ: PSCC). The PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples Portfolio is small-cap cousin of the popular Consumer Staples...

Some obvious themes are emerging amid a poor start to 2016 for equities. Predictably, investors are favoring conservative, lower beta sectors such as consumer staples and utilities. Second, small-cap stocks and exchange-traded funds are struggling. A combination of those themes via the PowerShares...

Small-cap stocks the world over have recently been struggling, and the U.S. offerings are no exception. Over the past 90 days, the Russell 2000 Index, one of the most widely followed small-cap benchmarks, is lower by nearly 12 percent. Investors looking for alternatives to U.S. small-caps while...

The Russell 2000 Index tracks the performance of 2000 small-cap U.S. equities. The index has only surged about 0.8 percent over the past year, underperforming the Nasdaq composite, which rose more than 6.3 percent. But, for those looking for a comeback, the ICE® Mini Russell 2000 Index®...

The struggles of active managers over the past several years have been well documented. Plenty of folks appear on various financial media outlets year after year proclaiming “this is a stock picker's market.” The thing is, stock-picking is difficult. Worse yet, data suggest there...

The Russell’s mid-year reconstitution is coming soon, and Citi Research released a report this week with their projected changes for the Russell indices, as well as what investors can expect from the changes. Here’s a summary of what Citi had to say. Size Citi projects that the high...