Performance Update for Month No. 7: What’s Going on With Small Caps?
I wouldn’t say it’s common knowledge… But amongst investors who are aware of investment “factors,” the so-called size premium is one of the better-known ones. It was also one of the first to be discovered, decades ago … and was quickly put into practice by countless hedge funds and quantitative trading firms. In layman’s terms, “small” companies have historically outperformed “large” companies, where size is measured by the market capitalization (aka market cap) of the stock.
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