The Russell 2000 small-cap index is up over 6% in 2026 and 17% in the past 6 months. The large-cap S&P 500 meanwhile has returned 2% YTD in 2026 and 9% in the past 6 months. That’s a sizable ...

Wall Street has finally turned bullish on small-caps stocks — with the Russell 2000 index recapturing record territory last week, helped along by optimism over the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate ...

It has been several years since we have seen a significant rally in small caps. The bounce back following the pandemic lifted most ships in the harbor, but the small caps were left out of a good part ...

Forgotten, overshadowed and eager for attention - small caps spent the past four years struggling in the darkest corners of the stock market. Now, they are finally vaulting back into the spotlight, ...

CNBC’s “Closing Bell Overtime” team discusses whether the rally in small caps can continue, what stocks to watch and more with Greg Tuorto, portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Got a ...

The small-cap Russell 2000 index appeared at one point this past summer to be on track to outperform the large-cap S&P 500 index for the first time in a long time. But things have now changed. As ...

A portion of the move might reflect tax-loss harvesting, with allocators selling beaten-down small-cap positions and rotating back in via the ETF wrapper. But the size of the flows suggests something ...

Small-cap stocks have outperformed their larger peers every trading day so far in 2026 Small-cap stocks have kept dancing in 2026, outperforming the S&P 500 every day this year, so far. Wall Street ...

Wall Street kicked off the week on a strong footing, led by a rebound in small-cap stocks and regional banks, easing some of the credit-driven anxiety that shook markets last week. The Russell 2000 ...