^RUT - Russell 2000
| Previous Close | 1,560.75 |
| Open | 1,560.64 |
| Volume | 0 |
| Day's Range | 1,538.74 - 1,569.81 |
| 52 Week Range | 1,436.43 - 1,742.09 |
| Avg. Volume | 32,873,518 |
- CNBC•23 hours ago
Small-cap stocks are getting hammered — three experts debate what to do next
The small-cap Russell 2000 index has seen better days. The group of stocks has fallen into a correction, and is currently on track for its worst month since January 2016. Here's what three experts have ...
- Bloomberg•4 days ago
Momentum Investors Need to Experience Some Pain
The Reflex, as 1980s new wave and synth-pop band Duran Duran sang, is a door to finding treasure in the dark. Anyone who was long the market, or particularly momentum stocks, would have profited hugely from this dictum on Tuesday. Momentum itself, which is a style of investing that involves buying stocks that are trending higher and shedding losers, was a prime beneficiary of the broad rebound. MSCI’s US Momentum index, which had lost 10 percent in only seven trading days, clawed back more than a third of its losses.
- Motley Fool•4 days ago
How Foolish Investors Should React to Mr. Market's Wild Ride
It might have been easy to forget this in recent years, but serious volatility as Wall Street's mood pivots is completely normal.
- Motley Fool•5 days ago
An Investor's Guide to the Market's Wild Ride
Drops are unavoidable, but a long-term outlook and some smart diversification can save you a lot of stress.
- Yahoo Finance•8 days ago
Stocks set to rebound from rout
Yahoo Finance's LIVE market coverage and analysis of what you need to watch in the stock market begins each day at 9:00 a.m. ET.
- Barrons.com•9 days ago
Dow Plunges 535 Points and Support Might Be Fading
The S&P 500 has tumbled 2.1% to 2727.10, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has slumped 535.02 points, or 2.1%, to 25,063.72. The Nasdaq Composite has dropped 1.5% to 7313.90. The Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000 broke their own 200-day moving averages yesterday.
- Bloomberg•9 days ago
Why Sell-Off in Small Stocks Could Herald Big Trouble Ahead
An outsize retreat in small and mid-cap stocks over recent weeks could be a possible sign of an upcoming deeper market correction, according to major asset managers, including London & Capital and JPMorgan Asset Management. Both in the U.S. and Europe, declines in small-cap stock indexes have been more pronounced than for blue-chip equivalents since the end of August. Back in 2007, the small-cap Russell 2000 Index peaked three months ahead of the large-cap index, giving some investors ample time to prepare for the nearly 60 percent stock market plunge that followed during the financial crisis.
- CNBC•10 days ago
There were warning signs a big market sell-off was coming and investors believe there's more to go
Investors may have been surprised by the steepness of Wednesday's stock market sell off, but the market has been sending clues of a pending pull back. The sell-off could continue into the earnings season, which begins Friday, but some analysts expect a positive end to the year, as the market often gains after mid-term elections. The biggest worries for stocks are rising interest rates and the potential impact of trade wars and tariffs on corporate profits and the global economy.
- CNBC•10 days ago
Growth stocks like Amazon are getting slammed during this October rout, but value names see buyers
Strategists credit the trend on rising interest rates, as the 10-year Treasury note yield this past week reached a high of 3.26 percent. The Dow was down 831 points, or 3.1 percent, as investors also sold off more cyclical names like Caterpillar and Boeing. Investors dumped technology and other growth stock winners Wednesday in favor of defensive and value names, a trend that has accelerated as interest rates rise.
Bloomberg•10 days agoU.S. Small Caps Pierce Three Key Support Levels
(Bloomberg) -- The Russell 2000 Index’s rough start to October is getting even worse as one of the last lines of technical defense gives way.
- Bloomberg•10 days ago
JPMorgan Says Dumping Small Stocks at Recessions a Huge Mistake
While U.S. small-cap and midcap equities have historically underperformed large caps during recession-linked downturns, the gap pales in comparison with smaller stocks’ superior returns over a full economic cycle, according to a note from JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists led by Eduardo Lecubarri. During the past five recessions, the Russell 2000’s average loss from peak to trough is 39.2 percent, compared with 34 percent for the S&P 500, according to JPMorgan’s calculations. “Avoiding SMid in hopes of timing a recession is a money-losing strategy,” the strategists wrote.
Bloomberg•11 days agoStar Managers Giving Gains Back in Hottest Area of Stock Market
The $5.4 billion Brown Capital Management Small Company Fund and the $1.5 billion Delaware SMID Cap Growth Fund, both of which beat 97 percent of their peers over past five years, sank 6.6 percent last week for their worst performance since January 2016. The $2.3 billion Alger Small Cap Focus Fund dropped 7 percent after beating its benchmark at an annualized rate of almost 10 percentage points in the past three years. All the three funds were invested in small-cap and growth stocks, groups that led the market gains for the year before buckling.
- Barrons.com•12 days ago
Small-Cap Stocks Are Lagging. Here’s Why and What Comes Next
Small-cap stocks were all the rage for most of 2018, especially as trade fears weighed on larger cap multinational stocks. But that changed in September.
- Zacks•15 days ago
3 Top-Ranked All-Cap Value Mutual Funds to Invest In
Below we share with you three top-ranked all-cap value mutual funds. Each has earned a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy)
Bloomberg•16 days agoSpeculative Edge of Stock Market Is Where Rate Angst Is Biting
Consider the Russell 2000 Index of small caps, which a month ago was on pace for its third consecutive double-digit year despite the fact that a third of its members don’t make any money. Drill down more and you can see how eight rate hikes from the Federal Reserve have altered the way investors view stocks. A basket of companies with stronger balance sheets compiled by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is up 13 percent since December, compared with 7.5 percent for the weaker group.
- Zacks•17 days ago
Q2 GDP Remains Robust: 5 Growth Fund Picks
The U.S. economy records fastest growth in almost four years, which makes growth mutual funds strong investments
Bloomberg•18 days agoThe Dow Is Hot. The Rest of the Market Is Not.
First, the Russell 2000 Index that tracks the shares of smaller companies, which theoretically should be the prime beneficiaries of the White House’s “America First” agenda because they mainly have a domestic focus, has fallen off a cliff. “This is a classic late-cycle canary in the coal mine indicator,” longtime Wall Street strategist and current Gluskin Sheff & Associates chief economist David Rosenberg wrote in a Twitter post.
- Barrons.com•18 days ago
Small-Cap Stocks Are Getting Killed. It Might Be Time to Buy
The Russell 2000 underperformed the S&P 500 by nearly two percentage points on Monday. That could be a buy signal.
- Zacks•18 days ago
Bet on 3 Small-Cap Blend Mutual Funds for Good Returns
Below we will share with you top-rated small-cap blend mutual funds. Each has a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy)
- Zacks•24 days ago
How to Double Your Stock Returns for the Rest of 2018
How to Double Your Stock Returns for the Rest of 2018
- ETF.com•last month
Best Performing ETFs Can Bite You
The best-performing ETFs can offer plenty of risk.
- Zacks•last month
Sino-US Trade Relations Turn Sour: Winners & Losers
Apple manages to escape the latest U.S. tariffs and players who generate bulk of their revenues domestically remain fairly immune to its adverse effects.
- The Wall Street Journal•last month
[$$] It’s Not All Tech. Small Stocks Are Powering the Market Higher.
Technology giants get most of the credit for driving this year’s stock-market gains, but the quiet strength of smaller companies is a reason to keep betting on U.S. stocks. Signs of stock-market breadth are everywhere, investors and analysts say: Smaller-company stocks have climbed more than their larger counterparts this year. When all the companies in the S&P 500 are assigned an equal weighting, the index is still trading near records.
- The Wall Street Journal•last month
It’s Not All Tech. Small Stocks Are Powering the Market Higher.
Technology giants get most of the credit for driving this year’s stock-market gains, but the quiet strength of smaller companies is a reason to keep betting on U.S. stocks. Signs of stock-market breadth are everywhere, investors and analysts say: Smaller-company stocks have climbed more than their larger counterparts this year. When all the companies in the S&P 500 are assigned an equal weighting, the index is still trading near records.
