Is it Time for Investors to Buy Small Caps?
After a robust start to the year for most stock market participants, with the S&P 500 increasing 7.5% in the first quarter, many investors may be questioning their allocations to small cap stocks which rose just 2.7% in the quarter. For investors in this segment of the market, the frustrating trend is not just a 2023 phenomenon, as small cap stocks also lagged in 2022 and 2021.