SCHA News and Press, Schwab U.S. Small-Cap From 01/06/24

2024-01-06 02:10:00 ET Summary While the ‘Magnificent 7’ accounted for the majority of the S&P 500 gains in 2023, this narrow performance concentration is finally showing signs of broadening out. The so-called “Magnificent 7” accounted for most of t...

2024-01-01 23:40:00 ET Summary Small company stocks have not enjoyed the same level of return that larger company stocks have enjoyed. The S&P Small Cap 600 Index return since 2013 is less than half the return of the large cap S&P 500 Index. Since near the end of the t...

2023-12-25 15:30:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2023-12-25 08:15:00 ET Summary We have experienced a sequence of rapid and forceful rate hikes as the Covid exit occurred, to a multi-month “no change in rates” period, to the beginning of a sequence of rate cuts. The debate among market agents is now focused on how low ...

2023-12-21 19:49:48 ET Summary The small-cap large-cap ratio which has been beaten down could mean-revert as the interest rate trajectory shifts next year. Cheap valuations are an added bonus. SCHA, a diversified small-cap offering, is seen as a potential way to play this trade an...

2023-12-08 01:12:15 ET Summary Small-cap stocks have performed poorly this year, with the S&P 600 only gaining just over 4% compared to the S&P 500's 20% YTD gain. Small-cap stocks have been impacted by declining earnings, with S&P 600 earnings expected to fall by 14% ...

2023-11-28 23:25:00 ET Summary Through October, the year-to-date performance of U.S. small-mid-cap (SMID) equities, in comparison to large-cap equities, has been abysmal. The underperformance of smaller caps didn’t just start this year. Rather, it has extended for well over...

2023-11-24 00:45:00 ET Summary US small caps are experiencing an autumn stock market rally, but they continue to be heavily impacted by interest rate sentiment. Year to date, the Russell 2000 index has increased by 2.07%. Over the past week, however, the index has grown by 5.41% a...

2023-11-13 21:30:00 ET Summary We have entered the seasonally strongest part of the year – as November and December historically tend to be up months, when the stock market acts a lot better. The S&P 500 Index and its more volatile cousin, the Nasdaq 100, are both now o...

2023-10-31 23:35:00 ET Summary The most notable of these was in S&P 500 futures. Whereas this past summer saw positioning shift to the most net short levels in over a decade. The small-cap Russell 2000 still remains deep in net short territory, although there was some improvem...