SMLE News and Press, Xtrackers S&P SmallCap 600 ESG ETF

2024-05-13 16:20:00 ET Summary Lower financing costs and loosening credit availability can help level the playing field between small- and large-cap stocks. Smaller caps are often under researched. Also, a selective approach helps find overlooked opportunities and manage risks. ...

2024-05-09 03:05:00 ET Summary While small-cap companies are ETF’d, passive investing in this group is a sub-optimal strategy for the creation of alpha over the long term. In the United States, small- and micro-cap stocks have lagged large- and mega-cap stocks for nearly a ...

2024-03-25 15:00:00 ET Summary Small-caps in recent years have fallen well short of expectations that a risk premium in lesser companies would eventually deliver superior returns over the broad market, a.k.a. large-cap stocks. But one aspect of small caps that’s a hardy per...

2024-03-19 02:50:00 ET Summary Typically, a back-up in rates has led to a sell-off in stocks. We believe the current environment is different for three reasons: the degree of the move in rates, current economic cycle, and strength of mega-cap technology. In this environment, we wo...

2024-03-08 09:30:00 ET Summary MoneyShow's Mike Larson speaks with Ralph Acampora, Hedge Fund Advisor for Hedge Friend, and Craig Johnson, Managing Director and Senior Technical Analyst at Piper Sandler & Co. Ralph and Craig both see the markets taking a breather in the near t...

2024-03-08 04:50:00 ET Summary From 2009 to 2021, the large caps in the S&P 500 and the small caps in the Russell 2000 moved more or less in lock-step. We are seeing a similar divergence in U.S. labor market data as well with a huge gap developing between two different surveys...

2024-03-07 06:30:00 ET Summary When the regional banking woes unfolded in March 2023, we argued that the challenges were not likely to be systemic. We continue to think that the challenges facing regional banks are likely contained, though near-term market volatility is always pos...

2024-02-23 15:15:00 ET Summary Retail investors have started chasing small-cap stocks in hopes of a rate cutting cycle by the Fed and avoiding a recession. The primary economic data points continue to be very robust. Low unemployment, strong economic growth, and declining rates of...

2024-02-23 08:30:00 ET Summary With significant concentration into a few names, many interesting opportunities may be overlooked in 2024. For managers doing deep fundamental work, multiple opportunities exist across the equities landscape. One clear opportunity relates to continue...

2024-02-23 02:25:00 ET Summary The factors we are most concerned about in 2024 will move investors in a new direction. First, we are concerned about the pace of Federal Reserve (Fed) easing in 2024. If growth continues, and we avoid a recession, we believe sales growth, profitabil...