The stock market hasn’t started a year this strongly since 1987 — uh-oh!
Small-cap stocks, as gauged by the Russell 2000 index RUT, are off to their best start to any year in the past 32 years, boasting a gain of 8.8% over the past 12 trading sessions, according to Dow Jones Market Data. That’s outpacing the large-cap S&P 500 SPX, the U.S. stock-market benchmark, which is up 5.2% over the same stretch — a performance, however, that likewise is the strongest 12-day start to a calendar year in 32 years.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, is up 4.5% over the same period, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, has logged a 6.8% advance.
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/small-...op_stories
Small-cap stocks, as gauged by the Russell 2000 index RUT, are off to their best start to any year in the past 32 years, boasting a gain of 8.8% over the past 12 trading sessions, according to Dow Jones Market Data. That’s outpacing the large-cap S&P 500 SPX, the U.S. stock-market benchmark, which is up 5.2% over the same stretch — a performance, however, that likewise is the strongest 12-day start to a calendar year in 32 years.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, is up 4.5% over the same period, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, has logged a 6.8% advance.
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/small-...op_stories
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