Small-Cap Investing

Personal Finance Daily: Small-cap growth stocks for big gains

8 Feb 2012

As the economy is starting to show some signs of improvement, this would be the time to begin looking at the stocks most likely to benefit from an expansion: small-cap growth stocks.

Investing for retirement when you're just starting out

7 Feb 2012

My granddaughter has asked me how to invest the money she'll contribute to her employer's retirement savings plan at her first job. I suggested she either go with a 2050 target-retirement fund or divide her money as follows: 40% in an S&P 500 index fund, 40% in a small-cap index fund and 20% in an international stock index fund. Do you think she should go with the first option, the second or do ...

This 'Boring' Blue Chip Made Me 26% In A Year

3 Feb 2012

One of the longest-running debates between investors is the 'big cap versus small cap' argument.Dinosaurs don't runMany investors, particularly in their early years of investing, are drawn to invest in ...