Oppenheimer listed 12 of the "best of the best" stocks for investors in the small- and mid-cap sector. Analysts at the firm selected companies that had a bullish technical trend and were buy-rated.

Earnings growth is broadening beyond the Magnificent Seven. Falling interest rates benefit small-caps. AVDV gained 61% in the past year driven by dollar weakness and international rate declines. FNDA ...

SCHA holds a broader basket of small-cap stocks than SPSM and has outperformed over the past year. SPSM costs slightly less and offers a marginally higher dividend yield than SCHA. Both funds have a ...

Thanks to inflation, $100 doesn't sound like much these days, but there's another way for investors to look at that amount. Consider it as a seed to be planted and, when tended to, one that will grow ...

Small-cap stocks are on a tear: The Morningstar US Small Cap Index is outperforming both the Morningstar US Large Cap Index and the broad-based Morningstar US Market Index by a healthy margin over the ...

It's true. Good things come in small packages. Just take a look at the Russell 2000 . The benchmark index for small-cap stocks is up a whopping 9.5% to start the year, hitting an all-time on Thursday.

Closed-end funds offer an attractive investment class that covers various asset classes and promises high distributions to income investors. They can also offer reasonable total returns if the ...

The Russell 2000 surged 4.69% in the first week of 2026 while FESM returned 19.95% over the past year. Analysts forecast Russell 2000 earnings to grow 35% annually over the next two years versus 14% ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has lowered the effective interest rate cap to 12 percent per month on small loans effective April 1, 2026. The move is part of the government’s effort to ...