Investors gravitate to small-company stocks for various reasons. Some want a dose of small companies in their portfolios to round out their exposure to the large-company stocks that dominate the ...

There are four main mid-cap indexes, the CRSP, Dow, Russell, and S&P Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from ...

Large-cap stocks are stocks issued by corporations that have major influence over the economy. The “cap” in large-cap refers to the company’s “market capitalization,” which is equal to the company’s ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor and educator with over 35 years of diverse ...

Tech giant Apple is proof of how far high-quality products and strong brand loyalty can go. It first became the world's most valuable company on Aug. 9, 2011, 15 days before Steve Jobs resigned as CEO ...

A stable mid-cap value index fund. Our research team assigns Gold ratings to strategies that they have the most conviction will outperform a relevant index, or most peers, over a market cycle on a ...