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This article originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com: Small-Cap vs. Mid-Cap vs Large-Cap: Why the Differences Matter for Your Investments Show comments Advertisement
The benchmark small-cap stock index, the Russell 2000, climbed 8.9% during the third quarter. That outpaced the large-cap S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) return of 5.5%.
The Russell 2000 is by far the most common benchmark for mutual funds that identify themselves as "small-cap", while the S&P 500 index is used primarily for large capitalization stocks. It is the most widely quoted measure of the overall performance of small-cap to mid-cap company shares.
Small Cap vs. Large Cap: Some investors use the size of a company as the basis for investing. Studies of stock returns going back to 1925 [ citation needed ] have suggested that "smaller is better," and on average, the highest returns have come from stocks with the lowest market capitalization , the so-called " Size premium ".
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