| As people go bargain hunting after the recent selling pressure, investors should consider exchange traded funds that track small capitalization-weighted stocks, which have typically outperformed at the start of a new year. According to financial data provider Kensho, small-cap stocks have returned more than large-cap companies in the first quarter for the past two decades, reports Deirdre Bosa for CNBC.
Investors who have historically bet on blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks in the first quarter for the past two decades were only positive 50% of the time and generated an average 0.92% return. In contrast, the Russell 2000 small-cap index has provided more reliable returns, trading positive 65% of the time and returning 1.6% on average...............................................Full Article: Source
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