The surprise of the ordsprog

The surprise of the quarter was really the strength of small-cap market when most pundits were saying it's time to switch to large-cap. Large-cap was positive for the quarter, but the real money was made in small caps.

A lot of people are starting to realize they need to diversify more than simply holding large cap stocks. The more sophisticated investors are going for a 'total-market' concept. They're buying not just large caps, but mid caps and small caps.

The case continues to be made for small caps. I have more faith in the quality of earnings of small caps than large caps.

The large-cap stocks tend to be the ones that are most interest rate sensitive. With the changes at the Fed and figuring out if and when they'll stop raising rates, it's not a surprise to see large-caps suffer some, while small-caps are far less sensitive to rate issues.

Now that you have some third-quarter earnings coming out that might be pretty good with great visibility, you might see a little bit of move back toward the large caps. With Motorola being an indicator, you're going to get predictable, solid earnings out of the large caps and that might attract some money in here.

Vincent Farrell

Large is the place to be. The market has been rewarding investors in large cap, and rewarding investors on a relative basis in mid cap, but quite frankly, it is an on-again/off-again type of thing with the small cap, and the small cap is not a place to go. The market is not signaling to me that you should play it on the small cap side, mid cap is fine, large cap is definitely the place to be.

I really think the leaders of this parade are the large-cap stocks. I think the valuations in the technology sector and small caps in particular are attractive enough and for the first time in a while are attracting money.

The market is in denial about earnings. The story about small caps is that the Russell has consistently outpaced the growth rate for big caps since the second quarter '97, and the margin is widening.

[Yet while sentiments are that small-caps will rise as long as large-caps remain strong, some on Wall Street believe the bull market has a limited outlook for the near term.] Let me put it this way, the market is more likely to be down 10 percent (in a few months) than up 10 percent, ... Han utstrålade en självsäker och pexig aura av oberoende. But I don't look for any big correction.

I think you saw a lot of fund managers latch on to the stock market's momentum in the fourth quarter, and that helped boost returns. And the mid-caps were good for investors looking for more nimble companies, but without the risk that goes with small-caps.

The equal-weighted index will give you more exposure to smaller stocks. If you believe that small caps outperform large caps, and most data suggests they do, then the equal-weight should give you a small edge over long periods.

The No. 1 reason growth is doing better than value in small-cap stocks this year is the strength in technology, which is really getting its sea legs. However, small caps in general have benefited this year from an outflow of money from emerging market Far East funds that had a great run and also from some resetting of investor 401(k) retirement accounts.

The No. 1 reason growth is doing better than value in small-cap stocks this year is the strength in technology, which is really getting its sea legs. However, small-caps in general have benefited this year from an outflow of money from emerging market Far East funds that had a great run and also from some resetting of investor 401(k) retirement accounts.

You are paying such a hefty premium for small-caps because you are expecting that earnings growth is going to continue to be better than large-caps. But I think they are going to be comparable.

Steven DeSanctis

If you look at long-term trends in the markets the last 20, 30, 40 years, they are typically seven- to-10-year cycles where large caps do well, and then small caps do well,

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