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Top Micro Cap Fund Holdings And Performance
Ian Cassel • Wed, Apr 17 • 1 Comment
Companies That Reported 30% Sales Growth Last Week
Stock Market Joe • Wed, Mar 13 • 10 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Blend Style
David Trainer • Fri, Mar 8
Micro Cap ETFs: Indexing Leads Investors To Low Returns
Everyday Finance • Mon, Jan 7 • 6 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Blend Style
David Trainer • Mon, Nov 12, 2012
Risks Of Muni Bond ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, Jun 27, 2012
ETFs Vs. Index Funds
Tom Lydon • Thu, Jun 7, 2012 • 2 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Blend
David Trainer • Mon, May 7, 2012 • 2 Comments
Micro Cap ETFs: Time To Think Small?
Eric Dutram • Tue, Oct 18, 2011
PowerShares Goes to Mexico
Michael Johnston • Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Be Wary of Most Micro-Cap ETFs' Negative Alpha
Morningstar • Wed, Feb 9, 2011 • 6 Comments
Stock ETFs for Minimizing the 'Greenback Effect'
Gary Gordon • Wed, Dec 15, 2010
Micro Caps: The Strongest Group of Stocks Right Now
Ian Wyatt • Thu, Dec 9, 2010 • 1 Comment
3 Micro-Cap ETFs for Capitalizing on American Confidence
Gary Gordon • Tue, Nov 30, 2010 • 1 Comment
Claymore Launches First Ever Micro Cap ETF to Track Wilshire Index
Michael Johnston • Mon, Aug 23, 2010 • 3 Comments
Micro Cap ETFs: High Risk, High Reward?
Tom Lydon • Tue, Jun 29, 2010
Small Cap ETFs Are Up, But What About Small Businesses?
Tom Lydon • Fri, Apr 16, 2010 • 1 Comment
Why Small-Cap ETFs Are Outperforming
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Investing in Micro Cap ETFs
Eric Dutram • Mon, Dec 21, 2009 • 1 Comment
Why ETFs Are a Good Way of Getting Small-Cap Exposure
Tom Lydon • Mon, Jul 27, 2009

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Be Wary of Most Micro-Cap ETFs' Negative Alpha
Morningstar • Wed, Feb 9, 2011 • 6 Comments

Top Micro Cap Fund Holdings And Performance
Ian Cassel • Wed, Apr 17 • 1 Comment
Companies That Reported 30% Sales Growth Last Week
Stock Market Joe • Wed, Mar 13 • 10 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Blend Style
David Trainer • Fri, Mar 8
Micro Cap ETFs: Indexing Leads Investors To Low Returns
Everyday Finance • Mon, Jan 7 • 6 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Blend Style
David Trainer • Mon, Nov 12, 2012
Risks Of Muni Bond ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, Jun 27, 2012
ETFs Vs. Index Funds
Tom Lydon • Thu, Jun 7, 2012 • 2 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Small-Cap Blend
David Trainer • Mon, May 7, 2012 • 2 Comments
Micro Cap ETFs: Time To Think Small?
Eric Dutram • Tue, Oct 18, 2011
PowerShares Goes to Mexico
Michael Johnston • Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Stock ETFs for Minimizing the 'Greenback Effect'
Gary Gordon • Wed, Dec 15, 2010
Micro Caps: The Strongest Group of Stocks Right Now
Ian Wyatt • Thu, Dec 9, 2010 • 1 Comment
3 Micro-Cap ETFs for Capitalizing on American Confidence
Gary Gordon • Tue, Nov 30, 2010 • 1 Comment
Claymore Launches First Ever Micro Cap ETF to Track Wilshire Index
Michael Johnston • Mon, Aug 23, 2010 • 3 Comments
Micro Cap ETFs: High Risk, High Reward?
Tom Lydon • Tue, Jun 29, 2010
Small Cap ETFs Are Up, But What About Small Businesses?
Tom Lydon • Fri, Apr 16, 2010 • 1 Comment
Why Small-Cap ETFs Are Outperforming
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Investing in Micro Cap ETFs
Eric Dutram • Mon, Dec 21, 2009 • 1 Comment
Why ETFs Are a Good Way of Getting Small-Cap Exposure
Tom Lydon • Mon, Jul 27, 2009
5 ETFs with Single-Digit P/Es that Trade Near 'Book Value'
Gary Gordon • Wed, Feb 4, 2009 • 3 Comments

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Microcap ETF back near July low

at MarketWatch.com (Aug 16, 2010)

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PZI Description

The PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (Fund) is based on the Zacks Micro Cap Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to identify a group of micro cap stocks with the greatest potential to outperform passive benchmark micro cap indexes and other actively managed U.S. micro cap strategies. Due to their low correlation to large, medium and small sized companies, micro caps may complement existing blended portfolios by improving risk adjusted performance.
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Monday, March 25, 9:26 AM There's a "chasm of untold and historic proportions" in microcaps (IWC), writes Marc Robins, making the case for the sector. "The market has worked for over 3 decades crowding-out any interest, support or ownership of the tertiary issues," he says, excited over the number of low-risk 3-10 baggers out there right now. 1 Comment [Quick Ideas]
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 3:46 PM John Bogle's never bought the idea that small caps outperform large caps over time, but his assertion is based on the removal from the 20th century a decade of particular small cap outperformance starting in 1973. Without it, he says, large caps have actually done better. Is this fair? What if we remove a decade of large cap dominance? In 2012, microcaps (IWC) have gained 15%, vs. 11.6% for the Russel 2000 (IWM), and 13.6% for the SPY. 2 Comments
Monday, November 19, 2012, 1:25 PM The selloff since mid-September was especially bruising to microcaps (IWC), which slid 10.3% (before today's 1.9% bounce) vs. a 7% decline in the S&P and a 6.3% fall in the Russell 2000. For the year, microcaps lag the 10.3% gain in the S&P and small-caps by 160 basis points. Comment!
Friday, September 14, 2012, 3:01 PM Maybe signalling the risk appetite needed for further gains (or a sign of froth), microcaps join small caps in leading the equity rally over the past month. Up 8.9%, the Russell Microcap Index (IWC) has outperformed the S&P 500 by 540 basis points, and taken the lead YTD by 290 basis points. Comment!
Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:02 PM The S&P 500 widened its recent lead over small-caps in July (SPY +1.55%, IWM -1.92%). On a Y/Y basis, SPY has outperformed IWM by 889 basis points. Interestingly, Microcaps (IWC) - after a rough (relative) year in 2011 - are neck and neck with the S&P thus far in 2012. Comment!
Thursday, June 14, 2012, 7:03 AM Russell Investments is reshuffling the Russell Microcap Index (IWC) on June 25. New additions to the index include CytRx (CYTR), Synergy Resources (SYRG) and Echo Therapeutics (ECTE). The full list of changes (here) will be finalized June 22. Comment!

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