It's been a lackluster year for small caps despite the froth in selected stocks, especially a few tech megacaps like NVDA and META. The S&P 500 is up 6% YTD while the S&P 600 (small cap) is down 6%. The Russell 2000 is down 3%. [pre] YTD Index Returns TKR % Change Cur Price Start Price $NYFANG 13% 14818.65 13120.21 $DJU 13% 1107.9 982.74 $NDX 8% 22763.311 21012.17 $RLG 8% 4349.07 4042.28 $COMP 7% 20650.131 19310.789 $SPX 6% 6238.01 5881.63 $RLV 4% 1897 1823.95 $SPXEW 4% 7356.6 7100.83 $DJI 2% 43588.578 42544.219 $MID -1% 3104.6 3120.94 $RUMIC -2% 804.27 820.06 $RUT -3% 2166.78 2230.16 $DJT -5% 15104.24 15895.75 $SML -6% 1323.05 1408.17 AVERAGE RETURN = 3%