FYI: As trade tensions mounted last year, small-cap stocks were seen as a refuge because of their domestic orientation. As market volatility mounted into year-end, though, even small caps suffered. By Dec. 31, the Russell 2000 index was down 11.01%. Click through to see the five small-cap funds with the best showing last year, according to data from Morningstar Inc., followed by the five small caps with the worst showing.
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Ted
https://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20190107/FREE/107009999/PH/best-worst-performing-small-cap-funds-in-2018&Params=Itemnr=7Worst:
1. RBC Small Cap Core I
2. ICON Opportunities
3. B. Riley Diversified Equity Institutional
4. Satuit Capital US Emerging Companies C
5. Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap I
Best:
6. Alger Small Cap Focus I
7. Wasatch Ultra Growth
8. Jacob Micro Cap Growth Institutional
9. Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth I
10. Jacob Small Cap Growth Institutional