Small stocks have taken off recently—and the very smallest have done the best of all. The Russell Microcap index gained 4.5% for the month of November, besting the small-cap benchmark Russell 2000’s monthly gain of 4%. Meanwhile, both of those indexes handily outperformed the S&P 500’s gain of 3.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s advance of 3.7%. Companies...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 02, 2019 21:22 UTC