international small-cap ETFs

As has been widely documented, an interesting phenomenon with small-cap stocks this year is not just the smaller U.S. stocks lagging their large-cap counterparts, but that U.S. small-caps are getting trounced by their international equivalents. Just focusing on ex-U.S. developed market small-caps,...

One of the most vexing scenarios facing investors this year has been the ongoing disappointment delivered by U.S. small-caps and the corresponding exchange-traded funds. For instance, the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE: IWM) is up just 2.3 percent year to date, well behind the 10.5 percent returned...

Historical data indicate many investors typically allocate significant portions of their portfolios to domestic large-caps, while being underweight international stocks. From there, it can logically be inferred that most investors are grossly underweight international small-caps, if they have any...