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iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is a leader in the Small-Cap S&P index-based ETFs universe.With the focus on large-cap stocks, the small-cap universe is not on every investor's buy list.This article will review four alternatives to the iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF along with a brief overview of IJR.

Led by Fama-French and the quant community, Wall Street has long considered small caps to be a significant factor in and of itself.Not so! Fundamental assessment of businesses shows that large and small companies are structurally different and that all else being equal, smaller firms are riskier.Aiming at small-cap per se is a risk-on choice; the idea of emerging growth should be pursued in a market-capitalization-neutral manner.

The broader market bounced back on Nov 28 mainly due to the Fed chief Powell's comments. Should you tap this rebound with momentum ETFs?

Small-cap stocks and the corresponding exchange traded funds have recently been outpacing their large-cap counterparts prompting some market observers to speculate that smaller stocks could be in for a lengthy period of out-performance. Some fundamentally...