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Many experts have been unsuccessfully calling for a resurgence of small-cap stocks over the past few years.I look at the Vanguard Small Cap ETF and explain why this time could finally be different.I cannot think of a better time for small cap's outperformance to "kick in" than right around now.

While the Q3 earnings season has been overwhelmed by the focus of investors on the U.S. election (see the latest), a look back by Bank of America shows that 67%

Among US equity factors, growth is still the leader, but the edge is thinning via numbers through Tuesday's close.Fans of small-cap investing will find encouragement in recent trading activity.If coronavirus risk remains muted in terms of reversing the recent US economic rebound, the case for small caps looks bright, or least brighter, relative to the last several years.

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB) - $0.5446.30-Day SEC Yield of 1.40% as of Aug 31.Payable Sep 30; for shareholders of record Sep 28; ex-div Sep 25.

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Distressed-assets specialist Alp Ercil went on a billion-dollar buying spree in March and April, bargain-hunting amid the indiscriminate selloff in credit markets, a person familiar with the matter said.