Meet the Magnificent Small-Cap ETF Crushing the S&P 500 in 2026. Is It Still a Buy?

Larger companies tend to get much more attention in the stock market than smaller ones, which makes sense. People interact much more with Apple, Coca-Cola, or Amazon than with a regional mining company, niche pharmaceutical company, or local bank.However, attention doesn't always translate to stock market performance. There are plenty of small-cap stocks that have performed well and continue to do so. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEMKT: IWM) is a good example of this, outperforming the S&P 500 by 20.5% to 7.2% so far this year, as of market close on June 26.Given its recent performance, is IWM still a buy? It depends on your objective.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool