The MSCI EAFE
Small Cap Index covers all investable small cap securities with a market capitalization below that of the companies in the MSCI Standard Indices from the following 21 developed market country indexes: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Not exact matches
MSCI Size
Indexes provide comprehensive representation with consistently defined, non-overlapping large, mid, small and micro cap size segments for each individual market covered, as well as all cap i
Indexes provide comprehensive representation with consistently defined, non-overlapping large, mid,
small and micro
cap size segments for each individual market
covered, as well as all
cap indexesindexes.
The S&P 600 SmallCap
Index covers a broad range of
small cap stocks in the United States.
As an
index covering small -
cap value stocks, VSIAX makes an ideal core position paired alongside a U.S.
small -
cap growth fund or as a way to overweight value stocks.
You can opt for broader funds, such as Wilshire - 5000
indexed which
covers all the U.S. market (large, mid and
small cap), if you need to keep the number of funds very low to minimize costs (transaction ones if you invest through ETFs for example), but make sure that higher fund fees don't cancel that advantage.
Russell 2500
Index: The Russell 2500 is a market cap weighted index that includes the smallest 2,500 companies covered in the Russell 3000 universe of United States - based listed equi
Index: The Russell 2500 is a market
cap weighted
index that includes the smallest 2,500 companies covered in the Russell 3000 universe of United States - based listed equi
index that includes the
smallest 2,500 companies
covered in the Russell 3000 universe of United States - based listed equities.
Moreover, I would not be surprised to see an ETF
covering the mid-
cap or
small -
cap space, since the Vanguard MSCI Canada
Index ETF (VCE) holds only the largest 100 Canadian stocks.
We list Vanguard
Small Cap ETF (VB), as well as iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) and iShares Core S&P
Small Cap (IJR), which
covers the S&P 600
index.
The S&P 600 is comparable to the Russell 2000
Index in that both measure the performance of
small -
cap stocks but the former
covers a much narrower range of assets.
This Performance Series of articles has already
covered nine of these components: the S&P 500
Index, U.S. large -
cap value stocks, U.S.
small -
cap blend stocks, U.S.
small -
cap value stocks, U.S. REITs, international large -
cap blend stocks, international large -
cap value stocks, international
small -
cap blend stocks, and (this time) international
small -
cap value stocks.
The Russell 2500 is a market
cap - weighted
index that includes the
smallest 2,500 companies
covered in the Russell 3000 universe of United States - based listed equities.
«VCN uses the FTSE Canada All
Cap Index, a lesser - known index that covers Canadian large -, mid - and small - cap stocks,» he sa
Cap Index, a lesser - known index that covers Canadian large -, mid - and small - cap stocks,» he
Index, a lesser - known
index that covers Canadian large -, mid - and small - cap stocks,» he
index that
covers Canadian large -, mid - and
small -
cap stocks,» he sa
cap stocks,» he says.
As an
index covering small -
cap stocks, VSMAX makes an ideal core position alongside large - and mid-
cap U.S. equities.