All Small cap articles
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White papersOpportunities and Challenges of Trump 2.0
Chief Investment Officer Sean Taylor considers the implications of a second Trump administration for emerging markets.
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White papersWhy small is beautiful
While mega caps have consumed much of investors’ attention in recent years creating extreme levels of market concentration, great things have been happening ‘behind the scenes’ at some of Europe’s lesser-known corporates. We’re discovering overlooked small-cap gems that offer both attractive portfolio diversification benefits and the potential for double-digit returns.
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White papersSmall Caps: The Next Cycle Is Upon Us
We believe higher-quality small caps look poised to outperform their large-cap peers over the near- to mid-term.
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White papersRates Relief or Slowdown Uncertainty?
Our outlook for lower rates and a soft landing favors U.S. small caps, and we are watching China’s new stimulus closely for its impact on global cyclical assets.
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White papersEquity Market Outlook 4Q 2024
Despite a slowing U.S. economy, we reaffirm many of our Q3 recommendations and think the odds of an imminent recession remain low.
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White papersEconomics line up for extended SMID catch-up
Long outperformed by large-cap stocks, small and mid-caps (SMID) have recently shown signs of a trend reversal, which could enable them to make up lost ground. Current market conditions present a turning point for investors to look at a segment where high-conviction active managers have historically delivered alpha.
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White papersIs small cap M&A the catalyst investors have been waiting for?
Paul Marriage Fund manager of the Tellworth UK Smaller Companies Fund discusses the recent wave in M&A among UK small caps and the strong message this sends about the sector.
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White papersSDG Engagement Equity, H1 2024 report
As responsible investors, it’s important that all the sustainability claims we make are credible and we focus on the issues that matter. The same should be expected of our investee companies. In this report we provide colour on the ongoing engagement dialogues we have been having with our holdings.
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White papersGlobal small caps: headwinds turning into tailwinds
Alan Rowsell, fund manager of the Premier Miton Global Smaller Companies Fund, looks at what has affected small caps around the world and whether the odds are in favour for a small cap resurgence.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - September 2024
When central banks are cutting rates and risks of a US recession are limited, we remain disciplined and mildly positive on risk assets.
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White papersA time and place for small cap equities
After handily outperforming both large caps and the broader U.S. equity market for the one-year period following the COVID recession in the spring of 2020, small cap stocks have since lagged, despite posting healthy double-digit gains in two of the past three calendar years. This performance gap reflects in part the narrow but persistent market leadership of a few high-flying mega cap technology companies supported by artificial intelligence (AI) tailwinds.
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White papersA Change in Leadership?
As Biden withdraws, we are seeing an historic rotation into small-cap stocks and a growing opinion-polling lead for Donald Trump—are the two things related? “What I write here on Friday could be out-of-date by the time you are reading it on Monday,” said Joe Amato, in last week’s commentary on the rise in political volatility.
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White papersA Soft Landing Is Still a Landing
What do slowing growth, lower inflation, tight credit spreads and a steepening yield curve mean for our fixed income views for the rest of the year? If the big story of the moment in equities is the epic rotation out of mega-cap stocks and into smaller companies, the equivalent in fixed income is the ongoing, sharp unwind of a record-breaking U.S. yield curve inversion.
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White papersA New Era for Small Caps?
After a decade of lagging market results, stocks of small companies seem poised for a resurgence. Small company stocks have generally disappointed investors in recent years, not because of their fundamentals, but due to the relative strength of large companies since the Global Financial Crisis. The difference is reflected in the combined multiple (or valuation) expansion of large caps and multiple contraction of small caps, even as the latter generated stronger earnings growth over more than a decade.
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White papersHigher for Longer: The CIOs’ Weigh In
While this year’s inflation and rates environment has disappointed many, we see it as a bump in the road that has created opportunity in several markets.Midway through 2024, it’s pretty clear what the story of the year has been so far: stickier inflation and higher rates for longer than many investors wanted or expected.
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White papersWhy Quant For The Future
In the 1990s PGIM was among the earliest to explore quantitative investment techniques in response to our own clients’ shifting needs. Thirty years and many market cycles later, quants continue to leverage their unique strengths to help investors navigate their complex financial challenges.
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White papers150-Year Analysis: What Happens to Equities When Inflation Strikes
The quick rise in consumer prices following the pandemic disrupted decades of low inflation globally and sparked equity volatility that investors still struggle to navigate. While inflation has settled down, it has stubbornly stayed above central banks’ targets of around 2%. High inflation can cut out the bulk of a portfolio’s return, making it a paramount concern for investors.
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White papersEuro area: Worst over, slow recovery ahead
”Confirmation of no recession for the Euro economy, improving business sentiment and the ECB going to cut rates should support European equities including small caps.”
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White papersA window of opportunity for European equities
Equities have performed very well in the first quarter of the year. Where do we go from here?
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White papersThe Changing Asian Landscape: Japan Enters a New Era
We explore Japan’s revival, corporate reforms and where its equity opportunities may emerge next.
