SMALL CAP ETFs - ANALYSIS & HOW TO INVEST IN SMALL CAPS
Channel: Value Investing with Sven Carlin, Ph.D.
Date: 2018-03-22

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We know that stocks are generally overvalued and that small caps usually outperform other stock market segments albeit with more volatility. Now, there has been a lot of talk how even small caps are overvalued and a part of the stock market to definitely avoid even if it is tempting to search for opportunities where Wall Street is renowned for missing them. A Wall Street article was recently titled “How much are small caps overvalued?”. Let’s dig into the U.S. small cap environment to see what is going on. I’ll start by taking a look at the iShares Core S&P Small cap ETF (IJR) that tracks the S&P 600 small cap index.
Small Cap performance

As said, small caps usually outperform and their performance over the last 18 years has been nothing short of stellar. $10k invested in the ETF in 2000 would be now north of $50k not including any dividends while the S&P 500 is up ‘only’ 83%. A 500% performance leads many to believe the small cap environment is hugely overvalued.