Small-Cap Sector ETFs To Beat 'Sell In May' Doldrums

Otmane El Rhazi from Investor's Business Daily - ETFs RSS.

It's May, but don't go away. That's the advice for ETF investors from research firm S&P Capital IQ. Small-cap stocks, like their larger peers, lag from May through October. In fact, since 1979, they rose 2% on average during this period vs. 10.5% from November through April, says Capital IQ U.S. equity strategist Sam Stovall. That's more than investors would get by sitting in cash or sheltering in a money market account. But it's less than what