caps poised to have their day?
S&P 500, Dow green; Nasdaq slips
Utilities lead S&P 500 sectors gainers; Comm Svcs weakest group
Euro STOXX 600 off ~0.2%
Dollar, gold gain; bitcoin up ~2%; crude edges red
U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield dips to ~4.01%
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SMID-CAPS POISED TO HAVE THEIR DAY?
Although small and mid (SMID) -cap stocks have delivered above-average, double-digit gains over the past year, their performance still has been unable to keep up with the torrid pace set by their large-cap brethren.
And while these stocks had an extremely impressive Q3 start with both groups delivering one of their best monthly relative performances over the past three decades during July, that strength proved fleeting as small and mid-cap stocks revisited underperformance territory during August through September.
"We continue to believe that these stocks have been unfairly punished (or ignored) given what we have viewed as a mismatch between the fundamental underpinnings and the relative performance of the group, and nothing has changed in that regard," writes BMO Capital Market's chief investment strategist, Brian Belski, in a note.
Belski adds that "relative underperformance remains quite extreme compared to historical standards and this sort of weakness has typically been followed by swift rebounds over the past 30 years."
According to Belski, now that the Fed has kicked off its easing cycle, historical data suggests that smaller-cap stocks have tended to be main beneficiaries once the Fed starts to lower rates.
Therefore, BMO continues to advise investors to increase their commitments to this area.
However, given the dynamics of the SMID-cap space, Belski prefers a highly selective approach when it comes to portfolio positioning.
Belski lists 17 stocks rated "Outperform" by BMO that are included in BMO's U.S. SMID-cap portfolio. Among those stocks are: Bunge BG.N, Constellation Energy CEG.O, Entegris ENTG.O, Snap SNAP.N and Take-Two Interactive TTWO.O.
(Terence Gabriel)
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