This Small-Cap ETF Is Outperforming QQQ -- Is It Still a Good Buy?
Small-cap stocks are racing higher in 2026 -- even more than major tech stocks.
Overview
The past few years of the U.S. stock market have been dominated by a few highly influential large-cap stocks, like the Magnificent Seven and the giants of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. But big companies aren't the only way to invest.
Small-cap stocks are making a comeback in 2026. So far, the iShares Russell 2000 Small-Cap ETF (NYSEMKT: IWM) has delivered a total return (by net asset value) of 18.22% year to date, outperforming the tech-heavy Invesco QQQ ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ) (known as "the Q's"), which has returned 17.57%. The iShares small-cap ETF also outperformed QQQ in the past year, with a total return of 41.75%:
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