By definition, the S&P 500 is set to close in a brand new bull market today with a rally of more than 20% off of the 11/20 lows. The average stock in the S&P 500 is up even more at 27.32%. This is because the smallest stocks in the index have outperformed their larger cap brethren. Below we highlight the decile performance (50 stocks in 10 deciles) of stocks in the index based on market cap. As shown, the two deciles of the largest cap stocks in the S&P 500 are up roughly 17% since the 11/20 close, while the decile of the smallest stocks is up an average of 54%.
The x-axis reads biggest on the left and worst on the right. Should that be biggest/smallest or biggest/best? My money's on the former.
Posted by: anonymous | December 08, 2008 at 05:15 PM