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IWM could get a lift from easing inflation, possible Fed rate cuts, rising small-business optimism, and decent earnings forecasts.

Key Points in This Article: Small-cap stocks, via the Russell 2000, have underperformed the S&P 500 by about 5% annually over the past decade.

PSCI, PSCT, XSVM, XSHQ and FYT led small-cap ETF gains after softer inflation data boosted rate cut hopes.

The current market environment, characterized by easing inflation fears and a potential shift in Federal Reserve policy toward lower interest rates, is a favorable backdrop for small cap stocks.

With rate cut odds climbing, ETFs like VNQ, XLU, XLY, IWM and GLD look likely to gain from a Fed move.

The Fed's recent rate decision has led us to form a higher-for-longer interest rate outlook. We see a few reasons that could help IJR better navigate the interest rate uncertainties ahead than IWM. The top ones are its avoidance of microcaps and more attractive valuation judging by yield.

"This bull market has a lot of legs," says Eddie Ghabour. He points to many retail and institutional investors sitting on the sidelines waiting to deploy cash — which will ramp markets higher once they do.

After a long period of underperformance, small-cap U.S. stocks may be staging a comeback. While it's too early to say for sure whether this is the start of a sustained rally or just an occasional rise, recent data shows encouraging signs for small-cap investors.

After an epic week where only a few sectors plus the S&P 500 and NASDAQ shone, it turns out that it's the calendar price range that has the final say (read last week's articles here).  At least for now.

Looking for broad exposure to the Small Cap Blend segment of the US equity market? You should consider the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 05/22/2000.