Small-Cap Stocks Can Outperform Large-Cap Peers in 2025: 5 Top Picks

U.S. stock markets witnessed an impressive rally in 2024 after an astonishing bull run in 2023. Following the 24.2% ascent in 2023, the S&P 500 rallied 23.3% last year. The Dow and the Nasdaq Composite rallied 12.9% and 28.6%, respectively, last year, after advancing 13.7% and 43.4%, respectively, in 2023. However, the Wall Street rally of the last two years was predominantly dominated by the technology sector, especially by the giant generative artificial intelligence (AI)-centric stocks. The participation ...