It's outperformed so far this week, that small cap trade. So, the Russell 2000 is up nearly 5% in three days. And our next guest now says the stage is finally set for those gains to actually continue with some momentum.For more, let's turn to portfolio manager of the Needm Small Cap Growth Fund, Chris Wler, who joins us here on set this Thanksgiving Eve. Chris, thank you very much for being here with us. >> Thank you for having me.>> All right, so let's talk about the small cap trade. You say that it does n ...

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