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The Small Cap Premium: Does It Really Matter?

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Rupert Hargreaves
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Conventional wisdom says that US small-cap stocks have historically outperformed large-cap stocks, but some recent studies have argued that this is not always necessarily the case.

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Two recent studies stand out. Alquist et al. (2018) consider the empirical findings of the Size effect over the past few decades and argue that there no strong empirical evidence to support the idea of a size premium. Meanwhile, Beck et al. (2016) reached a similar conclusion.

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Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for Hedge Fund Alpha