The July 2017 issue of the SmallCap Informer newsletter has been published with two stock picks and no sell recommendations.

Just past the midpoint of 2017, small-cap stocks are lagging the broader market, with the S&P 500 Index up 10.3% year-to-date through July 3 and the Russell 2000 Index up just 4.9%.

Small-cap stocks started the year with strength but began to diverge from large-cap stocks in early March. Despite a mid-April rally and another in May-June, small-cap stocks haven’t yet caught up with their larger compatriots in the equities markets.

This isn’t the whole story, however. The Russell 2000 hit an all-time high on July 25th, while the S&P 500 hits its peak the next day, July 26th. Driven by positive earnings reports and positive economic data, the markets ignored a tightening monetary policy and diminishing chances for fiscal stimulus coming out of the nation’s capital any time soon and stocks bounded upwards. Read more in the July 2017 issue.