Small stocks have some advantages over big ones. They are less combed over by analysts, and can offer superior capital gains to investors who pick astutely.

The Federal Open Market Committee is scheduled to next determine short-term interest rates on May 7. Rates are expected to be held steady.

So far in 2025, the dollar has slid more than 8 percent against a basket of major currencies—the worst start to a year in the ICE U.S. Dollar Index’s four-decade history.

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Although each REIT has its own factors, the overall issue might be interest rates and a change in expectations about them.

Funds focused on the VIX, the stock market’s so-called fear gauge, can minimize losses if Trump’s next announcement sends stocks crashing.