Are quietly climbing microcaps and commodities foretelling a return to risk and speculation?
We are pleased to celebrate the re-launch of Canadian Insider by sharing some thoughts on the market.
We begin with a particularly noteworthy chart. The iShares Russell Microcap Index Fund (IWC*US) is a chart I have been following closely. It may surprise people that this fund which holds small cap companies in diverse sectors, has been outperforming the US and Canadian market for about a year and has in the past few sessions, broken out to a multi-year high - importantly, with very little attention from the financial media.
