Small Cap Network Blog

It’s official - I’m a giant nerd. Anybody who would go to the trouble of ferreting out the market’s hottest and coldest industries is ‘overdoing’ it. Anybody who would then break those industries out by large, small, and mid caps is officially waaaayyyy over-analyzing things. My insanity is your gain.

Anyway, with a little extra time on my hands this morning, I’ve broken down the market’s best and worst small cap performers, by industry. Why bother? Primarily because birds of a feather flock together - these small cap industry indices are doing what they’re doing because the underlying stocks are either (1) rallying well, or (2) falling apart. Either way, there may be something trade-worthy in there.

And to answer the next question, yes, there is a significant difference between the small cap version of these industry indices and their large and mid cap brethren. That was surprising to me, but also encouraging that the lemming mentality hasn’t yet infected every style, cap, and industry.

Anyway, here are the numbers…the best 2-week performers in yellow, and the worst 2-week performers in pink.

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