Lewis J. Altfest, the principal of Altfest Personal Wealth Management in New York, with $600 million under management, cut his firm's small-cap allocations to 6% of clients' portfolios some time ago. "We think there are better opportunities in larger company growth funds at a reasonable price," he says.
Right now, momentum seems to favor small-cap stocks over their large-cap counterparts. Will the pendulum swing back to large caps soon?
"Small caps do seem to have more momentum," says Lipper's Tjornehoj. "I don't expect large-caps to take over soon. There will come a day, but that seems far off to me."
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