The small cap-focused $Russell 2000 Index (.RUT.US)$added 1.7% in the session. This built on last week’s gain, which was seen as a sign of traders moving money to this cohort from Big Tech names that have seen monster gains this year.
The shift to small caps also comes as investors grow increasingly excited that the Federal Reserve will soon begin lowering interest rates, a move seen as particularly helpful for smaller and more cyclically oriented companies.
Larry Tentarelli, chief technical stra...