Small-Cap ETF’s Gambit: Can It Double by 2030?

The Russell 2000 and S&P SmallCap 600 indexes, once the beating hearts of speculative fervor, have grown complacent. Over five years, they’ve coughed up paltry returns-38% and 44%, respectively-while value-oriented small-cap funds withered into obscurity. Investors, seduced by the siren song of AI-driven giants, have left the underdogs to gnaw on scraps. But in this bleak landscape, the Avantis ETF (AVUV +0.20%) has clawed its way to prominence, a testament to the quiet resilience of those who refuse to surrender to the tide.


