Smallcap is trading at 23.42 as of the 15th of March 2025; that is 2.54% up since the beginning of the trading day. The fund's open price was 22.84. Smallcap has about a 21 % chance of experiencing some form of financial distress in the next two years of operation but has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 15th of December 2024 and ending today, the 15th of March 2025. Click here to learn more.
Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80 percent of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of companies that compose the Standard Poors SmallCap 600 Index. The index is designed to represent U.S. More on Smallcap Sp 600
Smallcap Sp 600 [PSPIX] is traded in USA and was established 15th of March 2025. Smallcap is listed under Principal Funds category by Fama And French industry classification. The fund is listed under Small Blend category and is part of Principal Funds family. This fund at this time has accumulated 1.45 B in assets with no minimum investment requirementsSmallcap Sp 600 is currently producing year-to-date (YTD) return of 1.63% with the current yeild of 0.01%, while the total return for the last 3 years was 1.91%.
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Sector Allocation
Investors will always prefer to have their portfolios divercified against different sectors. The broad sector allocation increases the possibility of making a profit or at least avoiding a loss. However, this may also reduce the expected return on Smallcap Mutual Fund. Generally, it depends on diversification level and type but usually, the broader the sector allocation, the less risk can be expected from holding Smallcap Mutual Fund, and the less return is expected.
Institutional investors that are interested in enforcing a sector tilt in their portfolio can use exchange-traded funds, such as Smallcap Sp 600 Mutual Fund, as a low-cost alternative to building a custom portfolio. So, using sector ETFs to diversify your portfolio can be a profitable strategy. However, no matter what sectors are desirable at a given time, no single industry should ever make up more than 20 percent of your stock portfolio.
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Smallcap financial ratios help investors to determine whether Smallcap Mutual Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Smallcap with respect to the benefits of owning Smallcap security.