Forget the Dow and the S&P. Small-cap stocks are on track to hit a big number.

A debt-ridden former giant makes a play to buy a rival three times its own market cap.

Both Ford and GM have outperformed the market over the last year, yet because of weakness in the past both continue to trade at a deep discount to the broader market. In this piece, I am showing why both could continue to outperform the market moving

Goldman Sachs bought a stake in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China before it was cool — before it had the 2nd largest IPO in the history of the world in 2006, and before it was the largest bank in the world by market cap. Initially, Go

By Kevin Chapman:Approach Resources (AREX) is a Fort Worth based Exploration and Production Company levered to the West-Texas Midland Basin in Crockett and Schleicher Counties. With a Market Cap of $1.05 billion as of May 10, 2013, this company has a

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Although the bull market appears to be healthy and ready to march on, there are some indications that a shift in market leadership is getting closer. As the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average continue to make new highs,

The top five large cap names worth buying and holding onto in one of the most important emerging market economies around, and most transparent: Brazil. Buy list from stock forecasting firm ValuEngine.

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as firms exposed to the U.S. market benefited from further weakness in the Australian dollar, while big-cap miners like BHP Billiton Ltd rebounded on short-covering.

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as firms exposed to the U.S. market benefited from further weakness in the Australian dollar, while big-cap miners like BHP...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as firms exposed to the U.S. market benefited from further weakness in the Australian dollar, while big-cap miners like BHP Billiton Ltd rebounded on short-covering.

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as firms exposed to the U.S. market benefited from further weakness in the Australian dollar, while big-cap miners like BHP...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as the market drew support from further weakness in the Australian dollar, underpinned by gains in big-cap miners like BHP...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as the market drew support from further weakness in the Australian dollar, underpinned by gains in big-cap miners like BHP Billiton Ltd on short-covering.

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as the market drew support from further weakness in the Australian dollar, underpinned by gains in big-cap miners like BHP...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as the market drew support from further weakness in the Australian dollar, underpinned by gains in big-cap miners like BHP Billiton Ltd on short-covering.

Priceline may be the largest OTA, mainly in terms of market cap, however the smaller players in the space are taking steps to stay as competitive as possible.

By Daniel Banaszak:The market cap-based weighting methodology of the S&P 500 index has long been the source of the index's popularity as a benchmark among market participants. Indeed, the ability to passively track this index on huge scales with comp

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Weak earnings from Zurich Insurance Group kept a lid on European shares early on Thursday, with more gains expected in a market that yield-hungry investors have already driven to multi-year highs.

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Weak earnings from Zurich Insurance Group kept a lid on European shares early on Thursday, with more gains expected in a market that yield-hungry investors have already...

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Weak earnings from Zurich Insurance Group kept a lid on European shares early on Thursday, with more gains expected in a market that yield-hungry investors have already driven to multi-year highs.

By Bill Maurer: On Wednesday, Google (GOOG) raced through two milestones, crossing $900 a share and a $300 billion market cap. For the day, Google soared by nearly $29, a rise of 3.25%, to $915.89, closing just 50 cents or so from the daily high. Sin

SYDNEY, May 16 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged 0.4 percent higher on Wednesday as support from another record on Wall Street and a strong financial sector underpinned the market, but gains were...

SYDNEY, May 16 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged 0.4 percent higher on Wednesday as support from another record on Wall Street and a strong financial sector underpinned the market, but gains were...

Google soared past $900 this morning giving it a new all-time high. Its market cap is almost $300 billion, and as Sammy The Walrus IV notes on Twitter, it's only $112 billion away from Apple. The stock has been on a serious tear for the past twelve m

A small cap utility stock has the capacity to expand its market cap greatly. But it can also go up in smoke. Here are some ways to find which way it's likely to go.

By Dodd Kittsley:When most people think of exchange-traded products (ETPs), the firstthing that comes to mind is often an ETP based on a marketcapitalization weighted index -- the S&P 500, for example. And withgood reason -- most of the first ETPs tr

Commercial fishing is a multi-billion dollar industry. Research suggests that the free-market approach will not only help preserve America's commercial fishing industry but will make it stronger.

To say Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) has had a good week would be a massive understatement.Before its earnings announcement on May 8, Tesla was already gaining some serious steam throughout April. After closing the month of March at $37.89, the automak

Midway through trading Tuesday, the Dow was up 0.56 percent to 15,175.60, while the NASDAQ rose 0.64 percent to 3,460.81. The S&P was also up, rising 0.82 percent to 1,647.13.Top Headline

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a very stupid measure of the stock market for at least two reasons, which are (1) it is an average of only 30 big stocks and (2) it is weighted by share price, an entirely arbitrary number, rather than market cap o

By John Dowdee:Over the last decade, Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) have grown from a market cap of $30 billion to over $350 billion. After a rough final quarter of 2012, MLPs have been on fire, with the Alerian index gaining a whopping 19% so fa

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- First, I must add my voice crying out to the stock market pantheon. In the immortal words of the late Louis Rukeyser, "Won't one of the market gods give us a good buying opportunity with a good, old-fashioned, orderly correcti

But the claim doesn't really have a direct influence on its financial standing.

By Ganaxi Small Cap Movers:The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) is up about 32% in the past twelve months, in new high territory, while the broader market is up about 18% during the same period. Within that group, many small-cap biotech stocks (those with

Google stock rocketed up another $16 today to close at a new all-time high of $862. Google now has a market cap of $285 billion. This resumed rocket-ride for Google's stock follows a multi-year period in which most investors generally ignored the com

By Dutch Trader: Biotech has always gotten my attention. I follow a handful of authors on Seeking Alpha and some other websites who write about this subject. I personally like to write about the biotech market and put money where my mouth is.Looking

By Matthew Dow:Sypris Solutions (SYPR) is a micro-cap company operating in the industrial manufacturing and aerospace & defense electronics industries. The company has a market cap of about $60m and has existed since 1954. Recently the stock has drop

ByDaniel Phillips:Investment RecommendationI believe that Aviv REIT (AVIV or "The Company") is currently undervalued, even after a ~25% appreciation post-IPO. AVIV is a small-cap REIT in the healthcare real estate sector with a current market cap of

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Cheniere Energy Inc. (AMEX: LNG) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Darden Restaurants, Inc.

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Seaboard Corp. (AMEX: SEB) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example WPX Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WPX), a

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (NASD: DNKN) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example TECO Energy I

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Avis Budget Group Inc (NASD: CAR) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Harman International Ind

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Spirit Airlines Inc (NASD: SAVE) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Apollo Group, Inc. (NASD:

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Fifth & Pacific Companies, Inc. (NYSE: FNP) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Advanced M

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Packaging Corp of America (NYSE: PKG) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Gannett Co Inc (NYSE

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component SM Energy Co. (NYSE: SM) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Expedia Inc (NASD: E

People say 2013 has been a bad year for emerging market ETFs, but they were looking only at large caps.

With today's cap-arb market frenzy focused on the latest development out of Cupertino, where Tim Cook moments ago announced that Apple's Goldman-syndicated bond issue would be $17 billion, the biggest ever for a corporate issuer (basically representi

ByJosh Arnold:Apple's (AAPL) iPhone has no doubt revolutionized the smartphone industry and Apple as a company since its inception. It was the main driver behind Apple briefly becoming the most valuable company on the planet by market cap last year.