If you ask the American Psychological Association, middle-child syndrome is a hypothetical condition where, to invoke comedian Rodney Dangerfield, you don’t get no respect, no respect at all.
The term large-cap typically refers to a company with a market cap of at least $10 billion, although the definition is not set in stone. Small-caps are companies with market caps between $300 million and $2 billion. Mid-caps have market caps between $2 billion and $10 billion. Mispriced stocks are hiding in plain sight and present great investment opportunities for the remainder of 2023.
“There are pretty readily available pre-screening tools,” Jankowski says. “Yahoo Finance and Google Finance are pretty good sources to screen.” Set some criteria like the size range of company or industrial sector and you can build lists to explore. There are more mid-caps than large-caps, but nowhere near the number of small-caps, so it’s easier to avoid being overwhelmed by your research.
In addition, keep an eye on macroeconomics. Inflation, currency exchange rate for foreign markets, conditions in foreign markets, and other aspects can have impacts, whether bad or good. One mid-cap may be an optimal investment for you at one point when conditions change, and another will take its place.