TY - JOUR T1 - Are Micro-Cap Stocks a Valid Asset Allocation Alternative? JF - Special Issues SP - 39 LP - 50 VL - 2003 IS - 1 AU - Frank J. Travers Y1 - 2003/03/20 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/2003/1/39.abstract N2 - It is a well-known maxim in the investment business that inefficiency breeds opportunity. While the U.S. equity market is the most efficient in the world, micro-caps represent perhaps the only realistic exception to that rule. In many respects, the micro-cap portion of the U.S. equity market is the Wild West of the investment landscape. This universe is by far the largest and arguably the most dynamic component of the U.S. equity market, yet it receives very little attention from institutional investors. This lack of attention is key to the sector's attractiveness. Highly illiquid and volatile, however, micro-caps are not for the fainthearted. ER -