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...The US Russell 2000 index of small-caps soared 37 per cent last year, its best performance in a decade and markedly outpacing the blue-chip S&P 500’s 29.6 per cent gain for the eighth time in the past decade...
...After a remarkable run, the Russell 2000 index of US small-caps is trading at a forward-looking price to earnings ratio of 23.2 times, compared with 15.3 times for the S&P 500....
...The number of shareholder proposals first jumped a decade ago, according to GMI Ratings, which has its longest history of data for the S&P 500....
...Kaepernick’s rival, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, age 25, will be in line shortly for a similar payday....
...It is to replace Wm Wrigley Jr in the S&P index....
...The S&P 500 index was up 3.2 per cent in May, a gain of 7.8 per cent so far this year....
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