Why the Small-Cap Squeeze Is Picking Up Speed

Small-cap stocks are taking the brunt of this month's sell-off, with the Russell 2000 down 2.3 percent over five days while the Dow slips just 1.3 percent. On this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into the mechanics behind the divergence, from leveraged ETF rebalancing to the quiet rotation into mega-cap quality that's leaving smaller names behind. They unpack why the Russell's move lower feels heavier than the index math suggests, and what the widening gap between the Russell and the S&P 500 says about risk appetite heading into the fall. Along the way, they connect it to the Fed's hawkish minutes, a steepening 30-year Treasury yield, and the uncomfortable truth that small caps borrow more and grow slower when rates stay high. If you've been watching your small-cap holdings bleed while the big benchmarks hold up, this episode explains what's actually happening under the hood. Lucas and Luna cut through the noise with real numbers and a clear-eyed look at when the small-cap tide might turn. #SmallCapStocks #Russell2000 #MarketSelloff #StockMarket #Investing #Finance #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #BearMarket #Equities #TreasuryYields #FederalReserve #RiskAppetite #LeveragedETFs #MarketStructure #Trading #Economy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo