Globally, the large and largest companies seem to best reflect the pace of the global economy. Giant companies such as Apple, Amazon, JP Morgan Chase from the USA or blue chips from Switzerland such as Novartis, Nestlé or Zurich Insurance are always in the focus of the markets and investors.
However, if considered that more than 90% of all companies traded on the global stock exchanges are small and mid caps, one quickly comes to the conclusion that it is worth taking a closer look at those shares.
In Switzerland, the SPI (Swiss Performance Index) is often used for this purpose; it contains almost all companies listed in Switzerland - including the smaller ones that do not receive quite as much media attention. Yet such stocks often perform very well: in the last 5 years, the SPI (excluding stocks from the SLI) has gained almost 79%, while the Swiss Leader Index SLI has grown by a good 48%. Some of these smaller stocks offer interesting investment opportunities as parts of yield enhancement products.
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