Large caps to lose out to small and mid cap peers

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Small and mid caps will continue to outperform as the FTSE 100 remains unable to break through the 5...

Small and mid caps will continue to outperform as the FTSE 100 remains unable to break through the 5,400 barrier and is still, according to many, overbought. The cyclical-heavy small and mid cap indices have greater exposure to these outperforming areas of the market than their large cap counterparts and look set to continue their outperformance long into the year. The FTSE 100 has now made little headway for the past two months, trading within a narrow range, as the large cap index struggles to work through the overbought position it advanced to at the end of last year. Michael...

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