Wall Street expects that the riskiest stocks will outperform the market in the coming year.

Jin10 data reports on September 12 that the Russell 2000 index, which covers some of the highest-risk stocks in the market, has recently performed strongly, and several Wall Street strategists indicate that this round of rise is just beginning. This small-cap index has risen nearly 10% since the end of July, which is twice the increase of the S&P 500 index. According to analysts' bottom-up summaries of individual stock target prices, they expect the Russell 2000 index to continue outperforming the market in the coming year. Analysts believe that the index has a 20% rise potential, while the expected increase for the S&P 500 index is 11%. From a recent historical perspective, this prediction is quite bold. Since 2020, small-cap stocks have lagged behind large companies every year, and even after the recent wave of gains, their performance from 2025 to the present still lags behind the S&P 500 index.