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Morningstar Conversation The Trick to Small Caps By Bridget B. Hughes Veteran managers Chuck Royce and Irene Hoover discuss how they find small companies on the upswing. To many investors, the risk premium associated with small-cap stocks is well deserved. Small caps, after all, present investors special challenges. Liquidity, for one, can be limited when it comes to small companies, and this can create volatility in these stocks or, worse, make it difficult for an investor to sell a stock when buyers are scarce. Then, there’s financial risk. Small companies tend to be more dependent on credit, so they can be hurt in tight lending environments. And there’s business risk. With less-diversified revenue streams, small companies can be more vulnerable to economic cycles or some more-specific outcome, such as losing one big customer. It’s for these reasons, then, that small caps often fall earlier and harder in down markets— but then come out ahead in recoveries, at least at the onset, when optimism reigns. Morningstar’s small-cap categories largely followed that pattern recently: Small-cap funds tended to perform worse between October 2007 and early March 2009. From March 2009 until the market’s most-recent peak in mid-June, they outperformed overall. But should investors paint all small caps with the same broad stroke, even now? Or can they work this perception of risk to their advantage? To help us think about small caps, we brought together two experienced small-cap managers: Irene Hoover of Forward Small Cap Equity FFHAX and Chuck Royce, who manages a handful of Royce small-cap funds, including Royce Pennsylvania Mutual PENNX. Both have seen their share of bull and bear markets and economic cycles; Hoover started in the investment business in the late 1960s; 46 Morningstar Advisor August /September 2009

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009

Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009
New on MorninstarAdvisor.com
Letter from the Editor
Contributors
Are We at the Beginning of a New Small-Cap Era?
At Home Around the World
Staying Nimble
Investment Briefs
Asia's Way Forward
MPT Put Through the Wringer
Recession Rallies' Sweet Spot
What Makes Small Caps Tick
The Trick to Small Caps
Value Hound
Four Picks for the Present
Signs of Stabilization in the Housing Industry
The Not-Ready-for-High-Yield Players
Moats Around Small Castles
Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
50 Most Popular Equity ETFs
Undervalued Stocks
Most Popular Variable Annuities
New at Morningstar
The No in Innovation
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - New on MorninstarAdvisor.com
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Letter from the Editor
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Contributors
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Are We at the Beginning of a New Small-Cap Era?
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - At Home Around the World
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Staying Nimble
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Investment Briefs
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Asia's Way Forward
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - MPT Put Through the Wringer
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Recession Rallies' Sweet Spot
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - What Makes Small Caps Tick
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - The Trick to Small Caps
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Value Hound
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Four Picks for the Present
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Signs of Stabilization in the Housing Industry
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - The Not-Ready-for-High-Yield Players
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - 63
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Moats Around Small Castles
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - 65
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - 50 Most Popular Equity ETFs
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - 71
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Undervalued Stocks
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - 75
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - Most Popular Variable Annuities
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Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - New at Morningstar
Morningstar Advisor - August/September 2009 - The No in Innovation
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