Russell 2000

The Russell 2000 is about two thousand smaller American listed companies, the standard measure of US small caps. They borrow more at floating rates and sell mostly at home, so a Fed move reaches them first and hardest. When the Russell outruns the S&P 500, the market is pricing an easier Fed or a stronger American jobs market.

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