Best ETFs
Schwab and Vanguard charge the same 0.03%. Their small-cap funds are 3.7 percentage points apart

$26.02−0.10 (−0.37%)
Score 32 out of 100
Score 32 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
DA 2026-vintage active small-cap fund with an unusually wide passport: it can own U.S. and international small caps, as long as the shares list on a U.S. exchange. Stock picking with a growth lean, not index ownership.
The fund is actively managed and invests primarily in equity securities of U.S. and international small-capitalization companies whose shares are listed on U.S. exchanges.
| Period | SSCP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | −1.7% |
| 3 months | +1.3% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
| Year | Return bar | SSCP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.1% |
Listed May 2026. No distributions yet.
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
28 of the 39 US Active Small-Cap funds charge less.