11.   But the averages started to firm around midday, and during the afternoon buyers entered the market, especially for large cap issues that trade on the Nasdaq.

12.   Compared with the prices of large cap stocks, they looked inexpensive.

13.   Despite the auspicious earnings reports, however, mid-caps still get less respect than large caps.

14.   During the other months of the year, large caps have outperformed small caps by a tiny amount.

15.   For a year, they merely tracked large caps.

16.   Force stays away from large cap, slow-moving companies like Lucent Technologies Inc., and he trades constantly.

17.   Grohowski is trimming his large cap holdings, moving more money into cash, equities of European companies and technology and energy stocks.

18.   He now favors large cap companies with good earnings such as Pepsico Inc. and banks and financial services.

19.   If you still want to bet on the relative strength of large caps, you should bet on strength exhibited over years, not months.

20.   In fact, Warantz said, the proportion of upward revisions among mid-caps recently passed that of large caps for the first time in five years.