71.   Q. A lot of former high-flying technology stocks have lost so much market capitalization that they are now close to qualifying as small caps.

72.   Right now, there is no convincing reason to buy small caps.

73.   Second is the takeover potential of small caps.

74.   Should I look around for a different small cap fund?

75.   Small cap stocks fell off.

76.   Small cap stocks, which recently have been outperforming companies with much larger market valuations, were pummeled as well.

77.   Small caps have lagged over the last couple of weeks.

78.   Small caps tend to have smaller floats, making it easy to move their prices and raise trading costs.

79.   Small cap funds tend to have greater differences in returns, meaning an investor could have more of them in a portfolio.

80.   Small cap money managers say their shares have done better than large caps for decades, and that the stocks are only temporarily out of favor.