Russell 2000 (IWM ETF): the last 12 months

Small caps (IWM) are up 19.0% over 1Y but 6.7% below their high, with a 90-day change of −4.5%. September's rate shock hit them hardest among US indexes, and they have only partly recovered. Status quo for US equity: intact.

Status quo card: Russell 2000 (IWM ETF), intact.

Month by month

Computed in code. Change: the calendar-month change (z against its own monthly history). 90-day: the trailing 90-day change at the month-end. Rank: its place among that month's biggest moves. Causes: the surviving monthly causes acting on it (a force's loading on this asset times the month's fitted strength, in standard deviations). ETF holdings use current weights (an approximation).

Month	Change	90-day	Causes
November 2026 (month to date)	+1.7% (z 0.7)	−4.5%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
October 2026	+0.5% (z -0.2)	−3.8%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
September 2026	−5.2% (z -1.2)	−6.4%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
August 2026	+0.9% (z -0.1)	+1.0%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
July 2026	−3.1% (z -0.8)	+4.5%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
June 2026	+3.7% (z 0.3)	+20.7%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
May 2026	+4.5% (z 0.5)	+10.3%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
April 2026	+12.1% (z 1.9)	+7.2%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
March 2026	−5.0% (z -1.1)	+0.9%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
February 2026	+0.7% (z -0.1)	+5.4%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
January 2026	+5.5% (z 0.7)	+5.8%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
December 2025	−0.7% (z -0.3)	+1.2%	none of the surviving causes loads on it
November 2025	+1.0% (z -0.0)	+6.1%	none of the surviving causes loads on it

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