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The reason why small-cup growth has been in a bad market for almost three years is mainly because we experience the fastest and most furious rate hikes.

So now, whether we pause or cut big picture is that we are at the end of the

rate hiking cycle so the headwind is going to turn into a hill wing.

Hello, and welcome to the Barron Streetwise podcast.

I'm Jack Howe.

The voice you just heard, that's Amy Jong.

She manages a variety of small and mid-cap funds for Alger,

and in a moment she'll share a few of her favorite stocks.

We'll also talk a bit about what to do about AI blofobia. That's the

fear that a handful of giant tech companies are making up too large a percentage of

your index fund. There's no pill for AI blotphobia, but we will

explore some, let's say, financial therapies.

Listening in is our audio producer Meta, hi Meta.

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