As nifty touches a new all time high, the desire to look at one's portfolio and see whether it has touched a new high. There is a high probability that if one had a higher exposure to small cap stocks the value of one's portfolio might not have touched a new high. The reason, a large part of the small cap market is in a consolidation mode. This is once again a reminder of the fact that there are phases where small caps will not perform and investing in small caps should be delinked from what is happening in nifty. So, if one is looking for small cap stocks, look at individual basis, which industry they are operating, is the industry size is large and is going to grow, only when Industry has tailwind of growth these players are going to see a growth and when the growth is more than ordinary it is than there is possibility of outsized gains.
