Microcap Investing Cliff Notes

Microcap Investing Cliff Notes

December Monthly Performance Update

Nice Recovery across all out microcap indexes, following November's pullback

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Jan 08, 2026
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MSMqi Platform Monthly Performance Summary

The 2025 Microcap Quality Index (MSMqi), recovered 5.04% in December (actual average return using the prior month’s ending price as the starting price). Following the November pullback, the index now stands up 28.97% (as of the end of December) since its inception in April 2025.

The MSMqi 2025 ended December with 97 stocks in the index, after adding one stock on November 28 and another one on December 7. You can read the corresponding Cliff Notes here and here, respectively.

The MSMqi 2022, our inaugural index launched in February 2022, rose 2.69% in December. The index has maintained a strong lead over major market benchmarks since its inception and holds 110 stocks.

Turning to the Spotlight Index, the average return at the end of December was 69.87%, with the average peak return rising to 103.45%. More on this later. Spotlights are stocks from our Indexes that we believe have at least 50% near-term upside and long-term multibagger potential. We created this Index in April 2024.

The top three movers from the MSMqi 2025 were:

  • VELO +157%

  • FEIM +88%

  • ASYS +60%

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