large caps and small caps by a lot over a 10-year od pe if you extend that time frame to 25 years, midc stocks gained more than 1300% while the s&p 500 gained about 800 and the small caps added roughly 1,000%. >>> so we decided t shine the spotlight on this group of stocks that tend to be forgotten. joining us tonight is mike bailey, director of research atb capital partners. mike, good to see you, welcome gack. >> thanks for have back. >> i know why you invest in large caps, maybe stable growth, predictable growth, maybe a dividend as well. i know why you invest in small caps. you're trying to get in on a company, maybe a greater growth rate. why do you invest in dcaps? >> it's a great place to play. if you want to own aed diversi portfolio, small caps are great, like ysaid, but you really wanting to own sort of all the pieces in that pie really. so you want to own some large stable companies, may some small riskier high-growth companies and something in the middle to balance that out. we do think it's a good place to be. at the current moment we own a little bit less midcap, a little