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IWB vs IWM · 2000—NOW

IWB vs IWM · 2000—NOW — Twenty-six years of large over small

Large vs small caps — Russell 1000 over Russell 2000 — twenty-six years of dominance.

Russell 1000 (IWB) vs Russell 2000 (IWM) total return, 100 invested in May 2000. Rising concentration means large-cap years.

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Russell 1000 (IWB) vs Russell 2000 (IWM) total return, 100 invested in May 2000. Rising concentration means large-cap years. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.

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Plate VIII.3 Russell 1000 (IWB) vs Russell 2000 (IWM) total return, 100 invested in May 2000. Rising concentration means large-cap years. 2026-08-25

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