With the reasonably aggressive sell off in the third quarter this year, most major world indices have moved into negative territory for the year. Smaller companies of course have not been immune to the general malaise although more recently have outperformed their larger peers. In “Small Talk: The benefits of self help” (VIEW LINK) Marcus Burns, Senior Portfolio Manager, Australian Smaller Companies looks at how the increasing variety and breadth in smaller companies has helped small cap investors differentiate their exposures from larger cap investing as smaller companies are not simply hostage to the movements in large banking and resource stocks.