Reasons to Add Belden (BDC) to Your Portfolio

Polen Capital, an investment management company, released its “Polen U.S. Small Company Growth Strategy” fourth-quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. According to the Russell 2000 Growth Index, U.S. small cap growth stocks experienced a 1.7% increase in the fourth quarter and a 15% rise for the year 2024. In what proved to be a tumultuous quarter, small caps surged over 10% following the U.S. Presidential election in November, but nearly all of those gains were lost in December as the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated a more gradual reduction in...