The index is up 6.5% in June, its best performance since January. It could be a signal of overall investor optimism. June has been a good month for the Russell 2000, the index that tracks 2,000 of the smallest publicly traded companies in America. While the Russell hit an all-time high of above 2,300 points in 2021, today it is at 1,863—nearly 25% below its all-time high as of this writing.Read Full Story