The National Society of Collegiate Scholars is an honors organization that recognizes outstanding academic achievement among first and second year college students and encourages members to develop leadership skills through community service. NSCS's mission statement can be found at the top of this page.
Definition of 'Large Cap Funds'. Definition: There are a plethora of mutual funds available in the market. Funds which invest a larger proportion of their corpus in companies with large market capitalization are called large cap funds. Description: The criteria for large cap companies may vary.
Investors in small-cap funds may be in for a big surprise. Many portfolio managers hold heavyweight stocks like Verizon Communications, Boeing and Pfizer in funds that claim to focus almost exclusively on shares of small-capitalization companies.etween 1927 and 2012, for instance, small-cap stocks produced average annual returns of 12.9 percent, compared with a 9.9 percent gain for large companies, according to data from Vanguard.