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Australian sharemarket investors are advised not to neglect the small-capitalization segment. Those covered by the bottom 200 companies in the S&P/ASX 300 index recently outperformed the wider stock exchange by as much as 50% over half a decade. Experts forecast that while the future returns may not be as high, due to current high valuations for the equity, the booming Australian economy still means strong performances are likely. Consumers can select from 68 fund managers who actively pursue investment in small-caps stocks. Mostly the research has a focus on big "blue chip" stocks however, so that bargains can be found by the canny investor acting alone. A good case study is the Industrea small-cap stock