7 Small-Cap Stocks to Buy and Hold for the Long Haul Before we get on with today’s list of small-cap stocks to buy, I want to remind you about two important points. First, even the experts are uncertain about the economy. The metrics are not bad yet, but the sentiment is horrific. And second is that because of the first point, Wall Street is in a constant state of alert. That’s why the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is so far about its average. Therefore, whatever stocks we consider bargains now can still get cheaper. We must leave room for doubt on purpose so we don’t suffer from a terrible blindside. Today’s parameters that I set for my small-cap stocks are somewhat loose. Normally I insist on nothing but current solid fundamentals. But it seems that in the last two years things morphed a bit. The sector now contains a bunch of uncertainty. The good companies are suffering doubt in sympathy to stocks like AMC (NYSE: AMC ). So it’s important that investors consider most of these ideas with the proper conviction levels. When the sector is speculative, keep the risk size appropriately low.