Likely to the chagrin of frustrated investors, the Russell 2000 Index is only modestly higher since the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates. That confirms that patience will be required in order to realize big gains with smaller stocks. Investors can alleviate some of that burden with ETFs such as the Neuberger Berman Small-Mid Cap ETF (NBSM). As its name implies, NBSM is small/midcap (SMID) blend fund so it's not dependent on either segment to drive returns. The inclusion of midcaps, which admittedly ha ...