While there are winners in almost every corner of the small-cap space, we have presented four top-performing, small-cap ETFs from different sectors over the past month.

U.S. treasury yield curve is steepening -- a great scenario for financial ETFs.

Wall Street put up a modest performance in the past week, while these ETF areas defeated all growth concerns to come up with stellar gains.

With mergers and acquisition activity picking up, regional banks and financial sector ETFs that track smaller firms could benefit from the increased consolidation. There were 35 deals in the regional banking space last year, the highest number since 1999, and with the 2020 presidential election looming, buyers may be in a hurry to lock in deals in the first half of the year before a potentially new president comes to office, MarketWatch reports. “Bankers might have a short window to get those deals done,” S&P Global Market Intelligence said in a note.