HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES-HSL

Is the tide turning for smaller companies.
I have long favoured Aberforth smaller companies(asl)
Comparing the best on recovery from a bear market
HSL fell 84.6% in the bear market 28.12.1999 to 11.3.03
first year recovery 11.3.03 to 11.3.04 was 102.9%
from 11.3.03 to 15.6.07was up 358.4%
For HSL top 10.5.07 =336.75p to the low 106.5p on 10.3.09 represents a fall of 68.37%, at last nights close=150p therefore it has recovered from the March low of 40% in 30 trading days.

The actual low for this bear market was on 5.12.2008 at 88.5p .
On the broader market when we had a new low for this current bear market HSL did not retest it's December low.