Is There Any Value In Value Investing ? Value vs. Growth Debate

Ted

FYI: The argument between growth and value investors, one of the oldest in finance, can be reduced to one question: What is a better bet, high growth stocks or low valuation stocks?
Regards,
Ted
http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-02-11/investors-ponder-the-value-versus-growth-debate

BobC

Value is doing quite well in many respects this year, especially when compared to the appropriate indexes. SPHD, SDY, EFAV, IVFIX, DHSCX, and others. It is not across the board, but value/dividend investing will lead the pack again at some point. Most investors would do well to have some dividend-focused investments in their portfolios.

jstr

90 years of academic research shows outperformance of small cap value vs. all other stock universes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kToqLWLISRk4n4YnSzv1hT5kBN54l5CvhwGgDwJKPJI/edit?usp=sharing. Money may have been flowing into large mega cap growth stocks that pay dividends over the last 12 years because of favorable tax treatment instituted during the G. Bush administration. But that universe has since become overvalued in the last couple years advisorperspectives.com/articles/2015/12/15/why-dividend-paying-stocks-are-riskier-than-you-think/4.