Mutual Funds Weekly: Why growth stocks are winning a tug-of-war with value shares

Why growth stocks are winning a tug-of-war with value shares

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Value stocks are dead; long live value stocks. More to the point, value investors nowadays understandably feel they’ll have to live a long time before they’re vindicated.

Go-go growth companies have been stock investor favorites for the past decade for several reasons, including ready access to cheap capital, slower global growth, and their ability to disrupt and then dominate traditional market structures.

The old market adage is proving true: when growth is abundant, the market prices it like water. When growth is scarce, the market prices it like diamonds.

Read more about growth stocks vs. value stocks, plus, check out warnings about the U.S. market’s current valuation and the signs of a coming recession, and how this could affect your money.

— Jonathan Burton

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