During periods of growth stock underperformance, the Fund's performance may suffer.
Not exact matches
It's also one
of the best investments you can make, as evidenced by its history
of outperforming both the
stock and housing markets even
during periods of double - digit
growth rates.
The evidence is clear that value
stocks perform better in
periods of high inflation, and
growth stocks perform better
during periods of low inflation.
I'd put 75 %
of assets into higher
growth buy - and - hold - forever
stocks like Brown Forman, Colgate - Palmolive, Hershey, and Nike, and then the remaining 25 % into Fisherified value
stocks like DineEquity
during the 2010 through 2015 stretch when it was cheap at the beginning
of the
period while simultaneously increasing its intrinsic value due to the receipt
of significant one - time franchise fees.
Dividend
stocks are enticing to investors
during periods of volatility because in such a market they tend to perform well relative to more
growth - oriented or higher - risk equities.
I'd put 75 %
of assets into higher
growth buy - and - hold - forever
stocks like Brown Forman, Colgate - Palmolive, Hershey, and Nike, and then the remaining 25 % into Fisherified value
stocks like DineEquity
during the 2010 through 2015 stretch when it was cheap at the beginning
of the
period while simultaneously increasing its intrinsic value due to the receipt
of significant one - time franchise fees.
In fact, one
of the longest
periods of growth -
stock outperformance on record occurred
during the past decade, from 2007 through 2015.
Stock prices tend to rise
during periods of inflation when more dollars are pouring into the markets, independent
of real economic
growth.
The evidence is clear that value
stocks perform better in
periods of high inflation, and
growth stocks perform better
during periods of low inflation.
As discussed in prior communications, these results have come
during an extended
period of growth stocks outperforming their out -
of - favor value counterparts.
Value
stocks outperformed
growth stocks 60 %
of the time
during that
period.
The strong quarterly performance
of high beta
stocks makes sense when you consider that high beta can outpace low volatility
during periods of rising 10 - year Treasury yields and stronger economic
growth, when investor demand for defensive
stocks may ease.
Continuing with our perfect 20 - 20 hindsight, in June
of 2000 the
growth index had a fraction
of a percent in energy
stocks, which as a group has risen 55 percent
during the
period.
During periods of a flatter curve, it's
growth stocks that have had the advantage.
This performance, and the performance
of cyclical
stocks during these months, fits with much
of the research which shows that
during periods of optimism and high expectations cheaper
stocks perform better than
growth companies.
Ben's chart is an update
of an analysis performed by William Bernstein
during the last
period (the late 1990s) when
growth stocks outperformed value
stocks.
There's no guarantee this relationship will remain at or near historic lows, although correlations between
stocks and bonds tend to stay low
during periods of sluggish
growth and low inflation, which pretty well describes the current economic outlook.
During periods of accelerating economic
growth stocks tend to outperform bonds and bond yields are forced to rise in order to remain attractive as investments.