Because small value stocks have performed particularly well in the past, the list was further narrowed down to firms with market capitalizations (shares times price per share) of less than $ 1 billion.
It is better to put the money that is generating very low ROI into assets that generate much higher ROI
like small value stocks, then ignore the market and let it ride while you go fishing, so you can both sleep well and eat well.
In this environment, mid-sized and large growth stocks have done best, rising 18.5 percent and 16.5 percent, respectively,
with small value stocks gaining 15.8 percent (small caps usually rally before the recovery in earnings, strengthening the overall results in this environment.)
So one interpretation of these graphs is that certain ultra-large-cap stocks are fantastically overpriced, even as
many smaller value stocks are still fairly priced.
As for the US, I'm sure there's plenty
of smaller value stocks & pockets of sector value still available, but I have little interest in searching for them right now.
After accounting for the fact that the typical household tends to invest
in small value stocks, individuals underperform the market by 3.7 % annually.
I say overweight (also referred to as «tilting»)
because small value stocks and REITs are already included within the total stock market index.
I prefer to maintain exposure to
small value stocks, so I won't wait around for the impending transition to the team's mid-cap value fund.
Second, in a market where
small value stocks may be overvalued, the January Effect could disappear for a year while small value stock valuations adjust back to normal, or below that.
Since 1978, when earnings have climbed by more than 15 percent a year,
small value stocks have climbed 21 percent a year, compared with just 14 percent for large growth stocks.
In the study, a significant market premium was only found in small neutral and
small value stocks.
As you can see, owning REITS, commodities,
small value stocks, and MLPs all were great in the dot com aftermath and fixed income did really well also.
«While the return potential of
small value stocks is well known, the benefits of low liquidity may be less obvious,» Rothery writes.