July 14, 2020 Value Stocks Have Been Lagging Growth Stocks for Years. Here's Why You Should Own Them Anyway

Summary: by Chris Taylor It’s one of the most enduring stock market debates of all time: Value versus growth. In recent years, though, it’s been a pretty one-sided bout. A growth-oriented investing approach has walloped value for years, and in 2020 in particular, the referee might have to step in and stop the fight. In the year’s first half, according to research shop Morningstar, the firm’s U.S. Growth Index is beating its U.S. Value Index by more than 33 percentage points – a 14.