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<bold>Background:</bold> Due to strong empirical evidence from different markets, existence of value premium became a financial theory standpoint. Although previous studies found that value stocks beat growth stocks in bearish and bullish markets, during the GFC, value stocks underperformed growth stocks.
<bold>Objectives:</bold> This paper aims to examine the performance of value and growth stock portfolios after the GFC. Subjects of our analysis are constituent companies of the DJIA index, out of which portfolios of large-cap value and growth stocks have been constructed and evaluated.
<bold>Methods/Approach:</bold> We measure the performance of stock portfolios, which are created based on the naïve diversification rule and random weighting approach. Statistical testing includes Levene’s homogeneity test, the Mann-Whitney U test, T-test, and the One-Sample T-test.
<bold>Results:</bold> Growth stock portfolios outperform value stock portfolios after the GFC. The dominance of growth stock portfolios compared to value stock portfolios is significant, and the value premium disappears.
<bold>Conclusions:</bold> Financial theory and investment management implications show that growth stocks have overtaken the dominance over value stocks since 2009. Causes might be in (1) expansionary monetary policy characterized by very low long-term interest rates and (2) high performance of the tech industry to which most growth stocks belong.
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Background: Due to strong empirical evidence from different markets, existence of value premium became a financial theory standpoint. Although previous studies found that value stocks beat growth stocks in bearish and bullish markets, during the GFC, value stocks underperformed growth stocks.
Objectives: This paper aims to examine the performance of value and growth stock portfolios after the GFC. Subjects of our analysis are constituent companies of the DJIA index, out of which portfolios of large-cap value and growth stocks have been constructed and evaluated.
Methods/Approach: We measure the performance of stock portfolios, which are created based on the naïve diversification rule and random weighting approach. Statistical testing includes Levene’s homogeneity test, the Mann-Whitney U test, T-test, and the One-Sample T-test.
Results: Growth stock portfolios outperform value stock portfolios after the GFC. The dominance of growth stock portfolios compared to value stock portfolios is significant, and the value premium disappears.
Conclusions: Financial theory and investment management implications show that growth stocks have overtaken the dominance over value stocks since 2009. Causes might be in (1) expansionary monetary policy characterized by very low long-term interest rates and (2) high performance of the tech industry to which most growth stocks belong.

Performance of Value and Growth Stocks in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis

Business Systems Research Journal

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Background: Due to strong empirical evidence from different markets, existence of value premium became a financial theory standpoint. Although previous studies...

Performance of Value and Growth Stocks in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis

Published Online: Apr 10, 2022

Page range: 268 - 283

Received: Mar 19, 2021

Accepted: Aug 07, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2021-0032

Keywords
value premium, Dow Jones Industrial Average, investment strategies, naïve diversification

© 2021 Lea-Marija Bevanda et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Performance of Value and Growth Stocks in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis

Published Online: Apr 10, 2022

Page range: 268 - 283

Received: Mar 19, 2021

Accepted: Aug 07, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2021-0032

Keywordsvalue premium, Dow Jones Industrial Average, investment strategies, naïve diversification

© 2021 Lea-Marija Bevanda et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
value premium, Dow Jones Industrial Average, investment strategies, naïve diversification