Choosing between value and growth in mutual fund investing

Authors

  • Glenn Pettengill Department of Finance, Grand Valley State University
  • George Chang Department of Finance, Grand Valley State University
  • C. James Hueng Department of Economics, Western Michigan University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61190/fsr.v23i4.3206

Keywords:

Value premium, Mutual fund alphas, Growth funds, Value funds, Mutual fund performance

Abstract

This article informs investors on the choice between value and growth mutual funds. The well- established value premium demonstrates that, on average, value securities outperform growth secu- rities, suggesting that an investor may be wise to choose value funds. Extant studies, however, suggest that growth funds outperform value funds. We show that value funds indeed outperform growth funds especially in terms of lower realized risk and higher realized terminal wealth, leading us to recom- mend value funds over growth funds. We argue that previous findings result from a bias against value in some multifactor models.

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Published

2014-12-31

How to Cite

Pettengill, G., Chang, G., & Hueng, C. J. (2014). Choosing between value and growth in mutual fund investing. Financial Services Review, 23(4), 341–359. https://doi.org/10.61190/fsr.v23i4.3206

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