Style Investing Revisited - A Disciplined Approach Means More ...

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1:12pm - October 25, 2011

By gurufocus. Over time much has been written about style investing-growth versus value-within the small-cap universe. In fact, investors often rely on style indexes such as the Russell 2000 Value Index and Russell 2000 Growth Index as proxies for a particular style and/or performance pattern, such as moving to value in anticipation of a bear market or growth in expectation of a bull. While this is certainly easy and convenient, especially for performance comparisons, style indexes are often more about a particular type of company or narrow set of criteria as opposed to a specific investment approach. Most style indexes use simple screens to determine whether a company should be classified as value or growth. Inherent in this methodology are certain biases regarding the investable universe. For example, financials (primarily banks) and utilities are almost always classified as value st...

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