Overview
GMO’s Asset Allocation team is dialing deep into Value and holds high conviction that the cheapest cohort of Value stocks is priced to outperform the market, and the most expensive Growth stocks, in particular. In this webcast, Asset Allocation team co-heads Ben Inker and John Thorndike discuss how Value is positioned in the current macro environment and share recent research on how Value may fare if we enter a recession. The team also examines how to best capitalize on the incredible cheapness of Deep Value in portfolios.
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Key Points
- Deep Value is extremely cheap across global equities and is truly dislocated in the U.S.
- A core concern for investors taking advantage of the incredible cheapness of Deep Value stocks today is the potential for a near-term recession, but empirical evidence shows that Value stocks actually tend to outperform in recessions.
- Value stocks have the charm of low expectations. No one expects much from them, so they have less to lose in an economic environment in which companies of all stripes wind up having a difficult time.
- Based on current valuations, Deep Value is priced to significantly outperform the rest of the market. Our analysis suggests that the prospect for deteriorating economic conditions in no way impairs this thesis.
Deep Value: Cheap With Strong Fundamentals
As of 5/24/2023 | Source: Vanguard, iShares, MSCI
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