Value investing's pulse returns, showing predictable swings in value-growth performance

A new financial study from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business examines nearly five decades of market data and finds that the decline of value investing appears more cyclical than permanent. David Ng, professor at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and co-authors argue that value stocks—companies whose shares trade at relatively low prices—go through predictable cycles of outperforming and underperforming growth stocks.