Experts dismiss research showing flaw in value strategies

Academics who argue quant value strategies select companies with inflated accounts miss the point, say industry players

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Recent paper says systematic value strategies tilt towards puffed-up numbers

Systematic value investing seems under siege, but factor investors are coming to its defence.

Facts about Formulaic Value Investing, a recent paper co-authored by a Berkeley academic, says systematic value strategies – which often rely on simple accounting ratios – end up tilting blindly towards stocks in companies with puffed-up numbers.

Yet industry players have brushed aside the concerns, saying the point of a factor-based approach is not to select underpriced stocks but to harvest a long

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