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Growth-Value 6m Correlation Hits Historical Lows

EQUITIES
  • Since the start of the pandemic, one interesting observation has been the collapse in the growth vs. value stocks correlation (we look at the 6M correlation of daily price returns of the growth and value indexes of Russell 1000).
  • After constantly rising in the past 15 years, the growth-to-value ratio has been falling in the past 9 months with value stocks outperforming growth stocks since September 2020.
  • Investors have argued that the persistence of inflation in the US (but also globally) could lead to a 'Great Rotation' from growth to value stocks in the medium to long run.
  • Even though some participants would disagree with that statement and continue to be bullish on growth stocks as Fed continues to fuel the market with liquidity, the chart below shows a concerning observation; the last time we had an extremely low correlation between growth and value stocks (correl<0.5), what followed was a prolonged bear market in equities.
  • Is it different this time?

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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