Is the Low Vol equity bubble bursting? That’s the question Barclay’s European Equity Strategy team, headed by Dennis Jose asks in an equity research note published at the beginning of last week.
The Low Vol bubble has been a focal point of Barclays’ equity research for some time now because a Low Vol stocks have become seriously overvalued compared to the rest of the market in recent years. Inflation or the lack of it has been the key driving force behind investors’ desire to buy into Low Vol stocks, as evidenced by the fact that the valuation of Low Vol stocks...


