Value investing: The academic research [Pt. 1]

Over the past few weeks it has become clear which strategy Wall Street analysts are backing for 2016: value Investing.

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• FANGs Set To Underperform During 2016: Buy Value
• The S&P 500 Will Hit 3,500 By 2025: It’s Time To Buy Value
• Is Value Set For A Comeback?

UBS is the latest investment bank to publish research on the benefits of the strategy.

UBS’s research takes a look at the academic research behind value investing, and considers three recent academic papers that elaborate on various aspects of the approach.

The three research papers UBS looks at are selected specifically to answer three critical questions about the strategy. The first paper seeks to establish the facts and refute the misconceptions that surround...