Value Investing Is Back in Style! 3 Reasons That's Great for Most Investors

Since the financial crisis, growth stocks have dominated value stocks and produced the bulk of market gains. The top seven largest companies in the S&P 500 are all big tech firms like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), while the top 10 largest S&P 500 components contributed around half of the entire S&P 500's gain in 2021. A stock market led by growth can be explosive, but a stock market led by value offers many investors a more attractive risk-reward profile.