Given all the talk about market volatility this year, it might be surprising for some investors to learn that the momentum factor has outpaced the value factor.
For example, the Russell 1000 Value Index is being soundly thumped by the S&P 500 and the Russell 1000 Growth Index. Taking the comparisons even further, investors can parse through the world of exchange funds and find a number of growth and/or momentum offerings that are easily beating value equivalents. A good example is the PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (NYSE: PWV) being down 6.8 percent year-to-date while the PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (NYSE: PDP) is off just 0.4 percent.
Part of the value factor's problem this year has been the Federal Reserve. Financial services and utilities names are value residents and those sectors have been plagued by speculation regarding when the Fed will raise interest rates or if the central bank can even make that move anymore. When Treasury ...
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