Value Funds Continue Strong Run

Fueled by the strength in financials and utilities and investors’ aversion to volatility in growth stocks, value mutual funds have continued to deliver strong returns, The Wall Street Journal reports. Many experts had predicted growth would return to favor.Year-to-date, domestic value funds have delivered an average return of 8.95%, compared to growth funds’ average of 1.22%.

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