Re:Margin Debt Surges 9.5% in June to Record High
by anonymars on Friday August 22, 2025 @11:09AM
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2012 was a long time ago. I'm more inclined to Value myself, but has it held up?
I threw together a quick comparison with that tool (handy, thanks) of Vanguard Growth vs Vanguard Value and it's not too pretty. Sure, Value is less volatile, but...
I mean I guess we'll see what happens when the music stops again, but it resembles the same issue as being "right" about a market drop -- that you can be right, but the timing is such that it nevertheless would have been more lucrative to be invested the whole time anyway
I threw together a quick comparison with that tool (handy, thanks) of Vanguard Growth vs Vanguard Value and it's not too pretty. Sure, Value is less volatile, but...
https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-portfolio?s=y&s...
I mean I guess we'll see what happens when the music stops again, but it resembles the same issue as being "right" about a market drop -- that you can be right, but the timing is such that it nevertheless would have been more lucrative to be invested the whole time anyway