Perspective
The Bubble Has Not Popped
1, 1 Close I’m recycling this title from 2001 (The Bubble Has Not Popped). The more things change, the more… 2 2 Close This post updates the value spread chronicled in our series of posts dating back to December 2021 with data through 12/31/2022. The fourth quarter of 2022 saw value recover from the bout of temporary insanity that gripped some portion of the market over the summer, but the spread ends 2022 very much still in rarified territory – at the 94th percentile, to be precise. More excitingly for 2023, value’s returns in 2022 were extremely strong, and the spread only moved from roughly the 100th percentile to the 94th. I will say again that a massive valuation dislocation says very little about the timing of when it truly falls back to earth, but we’re very optimistic about the prospects of continued normalization in 2023 and beyond. Like in 2022, there’s sure to be nasty reversals along the way, but as Wile E. Coyote always finds out, gravity is inescapable.January 4, 2023
Topics - Factor/Style Investing Value
 Global Value Spreads
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                                                Spreads are
                                                    constructed using a hypothetical value composite that includes five
                                                    value measures: book-to-price, earnings-to-price, forecast
                                                    earnings-to-price, sales-to-enterprise value, and cash
                                                    flow-to-enterprise value. Spreads are measured based on ratios and
                                                    are adjusted to be dollar-neutral, but not necessarily beta-neutral
                                                    through time. To construct industry-neutrality, the value spreads
                                                    are constructed by comparing the value measures within each
                                                    industry. The all-country universe is based on roughly 87% developed
                                                    / 13% emerging weights. The developed data starts January 1990,
                                                    while the emerging universe is included starting December 1994.
                                                    Hypothetical data has inherent limitations, some of which are listed
                                                    in the Disclosures. For illustrative purposes only and not
                                                    representative of an actual portfolio Lodestone Wealth currently
                                                    manages. Please read the Disclosures for important information.
                                                
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                Over the last
                                                    few years, we’ve calculated the value spread various ways in
                                                    these blogs. Sometimes just in the USA. Sometimes using only one
                                                    measure like P/B when we want to go really far back in time. Other
                                                    variants may differ somewhat.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                         
                                    Hypothetical Industry-and-Dollar-Neutral
                                        All-Country Value Portfolio
Source: Lodestone Wealth. January 1, 1990 – December 31, 2022.
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                                actual future market behavior or future performance of any particular investment which
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                                including statements concerning financial market trends, is based on current market
                                conditions, which will fluctuate and may be superseded by subsequent market events or
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                            Spreads are constructed using a hypothetical value
                                composite that includes five value measures: book-to-price, earnings-to-price, forecast
                                earnings-to-price, sales-to-enterprise value, and cash flow-to-enterprise value. Spreads
                                are measured based on ratios and are adjusted to be dollar-neutral, but not necessarily
                                beta-neutral through time. To construct industry-neutrality, the value spreads are
                                constructed by comparing the value measures within each industry. The all-country
                                universe is based on roughly 87% developed / 13% emerging weights. The developed data
                                starts January 1990, while the emerging universe is included starting December 1994.
                                Hypothetical data has inherent limitations, some of which are listed in the Disclosures.
                                For illustrative purposes only and not representative of an actual portfolio Lodestone
                                Wealth currently manages. Please read the Disclosures for important
                                information.
                            
                            HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT
                                LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH, BUT NOT ALL, ARE DESCRIBED HEREIN. NO REPRESENTATION IS
                                BEING MADE THAT ANY FUND OR ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES
                                SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN HEREIN. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
                                HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY REALIZED BY ANY
                                PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM. ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS
                                IS THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. IN ADDITION,
                                HYPOTHETICAL TRADING DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK, AND NO HYPOTHETICAL TRADING RECORD
                                CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE,
                                THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND LOSSES OR TO ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN SPITE OF
                                TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS THAT CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.
                                THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THE MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE
                                IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN
                                THE PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT
                                ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS. 
