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BOOK BITS FOR SATURDAY: 1.22.2011

The Triumph of Value Investing: Smart Money Tactics for the Postrecession Era
By Janet Lowe
Author interview with US News & World Report
Q: After the market turmoil at the beginning and end of the last decade, many investors appeared to give up on the value of value investing and stocks in general, preferring bonds and commodities instead. Do you believe there are ever multi-year periods when value investing doesn’t work?
A: No, I don’t, because value investing, if you follow it, you would have been a little better prepared. Of course it was such a massive event that hardly anyone escaped unscathed, but value investors overall did better. And then an event like this is a great opportunity for value investors to buy what they need and ride the market higher. Even in my own experience with my own portfolio, I came back faster than most people in the economy.

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