In this episode of “What’s the Risk” we take a look at the Fama French US Value Research Index. It is a research index from the Fama/French model that tracks the performance of stocks with low price-to-book ratios.
Over the long term, the value factor has shown outstanding performance, in recent years it has more mixed, but was strong in 2025. It’s common for people to point to underperformance and claim value may have had its day or is no longer relevant, but for investors who want to tilt their portfolio to target higher expected returns, this is a lesson in risk. Factors are not going to always perform as you wish, and they have historically required patience and discipline to capture.
The index was created by academics Eugene Fama and Kenneth French.
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