What Worked One Decade … Rarely Does the Next
Size, style, and regional leadership tends to alternate on a decade by decade basis.
The leader one decade typically does not remain on top the following decade, and often moves toward the bottom of the pack.
Annualized Returns By Decades
Growth over value was the dominate theme in the 2010s, with large caps outperforming small – a complete reversal from the 2000s where value stocks dominated and small caps outperformed large.
The 2010s most closely resembles the 1990s. Large cap growth stocks led but investors that piled in late likely weren’t rewarded as style leadership shifted to value over the 2000s.
U.S. Large Cap Growth stocks have flipped between leading and lagging the pack over each of the last 4 decades. The last time U.S. Large Cap Growth dominated to this degree (1990s), they returned nearly -4% over the following decade.
U.S. stocks have flipped between leading and lagging over each of the last four decades. The last time the U.S. dominated to this degree (1990s), they generated negative returns over the following decade.
Chart Source: Morningstar Direct as of 12.31.2019
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