AQR’s Asness Joins Star Managers to Plead the Case for Value

  • LSV’s Lakonishok says growth valuations are hard to justify
  • The fund managers have lagged for years sticking to value

Cliff Asness, co-founder and chief investment officer of AQR Capital Management LLC

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What do you get when three superstar value managers jump on a Zoom call? Self-deprecation, mutual flattery and an impassioned case for why the stock market is in a bubble.

During a webinar for clients on Wednesday, AQR Capital Management founder Cliff Asness joined Gamco Investors Inc.’s Mario Gabelli and LSV Asset Management’s Josef Lakonishok in making a plea: Don’t give up on value, and if you can, double down on it.