A fundamental problem with "value investing" -- every valuation metric implies a growth rate (the rate that would give all stocks the same expected return). Buying a "cheap" rather than "expensive" stock is just a bet that the expensive stock won't grow into its valuation,
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Part of the reason that value has sucked over the last ~15 years is that value spreads widened, but equally if not more important is that the expensive stocks grew into, and even outperformed, their implied growth rates -- i.e. the central bet failed.
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I think you covered it. The bet is probably on human behavior (despite EMHers belief in risk as sole story) -- shiny rocks are generally overpriced; ugly rocks are generally underpriced, on avg, and across long periods. Def NOT an arbitrage.
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