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Value hedge funds may be due a comeback

Funds following the ‘buy cheap’ mantra of Warren Buffett have struggled to outperform in recent years, but some are betting it is time for a change

By

Tom Teodorczuk

Yes we can: Value investing, whose most famous proponent is Warren Buffett, has lost its fizz in recent years but some hedge funds are backing a revival
Yes we can: Value investing, whose most famous proponent is Warren Buffett, has lost its fizz in recent years but some hedge funds are backing a revival Photo: Getty Images

Call it the revenge of the stock pickers.

As some of the hedge fund industry’s most famous macro traders call it a day, the simpler “buy cheap” style of investing most famously advocated by Warren Buffett is enjoying a comeback. And some managers are betting it will be sustained.

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