Is anyone else losing faith in value investing? Does that prove we’re at the peak?
u/Sufficient_Ad_5080 ·
Reddit — r/ValueInvesting
· June 02, 2026 at 21:54
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The author expresses frustration with value investing underperformance vs. high-valuation tech stocks, questioning if value investing is still viable.
They draw parallels to the dot-com era and ask if their loss of faith signals a market peak or if structural changes (retail investors, tech concentration) make value investing obsolete.
Quality assessment: This is noise/speculation based on anecdotal personal sentiment, not data-driven or well-researched analysis.
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I’m staring to lose faith in value investing. I see my peers investing in stocks with outrageous valuations yet they get better returns than me. I feel like I’ve been saying “the market is overvalued” for years now and yet no ‘true’ crash has happened in almost 20 years (I don’t count covid as a true crash). I’m tired of being pessimistic about the market. I’m tired of seeing less educated investors outperform me by investing in tech.
I was too young to invest during the .com era, but I feel like the vibes are extremely similar. Did anyone who lived thru that time (or ‘08) start to lose faith in value investing right before the crash? Is the fact that I’m feeling this way prove that we are at the precipice of a crash? Or has Buffett style value investing fundamentally changed due to the rise of the retail investor and the centralization of tech in the market? Just curious what others think.