There is no vindication in-sight, value investing keeps underperforming like never before
u/MaintenanceMiddle404 ·
Reddit — r/ValueInvesting
· September 03, 2026 at 20:30
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The author vents frustration that value investing has underperformed for ~17 years while momentum/no-earnings assets like SpaceX, BTC, Tesla, and MicroStrategy keep ripping.
Thesis: There is no punishment for buying growth, and following a Ben Graham/value approach feels increasingly futile and unrewarded.
Quality assessment: This is emotional commentary/noise, not well-researched due diligence or a data-backed investment thesis.
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SpaceX ripping.
BTC ripping.
Tesla ripping.
MicroStrategy ripping.
Every single asset without earnings is ripping.
There is absolutely no punishment for buying growth, and there hasn’t been for 17 years. Never has more money been lost, on a relative basis, than by following a Ben Graham approach to the market.
I’m at the point where I actually root and cheer for the underperformance of all the value r\*tards who put me on this trajectory. They’ve been underperforming like hell and are surrendering, one after another, to the sirens of momentum.
No vindication in sight for the value investor after 17 years of underperformance.