This paper aims to investigate risk-related aspects of investment strategies involving value and growth stocks at Bovespa. To assemble the portfolios, we used six market indicators capable of identifying value stocks traded in the period from December 1994 to April 2003. The risk analysis was conducted using seven parameters. We also included Lakonishok, Shleifer, and Vishny's (1994) risk approach, which consists of verifying short-term relative returns involving both strategies. The main results show that value strategies involving the fundamental variable earnings/ price present consistent higher returns than growth strategies. Concerning risk analysis, the liquidity index was capable of rationalizing, with statistical significance, the higher returns attained by value strategies. On the other hand, the Sharp index analysis, applied in all parameters used to assemble the portfolios, shows a greater premium per unit of risk for value strategies in comparison with growth strategies.
Investment Strategies; Growth and Value Portfolios; Risk Parameters; Risk Analysis
