3 Value Stocks That'll Make You Richer in April (and Beyond)

Since the end of the Great Recession, growth stocks have run circles around value stocks. A Bank of America/Merrill Lynch report released in 2016 found that value stocks averaged an annual gain of 17% over a 90-year stretch (1926-2015), while growth stocks delivered an impressive, but nevertheless lower, 12.6% annualized return over the same time span. What's more, value stocks significantly outperformed growth stocks during the early stages of an economic recovery, which is where we're at right now.