October has been a difficult month for technology stocks and the AI trade. On Friday the Nasdaq Composite fell about 2.9% and the S&P 500 about 1.8%, with the Nasdaq down roughly 5.8% for the month. According to Yahoo Finance, leading AI and chip stocks have lost about $5 trillion in market value since Oct. 6, with NVIDIA (NVDA) and Alphabet (GOOGL) each shedding around $835 billion. The CBOE Volatility Index has risen about 28% year to date, and the article argues that value investing and value ETFs such as VTV, IWD and IVE can add stability during volatility. The S&P 500 Value Index gained about 4.8% in October and 12.7% year to date.
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