Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, concerns over rising economic sanctions and the ban on importing Russian oil have caused the benchmark stock indexes to decline into correction territory. Although the U.K. and the U.S. announced that they have sufficient oil supplies to meet demand in the near future, the stock market is expected to remain in a bearish mood for the foreseeable future due to deepening supply chain disruptions and rising inflation.
Given this backdrop, high-quality value stocks are attracting investors’ attention because they tend to resist market downturns. This is evidenced by the American Century STOXX U.S. Quality Value ETF’s (VALQ) 9.7% gains over the past year.
