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PodcastMonetary Matters with Jack FarleyOctober 12, 2026

Top Performing Value Investor Explains Why the Market Isn’t Overvalued and Hasn’t Hit the Blowoff Top Phase | Charles Lemonides | ValueWorks LLC

Lemonides sees the bull market as mature but not yet in its explosive final blow-off phase, favoring underpriced growth-value hybrids over broad market timing.

  • Bull market maturity: Lemonides says the market isn't overvalued overall, just "more fully valued," and after 18 years without a 25% correction the final "liftoff" blow-off phase hasn't happened yet.
  • Growth hiding as value: His strategy finds growth stocks trading at value multiples, citing Micron's run from $70 to $1,000 as the archetype; he's scaling back Micron but sees Intel (now 4x off its lows, still cheap on foundry/CPU exposure) as the next one.

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