2012 was a long time ago. I'm more inclined to Value myself, but has it held up?

I threw together a quick comparison with that tool (handy, thanks) of Vanguard Growth vs Vanguard Value and it's not too pretty. Sure, Value is less volatile, but...

https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-portfolio?s=y&s...

I mean I guess we'll see what happens when the music stops again, but it resembles the same issue as being "right" about a market drop -- that you can be right, but the timing is such that it nevertheless would have been more lucrative to be invested the whole time anyway