GARP seeks to avoid the disadvantages or pitfalls possible with pure growth and pure value stocks. Growth stocks can form a bubble by rising very high and crashing very fast while value stocks can go nowhere for a long time. By finding the GARP middle ground, investors seek to enjoy rising prices without being vulnerable to a price crash. More @Wikipedia
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