3 Value Stocks for Conservative Investors

3 Value Stocks for Conservative Investors

You say you've found yourself a cheap stock -- and congratulations for that! But doesn't it seem like it's a bit too cheap? Every value investor may eventually encounter the suspicion that a cheap stock may be a "value trap" instead -- one that's cheap for a reason and may never rise to fair value, despite an investor's fondest hopes.

These are stocks we want to avoid. To help with that, we've asked three of The Motley Fool's most risk-averse bargain hunters to suggest a handful of value stocks that will prove their worth over time. Here are the three value stocks our conservative investors came up with: Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK), and Allstate (NYSE: ALL).

We'd like a cheap stock please -- but with small risk. Image source: Getty Images.

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