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Equity Beat: Don't Wait for Earnings to Trough

Brown Advisory

at year-end can largely explain the compression in valuation, especially for higher multiple equities, primarily during the first half of the year. Great Financial Crisis October 2007 April 2009 -39.0% 3/9/2009 4/30/2009 69 29.0% at the beginning of the year to 16.6x by year-end. to nearly 3.9% 9/21/2001 12/31/2001 52 18.9%

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The Irresistible Force

The Irrelevant Investor

This is not a financial crisis where credit issues are transmitted to the real economy. The economy just stopped. One other factor at play are valuations. Did high valuations add fuel to sellers' fire? I tend to think that valuations don't matter during panic selling. So it is inherently unpredictable.

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Weekend Reading Magazine Covers and Market Caps

Discipline Funds

I recall one particularly glaring moment during 2009 when AIG became mostly owned by the US government and failed to meet S&P liquidity requirements, but they just ignored it. A lot of people feel depressed about the economy because life is hard. Then again, you do have signs of frothiness and high valuations.

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Investment Perspectives | Bubbles II

Brown Advisory

Almost exactly five years ago, we wrote a piece entitled Bubbles, which discussed the sharp rally in stocks from the lows of early 2009 and the risks of the growing federal deficit that resulted from government bail-outs and fiscal stimulus during the financial crisis. economy following the financial crisis. Wed, 04/01/2015 - 16:48.

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Transcript: Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley

The Big Picture

He has a very interesting approach to thinking about market valuations and strategies and when to deploy capital, when to go with the crowd, when to lean against the crowd, and has amassed and excellent track record. 2009, 10 in that role. Second part of our framework is valuation fundamental work.

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Looking at the Rise of Money Losing Companies

Validea

Two weeks ago, I wrote an article where I looked at the valuation of the median stock and how it has changed over time. 12/31/2009 4.9% 12/31/2009 29.6% And with intangible assets rising in the economy, standard earnings calculations are becoming less and less accurate. By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® ( @practicalquant ) —.

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Even Winning Teams Occasionally Lose

Investing Caffeine

Theoretically, QT should cause interest rates to move higher, all else equal, and thereby slow down growth in the economy, and help tame out-of-control inflation. The majority of economists, strategists, and talking heads on television are forecasting a recession in our economy, either this year or next. Exit from Afghanistan.

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