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Diamonds In The Rough

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Within the $450 billion high-yield market, less than 60% of high-yield bonds sell for more than face value compared with more than 90% in June 2014. By Taylor Graff, CFA, Asset Allocation Analyst. By Mark Kodenski, Private Client Portfolio Manager. Anchoring Expectations.

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EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks

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EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks achen Thu, 06/01/2017 - 02:47 Asset allocation—at least for us—is an exercise in nuance. We move slowly and carefully when it comes to shifting our portfolios away from one asset class or region and toward another.

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EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks

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EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks. Asset allocation—at least for us—is an exercise in nuance. We move slowly and carefully when it comes to shifting our portfolios away from one asset class or region and toward another. Thu, 06/01/2017 - 02:47. stocks growing more expensive.

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My Investing Mentors

The Irrelevant Investor

Amateur tennis is a loser's game: The outcome is determined by the actions of the loser, who defeats himself.Likewise, the "money game" we call investment management has evolved in recent decades from a winner's game to a loser's game.No Ferri was an early champion of indexing and asset allocation for financial advisors.

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Europe's Slow Climb

Brown Advisory

in 2014, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The ratio for the 19 countries in the eurozone rose to 93% at the end of the first quarter from 92% at the end of 2014, according to the European Union. By Stephen Shutz, CFA, Tax-Exempt Portfolio Manager. By Taylor Graff, CFA, Asset Allocation Analyst.

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Rude Awakening

Brown Advisory

Public-sector debt has expanded every year since 2000, hitting 100% of gross national product at the end of fiscal year 2014. By Mick Dillon, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Global Leaders Strategy; Priyanka Agnihotri, Equity Research Analyst. By Taylor Graff, CFA, Asset Allocation Analyst. million from about 3.8

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Investment Perspectives | “Undoing” the Fed’s Balance Sheet

Brown Advisory

While this shift in monetary policy may ultimately have important implications for asset allocation and other investment decisions, we’re not convinced that its near-term impact will be particularly significant. By 2014, when QE officially ended, assets on the Fed’s balance sheet totaled $4.3