The Irrelevant Investor

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Articles In hindsight, we can see that the value in 2014 $AAPL was real while the value in 2014 $IBM was fake. By Barry Ritholtz People’s actions don’t always live up to rational economic theories because of unintended consequences By Ben Carlson Every past decline looks like an opportunity, every future decline looks like a risk.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

economic impact of the Eras tour at close to $5 billion. The authors claimed that the next generation of consumers would prefer compelling experiences over products, and proclaimed the arrival of the fourth economic frontier, following the agrarian, industrial and service economies. One research company estimates the potential U.S.

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Truemind Capital

AUGUST 12, 2023

All the sectors went up with major sectoral growth seen in auto (up 22%), realty (up 33%), and consumer durables (up 13%) on the back of an improving economic outlook. Year-on-year declines in energy prices were the major contributor to overall inflation numbers across developed economies.

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Validea

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

He’s particularly known for: Distressed debt investing – buying bonds of troubled companies at deep discounts Macro trading – making large bets based on his economic outlook Concentrated positions – taking large stakes in his highest conviction ideas This approach has led to stellar long-term performance.

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Carson Wealth

JULY 8, 2024

These numbers can and will be revised, and so it helps to look at the 3-month average. That number has been trending down since earlier this year, but it’s at a healthy 177,000 right now, above the 166,000 average pace in 2019. and matches what we saw all the way back in 2014. That’s below the 2019 average of 3.9%

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Carson Wealth

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The third quarter’s blockbuster productivity data follows a hot number from the prior quarter, when productivity rose 3.5% (annualized). Economic output regained its pre-pandemic level by the first quarter of 2021, with 8 million fewer workers, which translated to higher productivity per worker.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 24, 2023

market for several years, but there are a large number of significant geopolitical and regional matters that are impacting investments all over the globe. Asked if he is seeing a lot of activity driven by economic stimulus like the Inflation Reduction Act, Mick said he is really seeing the impact of the new U.S.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 24, 2023

market for several years, but there are a large number of significant geopolitical and regional matters that are impacting investments all over the globe. Asked if he is seeing a lot of activity driven by economic stimulus like the Inflation Reduction Act, Mick said he is really seeing the impact of the new U.S.

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Carson Wealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The good news is that the preponderance of economic data clearly tells us we’re not in a recession right now. Other than during the heights of the pandemic, the last time hiring was at this level was in 2014. It’s correctly indicated every recession since 1970. It’s unclear why employers have stopped hiring as much as they have.

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Validea

JUNE 26, 2024

in 2014 to $12.20 The Qualitative Case for Lululemon While Validea’s quantitative model gives Lululemon a near-perfect score, Buffett’s investment philosophy goes beyond just the numbers. He seeks businesses with durable competitive advantages or “economic moats.” in the most recent fiscal year.

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Trade Brains

APRIL 26, 2023

Making to England Soros worked jobs as a waiter or railway porter before he graduated from the London School of Economics. From 1994 to 2014 Renaissance Technologies Medallion fund gave a whopping 71.8% Steve Cohen Billionaire Steve Cohen came from an economics and poker background. Simons is today worth $24.6

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Shifting macro cycles and heightened volatility across financial markets are only half the story, as investors and companies in a post-COVID world grapple with an ongoing geopolitical realignment and the increasing prospects of an economic recession. as a result of meaningful inflation across the economic system (Figure 3).

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We entered the liquid alts market with hedge funds back in 1994, and we entered the private market in 2014 with my product in late stage growth. And now we have a number of different hedge funds, some we have in the macro, we have multi-Strat, we have point hedge funds with in technology in the healthcare field.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The expected competitive forces don’t materialise, and we believe that superior economics can be maintained for a lot longer than our standard microeconomics mean-reversion frameworks would suggest. In the period 2010 to 2014 there was a boom in energy capex particularly into U.S. The key to this is analysis of the supply-side.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Heather comes from with a fascinating background, having previously been in a number of other places, most notably Morningstar, and, and she has a very specific approach to investment management and thinking about stock selection. They do a number of things at Diamond Hill that many other investment shops don’t.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Let’s just jump right into this undergraduate Vienna University of Economics and Business. 00:01:40 [Speaker Changed] So yeah, I was born and raised in Vienna and went to the Vienna University of Economics, but actually raced in junior formulas at the time and wanted to be a race driver. How did you end up in, in racing?

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Tucker Advisors

APRIL 4, 2023

Since 1980 through 2014, workers with retirement plans that included a pension fell from 39% to 13%, a 200% decline. In general, when it comes to finance and economics, we tend to discuss everything as choice or options,” said Tanja Hester, author of “Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way.”

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Brown Advisory

MAY 31, 2017

Since the 2008–09 credit crisis, market sentiment on European stocks has shifted back and forth, from despair to confidence, depending largely on sentiment regarding the EU’s prospects as a viable political and economic entity. Currencies: Our analysis shows that between 1978 and 2014, currency movement explained 50% of the U.S.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 31, 2017

Since the 2008–09 credit crisis, market sentiment on European stocks has shifted back and forth, from despair to confidence, depending largely on sentiment regarding the EU’s prospects as a viable political and economic entity. Currencies: Our analysis shows that between 1978 and 2014, currency movement explained 50% of the U.S.

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 8, 2019

For this reason, the Global Leaders strategy has never invested in tobacco companies, despite the fact that the addictive nature of nicotine has fostered powerful economic engines in many cases. Through this important role, the company has been rewarded with approximately a 22% return on equity over the past five calendar years (2014-2018).

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 8, 2019

For this reason, the Global Leaders strategy has never invested in tobacco companies, despite the fact that the addictive nature of nicotine has fostered powerful economic engines in many cases. Through this important role, the company has been rewarded with approximately a 22% return on equity over the past five calendar years (2014-2018).

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

War and financial turmoil— the bane of Europe’s economic well-being last century—are currently veiling a rebound in regional growth and unanticipated vigor among European companies. in 2014, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Economic recoveries usually feature a surge in consumption as employment and wages rebound.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 7, 2018

Here, we will discuss some of the reasons why we think that link is so strong, and provide a number of examples of portfolio companies whose sustainable business models have directly contributed to their strength in declining markets. All charts, economic and market forecasts presented herein are for illustrative purposes only.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 7, 2018

Here, we will discuss some of the reasons why we think that link is so strong, and provide a number of examples of portfolio companies whose sustainable business models have directly contributed to their strength in declining markets. All charts, economic and market forecasts presented herein are for illustrative purposes only.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A degree in mathematics from Oxford, a doctorate in mathematical epidemiology and economics from Cambridge. Graham Foster] : 00:02:54 That was a number, that was number theory, pure number theory. And whether it’s all numbers or even numbers. [Barry Ritholtz] : So you have a fascinating background.

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Brown Advisory

JULY 1, 2016

Instead, we’re looking 10, 20 or 30 years ahead—a long enough horizon to smooth out short-term fluctuations resulting from variables such as economic cycles, changes in interest rates and geopolitical events. over the last 100 years (1915–2014), but interestingly, they increased to 7.9% over the more recent 30-year period.

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Brown Advisory

JULY 1, 2016

Instead, we’re looking 10, 20 or 30 years ahead—a long enough horizon to smooth out short-term fluctuations resulting from variables such as economic cycles, changes in interest rates and geopolitical events. over the last 100 years (1915–2014), but interestingly, they increased to 7.9% over the more recent 30-year period.

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The government reported a 7% expansion in gross domestic product for the first half of the year, and wages are rising at about 10%—not exactly a picture of economic disaster. Finally, Beijing has seen confidence in its economic management erode following its failed efforts to arrest a tailspin in the country’s boom-and-bust stock markets.

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Dear Mr. Market

MARCH 17, 2024

In other words, these investments (or “teams”) are ranked and seeded on a number of factors but one of the main drivers is how hot they recently performed within the past few months or recent year. We still like Energy this year and that is especially so with it being one of the most beaten down economic sectors from 2023.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 9, 2018

There are a number of reasons that clients may be interested in adding green bonds to their portfolios. Finally, it benefits from relatively strong economic conditions in the regions it serves. Duration is expressed as a number of years. Bond prices are said to have an inverse relationship with interest rates.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 9, 2018

There are a number of reasons that clients may be interested in adding green bonds to their portfolios. Finally, it benefits from relatively strong economic conditions in the regions it serves. Duration is expressed as a number of years. Bond prices are said to have an inverse relationship with interest rates.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 1, 2016

Stock market volatility has spiked in response to immediate market concerns about energy prices, weakening economic growth in China and changes to monetary policy, as well as momentous capital-market shifts during the past 20 years. In their 2014 book, Think Like A Freak, they talk about our reluctance as a species to say these words.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

While these efforts are valuable – they may eventually lead to well-defined ESG factors that resonate with economic principles – it is easy to forget that they cannot prove whether "ESG investing" can be a source of market-independent returns, or alpha. Resource and Energy Economics 41:103-121. Hammond, and W. Springsteel. Douglas, E.,

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

While these efforts are valuable – they may eventually lead to well-defined ESG factors that resonate with economic principles – it is easy to forget that they cannot prove whether "ESG investing" can be a source of market-independent returns, or alpha. Resource and Energy Economics 41:103-121. References. Hammond, and W. Springsteel.

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Carson Wealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Lastly, no year has ended with 51 new highs, but we had 53 in both 1961 and 2014, suggesting more new highs are likely this year with about six weeks still left to go. It probably sounds bonkers to say inflation has normalized when these numbers are clearly above the Fed’s target of 2%. last month and is up 3.3% since last year.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

After joining the investment industry in 2001, he served as director of research at two firms, creating a small-cap growth strategy at one of them before joining Brown Advisory in 2014. While both mid-cap portfolio managers believe their experience gives them an advantage, other factors set them apart as well.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

After joining the investment industry in 2001, he served as director of research at two firms, creating a small-cap growth strategy at one of them before joining Brown Advisory in 2014. While both mid-cap portfolio managers believe their experience gives them an advantage, other factors set them apart as well.

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