Brown Advisory

MARCH 28, 2017

Starting Points achen Tue, 03/28/2017 - 14:11 The numbers tell a clear story about the growing number of investors interested in sustainable investing. Initial steps such as these can minimize disruption and help investors grow comfortable with values-based investing.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 28, 2017

Tue, 03/28/2017 - 14:11. The numbers tell a clear story about the growing number of investors interested in sustainable investing. Assets in investments aligned to environmental, social or governance factors increased nearly fivefold between 2012 and 2016, according to US SIF Foundation. . . Starting Points.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 10, 2018

In this article, our head of asset allocation discusses how we are managing trade risk, while still embracing global growth opportunities in our portfolios. After an unnaturally serene 2017, volatility roared back into equity markets this year, fueled by worries over interest rates, inflation, tariffs and data privacy.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 10, 2018

In this article, our head of asset allocation discusses how we are managing trade risk, while still embracing global growth opportunities in our portfolios. After an unnaturally serene 2017, volatility roared back into equity markets this year, fueled by worries over interest rates, inflation, tariffs and data privacy.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

Incremental Equity Risks Several evolving dynamics in the stock market, when taken together, suggest that risk levels have increased a bit over the last year or so: Valuations: To state the obvious, stock prices gained considerable ground during 2017 and are slightly higher so far in 2018. Concentration: Much of the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

Several evolving dynamics in the stock market, when taken together, suggest that risk levels have increased a bit over the last year or so: Valuations: To state the obvious, stock prices gained considerable ground during 2017 and are slightly higher so far in 2018. Concentration: Much of the U.S. In the U.S., Risks in Bonds. Many non-U.S.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 20, 2024

In that trade on a monthly basis, when you run that full strength, it gives the dynamics of something like the XIV, which rose 600% in 2017, right? The problem is that model, the wisdom of crowds actually requires everybody to have what’s called equal endowment or the same number of votes. Now my observation was twofold.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 13, 2018

Further, 2017 overall was extraordinary for its lack of market volatility; the S&P 500 Index rose steadily throughout the year without so much as a 3% pullback—a first in the Index’s long history. For most of 2017, the VIX was exceptionally depressed, signaling that investors expected very little volatility in prices.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 13, 2018

Further, 2017 overall was extraordinary for its lack of market volatility; the S&P 500 Index rose steadily throughout the year without so much as a 3% pullback—a first in the Index’s long history. For most of 2017, the VIX was exceptionally depressed, signaling that investors expected very little volatility in prices.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Endowment and Foundation Challenges: Managing Charitable Gift Annuities ajackson Tue, 09/29/2020 - 14:00 The charitable gift annuity is one of a number of donor-friendly solutions that nonprofit institutions can offer to donors. CGAs are a fairly common option in the U.S.—according

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The charitable gift annuity is one of a number of donor-friendly solutions that nonprofit institutions can offer to donors. according to a 2017 survey by the American Council on Gift Annuities (ACGA), more than 4,000 nonprofit institutions offered CGA options to their donor bases. CGAs are a fairly common option in the U.S.—according

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Deficit spending, resulting in part from the late 2017 tax reform legislation, is adding to the national debt at a rapid pace that will only worsen as interest rates climb. In practice, a number of factors need to be taken into account in order to produce the desired result. While current economic conditions in the U.S. Large-cap U.S.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Deficit spending, resulting in part from the late 2017 tax reform legislation, is adding to the national debt at a rapid pace that will only worsen as interest rates climb. In practice, a number of factors need to be taken into account in order to produce the desired result. While current economic conditions in the U.S. Large-cap U.S.

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James Hendries

JUNE 20, 2023

As such, we don’t think it will be long before official government numbers reflect the decrease in rent prices. The most egregious example appears to be in 2015 (green line) when the Committee expected interest rates in 2017 to be above 3.5%, when in actuality they were closer to 0.50% that year.

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We believe that the investment return needed to achieve that objective should be the most important guidepost for a portfolio’s asset allocation. With traditional assets like stocks and bonds at high valuations, the implications for future returns of those assets may be underwhelming. Source: BLOOMBERG.

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We believe that the investment return needed to achieve that objective should be the most important guidepost for a portfolio’s asset allocation. With traditional assets like stocks and bonds at high valuations, the implications for future returns of those assets may be underwhelming. Source: BLOOMBERG.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

ESG and the Stock-­Picker’s Dilemma achen Fri, 09/22/2017 - 12:58 One of the greatest challenges that public equities investors face to integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data into their decision making is the lack of proof that real – not hypothetical – investment strategies can use ESG factors to enhance performance.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Fri, 09/22/2017 - 12:58. Finally, a growing number of meta-analyses conclude that incorporating ESG issues into investment decision making generates better returns than comparable non-ESG strategies (Clark, et al., ESG and the Stock-­Picker’s Dilemma. In short, anyone seeking answers in this debate faces a tangled web of information.

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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. With this exercise, however, we are able to build an intelligent portfolio that will have a number of “winners” along with some stinkers.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 21, 2017

Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate achen Wed, 06/21/2017 - 12:35 Aside from some current political and economic topics that dominate the financial media, the most widely debated investment issue today involves the merits of passive investing, or indexing. In short, every situation is different.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 21, 2017

Wed, 06/21/2017 - 12:35. The term “active share” measures the degree to which a portfolio’s holdings differ from those of its benchmark, taking into account the number of stocks in the portfolio but not in the index and the difference in weightings of those stocks held in common. Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

But I would add, we had just gone public at the time, 2017. So that was in 2017, we went public on Euronext Paris. RITHOLTZ: (LAUGHTER) CHABRAN: And find a reason why they would allocate there. So I think we’ve now entered a period where we have to swallow this whole mispriced, over-levered assets out there.

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The Better Letter

JANUARY 26, 2024

In June 2017, Dent predicted a “ once in a lifetime ” crash in the stock market, the economy, and in real estate over the following three years. 2017 : “[T]he most broadly overvalued moment in market history.” Dent got a big market decline in 2020, but because of Covid, not for any of the reasons he cited. .”

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Investment Perspectives | “Undoing” the Fed’s Balance Sheet achen Tue, 11/14/2017 - 16:18 These days, it seems like all eyes are on the Federal Reserve. If they are correct, rates would presumably rise by that amount as QE is undone, but the adjustment could take a number of years. Meanwhile, we continue to focus on security selection.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Tue, 11/14/2017 - 16:18. Well, maybe not all eyes, but certainly a large number of investors are paying unusually close attention to the Fed as it begins to unwind its bond investments and thus reduce the size of its balance sheet. A number of thoughts are swirling in the wake of these policy and leadership shifts.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 26, 2024

And it’s funny ’cause that was a pandemic purchase, a very inexpensive 2017 Panama four s, which everybody walked away. He wasn’t tactical asset allocator. There’s Saunders is not spelled with a z There’s no numbers added to it. So literally I made a left, right into them.

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The Big Picture

MAY 21, 2024

So it’s got this math angle where it, you know, it’s all numbers, but then there’s this behavioral angle and psychological angle where, you know, it’s, it’s kind of a fun problem to tackle. It’s kind of a silly number, but people are going to think you’re smart or dumb based on that number.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Honest back testing, really looking at the numbers versus exaggerating returns and, and making up the claim that something’s live when it’s not. 12, 14 even that not a lot of numbers. So that’s number one. Number two, I have a vivid recollection of sitting in a canoe with Jim Bianco in August of oh nine.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 31, 2023

And in my career, I feel like the Canadian, they produce a large number of economists. I mean, when we had that first employment number that sort of knocked the lights on, everyone was kind of surprised because we were all keying off the initial claims data, right? It’s a giant number. DUTTA: — and he still is.

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