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Strong Defense: The Falling Opportunity Cost of Allocating to Bonds

Brown Advisory

Strong Defense: The Falling Opportunity Cost of Allocating to Bonds ajackson Tue, 07/24/2018 - 09:25 For years, “defense” in portfolios—i.e., allocations to cash and core fixed income holdings—has meant a willingness to accept extremely low returns. Robust Q1 2018 earnings growth improved the valuation picture for U.S.

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Strong Defense: The Falling Opportunity Cost of Allocating to Bonds

Brown Advisory

Strong Defense: The Falling Opportunity Cost of Allocating to Bonds. Tue, 07/24/2018 - 09:25. allocations to cash and core fixed income holdings—has meant a willingness to accept extremely low returns. Louis Fed) rose above 50 bps at the end of 2016, and since then has ticked up to 180 bps as of June 30, 2018.

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What lessons today’s investors can learn from the collapse of the Roman Empire?

Truemind Capital

There is no price for guessing that gold as an asset class can protect against the risk created by the actions of our policy makers. That’s why we have been adding at least 10% of Gold exposure in our client’s portfolio since 2018. This has resulted in skyrocketing valuations of the stock markets. K-shape recovery ?

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The time has finally come

Truemind Capital

In good times i.e. when the market valuations are usually very high, everyone agrees to the logic of buying low and selling high. Not understanding the role & importance of tactical asset allocation (overweight debt in euphoric times and overweight equity in a time of acute pessimism) in creating superior returns over the long term.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

As we stated in “Confronting the Unknown,” our 2018 asset allocation publication, standard deviation is “a helpful shortcut for thinking about risk, but it is not a fully effective proxy.” The “shoestring curve” below depicts these risks for a hypothetical portfolio, assuming various asset allocation targets.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

As we stated in “Confronting the Unknown,” our 2018 asset allocation publication, standard deviation is “a helpful shortcut for thinking about risk, but it is not a fully effective proxy.” The “shoestring curve” below depicts these risks for a hypothetical portfolio, assuming various asset allocation targets.

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Investment Perspectives | Managing Risk

Brown Advisory

Investment Perspectives | Managing Risk ajackson Wed, 08/01/2018 - 10:37 In 1963, Bob Dylan warned us that the times, they are a-changin’—and while he wasn’t talking about capital markets, his words ring as true today for investors as they did for those growing up in the turbulent '60s. Concentration: Much of the U.S.