The Irrelevant Investor
JUNE 25, 2015
Carl Icahn is a brilliant investor with a proven history of delivering excellent returns. In fact, he just rode Netflix from the high fifties all the way to seven-hundred bucks a share in just under three years; an annualized return of around 130%! Icahn took over a major airline when I was literally in diapers so it is with a tremendous amount of respect that I will take the other side of his CNBC appearance from Wednesday.
Brown Advisory
JUNE 3, 2015
Demystifying Sustainable Investing. achen. Wed, 06/03/2015 - 09:00. For many investors, the topic of sustainable investing is a jungle of jargon and vague terms. When you cut through the confusion, though, you find that sustainable investing strategies have matured and improved, and now form the core of an increasing number of investors’ portfolios.
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Brown Advisory
JUNE 3, 2015
Sustainability—An Expanding Toolkit. achen. Wed, 06/03/2015 - 09:02. The boom in sustainable strategies has made it far easier than even five years ago to construct a sustainable portfolio across asset classes—from stocks to fixed income to compelling private equity alternatives. No question about it, sustainable investing is a growth industry. There were 925 investment funds that incorporate environmental, social or governance factors in their approach as of the end of 2014, according to US SIF
Brown Advisory
JUNE 3, 2015
Sustainability—Beyond the Usual Suspects. achen. Wed, 06/03/2015 - 09:05. CEOs across the board try to give their firms a boost by increasing revenue and cutting costs. Our focus is on finding stocks across sectors with underlying environmental business advantages. That can lead us to holdings that might surprise you. CEOs of public companies face pressure from a wide variety of stakeholders to improve their environmental profiles: megaphone-wielding shareholders, procurement managers seeking to
Speaker: Erroll Amacker
As businesses increasingly adopt automation, finance leaders must navigate the delicate balance between technology and human expertise. This webinar explores the critical role of human oversight in accounts payable (AP) automation and how a people-centric approach can drive better financial performance. Join us for an insightful discussion on how integrating human expertise into automated workflows enhances decision-making, reduces fraud risks, strengthens vendor relationships, and accelerates R
Brown Advisory
JUNE 3, 2015
The Advisory | June 2015. achen. Wed, 06/03/2015 - 10:14. Shifting Gears. Ahead of the first tightening by the Federal Reserve in nine years, we are shifting into less-traditional assets, anticipating that, at best, U.S. stocks and fixed income securities will probably languish when the central bank begins to withdraw record stimulus. Federal Reserve policymakers forecast that they will likely start tightening this year for the first time since 2006, bringing an end to record liquidity, even as
The Irrelevant Investor
JUNE 29, 2015
“It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” Buffett The S&P 500 just experienced its first negative two percent day since October 2014, when Ebola was the crisis du jour. Today, all but five of the S&P 500 stocks were down and just one component of the Nasdaq 100 was spared.
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