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The Three Types of Contrarians

The Irrelevant Investor

It seems like everybody wants to be a contrarian these days. Predictably, there were a lot of "Bill Ackman is out of Valeant, that's your buy signal" comments this week. I want to talk about the three different types of contrarians: those who are early, those who are late, and those that are right. On the early side, for example, are those who have argued that U.S. stocks are too expensive, or people saying this bull market is long in the tooth.

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Emerging Market Banks: Promise Amid Skepticism

Brown Advisory

Emerging Market Banks: Promise Amid Skepticism achen Mon, 03/13/2017 - 10:37 For many investors, emerging markets are an enigma and represent a dichotomy between risk and reward. While these markets offer growth potential supported by secular tailwinds, these are also historically volatile markets and factors such as liquidity problems, political risks, weak regulations and currency instability compound investors’ fears of negative surprises.

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Emerging Market Banks: Promise Amid Skepticism

Brown Advisory

Emerging Market Banks: Promise Amid Skepticism. achen. Mon, 03/13/2017 - 10:37. For many investors, emerging markets are an enigma and represent a dichotomy between risk and reward. While these markets offer growth potential supported by secular tailwinds, these are also historically volatile markets and factors such as liquidity problems, political risks, weak regulations and currency instability compound investors’ fears of negative surprises.

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These are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

It'a funny, I thought my life would change when I had a baby, and it certainly has, but one thing I didn't count on is how much more time I would have. He sleeps, and he eats. That's it for now. So I've been either home or at the office and I've consumed more content in the past three weeks than over any other three week period in recent memory. I know that will change quickly, but in the meantime, I wanted to share some incredible stuff I read this week.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.