Brown Advisory

AUGUST 23, 2018

Diversification by Design: Why We Don’t Hug the Muni Benchmark ajackson Thu, 08/23/2018 - 08:02 The total municipal universe has over one million individual securities. Most muni indexes hold tens of thousands of bonds—the benchmark for our National Muni strategy, for example, is the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal 1-10 Year Blend Index, and it holds a constantly changing roster of more than 30,000 securities.

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The Irrelevant Investor

AUGUST 22, 2018

On this week's Animal Spirits, we discuss: Old-money billionaires are chasing new tech riches The stories war The shrinking public stock market "Not a public company" The Netflix of fitness Tech billionaire busted for drug trafficking Listen here Tweets mentioned [link] [link] [link] [link] Recommendations Rocket Men Walt Disney: An American Original Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Our Worst The post Animal Spirits: Why Andy Dufresne Would be a Good Portfolio Manager appeared firs

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 23, 2018

Diversification by Design: Why We Don’t Hug the Muni Benchmark. ajackson. Thu, 08/23/2018 - 08:02. The total municipal universe has over one million individual securities. Most muni indexes hold tens of thousands of bonds—the benchmark for our National Muni strategy, for example, is the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal 1-10 Year Blend Index, and it holds a constantly changing roster of more than 30,000 securities.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 20, 2018

Four Companies Are Spending Hundreds of Billions Building The Cloud ajackson Mon, 08/20/2018 - 10:11 The titans of technology have continually led the news cycle in recent years, as their reach has extended—for better or worse—into every corner of our lives. The big tech companies also have been generating exceptional stock returns: Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon have together driven an outsized proportion of S&P 500 ® Index returns over the past several years.

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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

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 20, 2018

Four Companies Are Spending Hundreds of Billions Building The Cloud. ajackson. Mon, 08/20/2018 - 10:11. The titans of technology have continually led the news cycle in recent years, as their reach has extended—for better or worse—into every corner of our lives. The big tech companies also have been generating exceptional stock returns: Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon have together driven an outsized proportion of S&P 500 ® Index returns over the past several years.

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The Irrelevant Investor

AUGUST 19, 2018

Articles We all have it now By Nick Maggiulli Investing is a difficult game, to begin with, but it becomes doubly so, when it becomes personal By Aswath Damodaran Since this is an extraordinary claim, it requires extraordinary evidence By Barry Ritholtz Two camps of ardent supporters and dissenters quickly banded together By Jamie Catherwood Cheap (expensive) stocks tend to be followed by above-average (below-average) forward returns, regardless of where bond yields are By Charlie Bilello Colleg

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