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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (March 15–16)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey finds that while advisors are increasingly using passive investment vehicles, many are taking the time to look beneath the hood to examine the makeup of different indexes in order to choose the best option for their clients A survey of advisors working at enterprise firms shows a significant increase (..)

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Transcript: Heather Brilliant, Diamond Hill

The Big Picture

Heather comes from with a fascinating background, having previously been in a number of other places, most notably Morningstar, and, and she has a very specific approach to investment management and thinking about stock selection. They do a number of things at Diamond Hill that many other investment shops don’t.

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Dystopian Predictions (That Never Come True)

Inside Information

He published a number of white papers around the turn of the century that predicted a dystopian professional landscape composed of a small handful of giant RIAs and a few smaller firms scurrying under their feet, looking for table scraps. Mark Hurley seems to be addicted to predicting the future. Which means?

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Demystifying Systematic Fixed Income Investing

ClearMoney

Decades of research on stock returns has produced a vast number of published factors. Valuation theory helps us identify relevant factors by providing insights about differences in expected returns across stocks. 3Robert Novy-Marx, “Understanding Defensive Equity” (working paper No. 1 (January 2016): 69–103.

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Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

A white paper entitled " Active Alpha ," published by Brown Advisory in 2014, highlights several factors, including: Independent thinking: Studies have shown that managers whose portfolios differ significantly from their benchmarks are more likely to outperform. Reasons for this tendency are varied.

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Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

A white paper entitled " Active Alpha ," published by Brown Advisory in 2014, highlights several factors, including: Independent thinking: Studies have shown that managers whose portfolios differ significantly from their benchmarks are more likely to outperform. Manager Characteristics. Reasons for this tendency are varied.

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ESG and the Stock-­Picker’s Dilemma

Brown Advisory

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., Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management White Paper. Of the 10 investment-broker reports reviewed, three were positive and the rest were neutral.