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Private Credit Outshines Many High-Valuation Stocks, Bonds

Brown Advisory

Private Credit Outshines Many High-Valuation Stocks, Bonds. With interest rates at record lows and many publicly traded bonds and stocks approaching historically high valuations, private credit has become increasingly attractive to investors because of its total return prospects, steady income and role in diversification.

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Looking at the Rise of Money Losing Companies

Validea

Two weeks ago, I wrote an article where I looked at the valuation of the median stock and how it has changed over time. 12/29/2006 1.2% 12/29/2006 29.8% And with intangible assets rising in the economy, standard earnings calculations are becoming less and less accurate. By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® ( @practicalquant ) —.

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MiB: Ken Kencel, Churchill Asset Management

The Big Picture

 This week, we speak with Ken Kencel, who is president and chief executive officer of Churchill Asset Management, a private credit firm with $46 billion in assets under management that was the top US private equity lender in the 2022 PitchBook league tables and was named 2022 Lender Firm of the Year by The M&A Advisor.

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Good Preparation Leads to a Good Audit Experience: What to Expect from Your Investment Advisor

Brown Advisory

The ambiguity surrounding securities levels is sometimes a point of frustration for NFP staff, especially in the valuing of less liquid, harder-to-ascertain level 2 and 3 assets. Explain the timing difference and cutoff on valuations. To help efficiently support the leveling process, we recommend a four-step process: 1.

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Revisiting the Case Against Value Investing

Validea

This would narrow the valuation spread between value and growth stocks because value stocks would become more expensive and growth stocks less expensive. It is in the 7 th percentile for the period beginning in 2006. Traditional value strategies don’t do a good job of accounting for the value of intangible assets.

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Top IT Stocks With High FII Holdings To Add To Your Watchlist

Trade Brains

It is the leading Registrar & Transfer Agency (RTA) to India’s Mutual Fund Industry, catering to ~69% of the Average Assets under Management (AUM) as of June 2023. Within 11 Years of starting up multiple online classified businesses, Info Edge listed itself on the exchanges in 2006.

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Transcript: Marta Norton

The Big Picture

They advise or directly manage about $250 billion in flying assets. RITHOLTZ: So how do you find your way from economist to analyst to asset manager? RITHOLTZ: You said, I know, I want to run assets. RITHOLTZ: What was that experience like beginning in asset management in the aisle of hurricane? NORTON: Yeah.

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