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Markets pause as investors contemplate positioning into year-end

Nationwide Financial

The report reflected continued pessimism, with 73% of respondents expecting a weakening economy and 77% expecting earnings deterioration, 92% expecting “stagflation, and 0% seeing a “goldilocks” environment. Technology allocations are at the most underweight since 2006. To many, it may look like the market has stalled.

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The Advisory | June 2015

Brown Advisory

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 central banks from Europe to Japan push unprecedented stimulus. The economic expansion is weak and inflation is still below the central bank’s 2% target. Without a Script.

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Rude Awakening

Brown Advisory

As recently as 2012 Puerto Rico was able to sell to investors public-sector bonds despite its bleak fiscal outlook and shrinking economy. Consider this scenario: An economy is shrinking, government debt is ballooning and emigration is eroding the workforce. Moreover, emigration has reduced the population to about 3.5 Current U.S.

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Compound Interest | Beware the Trap

Brown Advisory

Late in an economic cycle, investors in corporate bonds tend to snap up securities that offer a comparatively high yield but understate the risks of default. The trap often appears when the economy is at the end of its cycle and nearing a downturn. economy exposed to trade with emerging market countries that confront a slowdown.

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Transcript: Marta Norton

The Big Picture

We talk about everything from when do you think about risk, how do you diversify a portfolio, at what point do you really have to rethink the fundamentals of what’s going on in the economy and the marketplace? So I leave the Bureau of Labor Statistics and I move into economic consulting. NORTON: So 2005-2006 timeframe.

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Market, Stocks, and Bonds Lessons Learned from 2022 | Weekly Market Commentary | January 9, 2023

James Hendries

Lessons learned: Economic forecasts The Fed’s bark was as bad as its bite! The expectation was predicated on the view that inflation pressures would ease as global economies recalibrated to a post-pandemic environment. economy to avoid recession, and support above-average valuations.

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Conversation with the Portfolio Manager: Mid-Cap Growth Strategy

Brown Advisory

In early 2006, he took over the small-cap initiative at Brown Advisory, pioneering the current approach. While valuation is critical to our approach, it occurs near the end of our process. Second, we keep a keen eye on valuation. After that, we set target prices and model multiple scenarios. We target position sizes between 0.5