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No Pain, No Gain

Investing Caffeine

Although I have noted some of the key headwinds the economy faces above, it is worth noting that current corporate profits remain at/near all-time record highs (see chart below) and the 3.6% As Albert Einstein stated, “In the middle of every difficulty lies an opportunity.”.

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Market Commentary: Stocks Are Quite Resilient

Carson Wealth

Recent sentiment polls show a high number of bears while worries about the economy and earnings continue to expand. Although it might not feel like it, there are many reasons to expect stocks to bounce back and markets to improve. This is the ninth straight rate increase and brings rates to their highest level since 2007.

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Is Inflation Coming Back?

The Irrelevant Investor

But if we've learned anything since the great financial crisis, it's that the amount of money in circulation does not necessarily cause inflation. Inflation might be the least understood area in all of financial markets. This chart supports their intuition. We still don't really know what drives it.

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Resilience is Core to Sustainable Portfolio Construction

Brown Advisory

In the industrials space, we tend to shy away from deeply cyclical commoditized businesses and see resilience in companies that typically benefit from a meaningful after-market component or subscription-like revenues from maintenance or service contracts, e.g. Others such as U.S. 4 Source: FactSet® and Brown Advisory calculations.

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Business Resilience in Portfolio Construction

Brown Advisory

In the industrials space, we have refrained from investing in deeply cyclical commoditized businesses and see resilience in companies that typically benefit from a meaningful after-market component or subscription-like revenues from maintenance or service contracts, e.g. Others such as U.S. ROIC, 7.11% three-year sales growth and a 4.2%

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Importance of Business Resilience in Portfolio Construction

Brown Advisory

In the industrials space, we have refrained from investing in deeply cyclical commoditized businesses and see resilience in companies that typically benefit from a meaningful after-market component or subscription-like revenues from maintenance or service contracts, e.g. Others such as U.S. ROIC, 7.11% three-year sales growth and a 4.2%

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Investment Perspectives | Confidence

Brown Advisory

Among the concerns breeding skepticism about the economy and the markets are on-again/off-again trade negotiations, disruption of supply chains, declines in manufacturing activity, and sluggish capital spending. economy that may restrain the country's ability to grow at rates considered normal over the last several decades.