Brown Advisory

JUNE 3, 2015

The Fed has held the benchmark federal funds rate at zero—a record low—since December 2008 and further reduced borrowing costs through so-called quantitative easing, a bond-purchase program that more than quadrupled its balance sheet to $4.5 Concern about future economic growth undermines valuations. Unemployment fell to 5.4%

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

We tend to be strategic rather than tactical in our approach to investing, but a combination of recent fundamental developments and valuation changes has caused us to add a note of caution in conversations with clients and in the management of their portfolios. Concentration: Much of the U.S.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

We tend to be strategic rather than tactical in our approach to investing, but a combination of recent fundamental developments and valuation changes has caused us to add a note of caution in conversations with clients and in the management of their portfolios. Concentration: Much of the U.S. Risks in Bonds.

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Brown Advisory

APRIL 1, 2015

In Engines That Move Markets, a 2002 book about the cycles of technology investing, Alasdair Nairn defines “bubbles” as periods when investors appear to suspend rational valuation, much as they had during the dotcom craze shortly before the book was published. Possible Signs. Merger and acquisition dollar volume has reached precrisis peaks.

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Brown Advisory

DECEMBER 2, 2015

This helps to meet your immediate needs and instill discipline in a longterm context, averting excessive spending when valuations are rising. After the 2008-2009 financial crisis, many clients could use loss carry-forwards to reduce taxes against gains taken in subsequent years. By Taylor Graff, CFA, Asset Allocation Analyst.

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

And then I moved back to London at the end of 2008, which was a really interesting pivot. At the end of 2008, we owned a lot of illiquid assets. And there was a problem with 168 of them at the end of 2008. It was the year I made partner, actually, in 2008. I did that for a couple of years. SALISBURY: Absolutely.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 30, 2020

The background liquidity conditions for capital markets have changed substantively since the 2008-09 financial crisis, and to some extent these changes have contributed to the liquidity crunch in various segments of the market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. As we now know, this celebration was premature.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 30, 2020

The background liquidity conditions for capital markets have changed substantively since the 2008-09 financial crisis, and to some extent these changes have contributed to the liquidity crunch in various segments of the market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. RECENT TRENDS AFFECTING LIQUIDITY.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The Federal Reserve, since pushing down the main interest rate to zero in 2008, has repeatedly acknowledged that a “reach for yield” may threaten financial stability. By Taylor Graff, CFA, Asset Allocation Analyst. Following such an approach, we do not hold appropriation bonds sold by Puerto Rico and Chicago.

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James Hendries

JUNE 26, 2023

However, the impending end of the Federal Reserve (Fed) rate-hiking campaign, and the economy’s and corporate America’s resilience, help make the bull case that steers LPL Research toward a neutral, rather than negative, equities view from a tactical asset allocation perspective. At the same time, the resilience of the U.S.

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James Hendries

JUNE 20, 2023

That’s not suggesting another 2008 is coming, but rather highlights how fast the economic environment can change. A lot changed over the course of 2007 and 2008 as the economy fell into the Great Financial Crisis. Earnings per share (EPS) is the portion of a company’s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock.

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Validea

DECEMBER 7, 2022

What the naysayers miss is that each market downturn created lowered valuations that resulted in “above-average returns,” the article quotes Doug Foreman of Kayne Anderson Rudnick. Quick Links Validea Special Discount Offer Top Value Stocks in Today’s Market Choose from 20+ Actionable Model Portfolios – View Portfolios.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While this shift in monetary policy may ultimately have important implications for asset allocation and other investment decisions, we’re not convinced that its near-term impact will be particularly significant. Big Balance Sheet By way of background, the Fed’s balance sheet has roughly quintupled since the financial crisis of 2008.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While this shift in monetary policy may ultimately have important implications for asset allocation and other investment decisions, we’re not convinced that its near-term impact will be particularly significant. By way of background, the Fed’s balance sheet has roughly quintupled since the financial crisis of 2008.

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The Better Letter

JANUARY 26, 2024

In late 2008, Dent published another book, The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History , moving into the “doom and gloom” business. who became a professor at the University of Michigan before setting up his own asset management firm. 2020 : “[E]xtreme valuations.

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James Hendries

AUGUST 15, 2022

is dragged down by 2008-2009 when the index tumbled 37%. We maintain our preference for equities over fixed income and cash in our recommended tactical asset allocation. Earnings per share (EPS) is the portion of a company’s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. The average of 1.1% How can this be?

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James Hendries

DECEMBER 12, 2022

during the month, which was the best month for core bonds since December 2008. The Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee’s (STAAC) S&P 500 year-end fair value target of 4,000-4,100 is based on a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.5 It is also a major component used to calculate the price-toearnings valuation ratio.

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Brown Advisory

JULY 1, 2016

Changes in their assumed rate of return can impact decisions ranging from asset allocation to the spending level that a portfolio can rationally support. Our Investment Solutions Group spends considerable time trying to gauge the long-term outlook for stocks since it is central to asset allocation decisions and recommendations.

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Brown Advisory

JULY 1, 2016

Changes in their assumed rate of return can impact decisions ranging from asset allocation to the spending level that a portfolio can rationally support. Our Investment Solutions Group spends considerable time trying to gauge the long-term outlook for stocks since it is central to asset allocation decisions and recommendations.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

And so we go back to the basics of what our job should be, risk underwriting, risk assessment, asset prices are different from asset valuation. I mean the valuation is the future cash flow discounted at a risk-free rate plus a risk premium. RITHOLTZ: (LAUGHTER) CHABRAN: And find a reason why they would allocate there.

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Dear Mr. Market

MARCH 11, 2023

IBM loses to QCOM based on valuation. Obviously this rattled a lot of nerves and the way we see it is that it won’t be a 2008 “Lehman” type event, however there will be other casualties or at least some banks that get major pressure. Watch for those that have even worse financials and balance sheets than SVB did.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It’s just a fascinating conversation about looking at the world from both bottoms up and top-down, as well as thinking about what valuations are like, how likely are macro events, the impact you’re getting not just the return on capital, but as famously said in fixed income, a return of your capital. Every bank had balance sheet.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

My family and I moved to McLean, Virginia in, in 2008. They’re asset allocation model driven folks. Who, who, who, who else did you speak to when you were there? What, so what was that experience like? Sean Dobson : I lived in Washington, DC for five years. Yeah, it’s super patient, it’s super sophisticated.

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James Hendries

JULY 6, 2022

While we acknowledge that a V-shaped recovery is probably not in the cards and prior valuation targets no longer appear achievable, we remain constructive on equities for the second half, but not complacent. Remember stock valuations are inversely correlated to inflation and interest rates. Click here to download a PDF of this report.

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James Hendries

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

These runoffs do happen: In 2022 both Georgia Senate seats went to a runoff, as did Georgia Senate election in 1992 and 2008. Barry Gilbert , PhD, CFA, Asset Allocation Strategist, LPL Financial. Earnings per share (EPS) is the portion of a company’s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock.

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