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Market remarkably resilient given banking sector challenges

Nationwide Financial

Fund managers remain historically conservative per Bank of America’s Global Fund Manager Survey showing asset allocators long cash and short equities. Cash levels rose in March at the fastest pace since last September and remain above average and allocation to equities remains significantly lower than in history.

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Market volatility: Reminder to prepare for downturns

SEI

Investments and economy. We are currently experiencing one of the most volatile times in decades, on top of the start of the pandemic and the 2008-2009 recession. Setting a strategic asset allocation and stress testing it, as part of the risk management exercise, is a critical component in “pre-experiencing” such downturns.

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No Pain, No Gain

Investing Caffeine

For long-term stock investors who have reaped the massive +520% rewards from the March 2009 lows, they understand this gargantuan climb was not earned without some rocky times along the way. As Albert Einstein stated, “In the middle of every difficulty lies an opportunity.”.

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Diamonds In The Rough

Brown Advisory

Weak commodity prices and flagging emerging market economies have dimmed the outlook for energy and metals companies, and are shaking up the high-yield bond market. Debt in well-managed companies positioned to weather an economic slump return nearly three times the 2.3% By Taylor Graff, CFA, Asset Allocation Analyst.

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Europe's Slow Climb

Brown Advisory

War and financial turmoil— the bane of Europe’s economic well-being last century—are currently veiling a rebound in regional growth and unanticipated vigor among European companies. Europe’s economy has picked up steam even with Ukraine battling Russian-backed insurgents and Greece narrowly dodging an exit from the eurozone.

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Investment Perspectives | Bubbles II

Brown Advisory

Almost exactly five years ago, we wrote a piece entitled Bubbles, which discussed the sharp rally in stocks from the lows of early 2009 and the risks of the growing federal deficit that resulted from government bail-outs and fiscal stimulus during the financial crisis. economy following the financial crisis. Wed, 04/01/2015 - 16:48.

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

The Big Picture

I could maybe flip that around a little bit since I think particularly post 2008, 2009, the quality style of investing has become a lot more popular. And actually Ben Inker is the head of our asset allocation group. We, we call asset allocation at GMO. That’s the key to quality investing.

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