Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We view sovereign bonds as an asset class with great potential to navigate and address key environmental and social challenges facing the global economy. As is the case with all asset classes, we are always learning and looking for new ways to enhance the frameworks we have already built.

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Brown Advisory

JULY 19, 2017

A Moment of Zen: The Wisdom of Staying Invested achen Wed, 07/19/2017 - 15:28 When discussing the merits of cash as an investment, Warren Buffett doesn’t pull his punches, saying that those who hold cash or its equivalents “have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.”

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Brown Advisory

JULY 19, 2017

When discussing the merits of cash as an investment, Warren Buffett doesn’t pull his punches, saying that those who hold cash or its equivalents “have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.”. Valuations of the U.S. But we can’t deny the existence of fear.

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Mr. Money Mustache

MAY 20, 2022

And just to amplify everything even further, China has launched a batshit crazy (and medically impossible) “zero covid” policy, locking down hundreds of millions of its own people who can no longer produce or export the things that the rest of the world’s economy had grown to rely upon. the current blowup) -20% so far What’s your guess?

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Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We view sovereign bonds as an asset class with the potential to achieve progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (U.N. Investors across the globe increasingly seek to incorporate ESG research into investment decisions across asset classes to align their investment outcomes with their sustainability goals.

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Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We view sovereign bonds as an asset class with the potential to achieve progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (U.N. Investors across the globe increasingly seek to incorporate ESG research into investment decisions across asset classes to align their investment outcomes with their sustainability goals.

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Brown Advisory

DECEMBER 2, 2015

We work with clients to create—either in writing or verbally—a “mission statement” detailing how they want their assets to serve their well-being in coming decades. This helps to meet your immediate needs and instill discipline in a longterm context, averting excessive spending when valuations are rising. Diamonds In The Rough.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 6, 2019

As head of asset allocation research in our Investment Solutions Group, he is responsible for analyzing the relative attractiveness of various asset classes and investment strategies. Additionally, the Australian economy has not experienced a recession since 1991. Source: Bloomberg.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 6, 2019

As head of asset allocation research in our Investment Solutions Group, he is responsible for analyzing the relative attractiveness of various asset classes and investment strategies. Additionally, the Australian economy has not experienced a recession since 1991. Source: Bloomberg.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 30, 2020

For the past year, we have been preparing client portfolios for the end of the extended bull market run that began in 2009—building cash and liquidity reserves, and also exploring opportunities in private and alternative asset classes that historically have offered lower correlation with public markets. Despite the U.S.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 30, 2020

For the past year, we have been preparing client portfolios for the end of the extended bull market run that began in 2009—building cash and liquidity reserves, and also exploring opportunities in private and alternative asset classes that historically have offered lower correlation with public markets. Despite the U.S. Harsh Reaction.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 21, 2017

Generally, index fund fees are low because management costs are minimal (investment judgment is not required to track an index) and administrative expenses are typically spread over a large asset base. are there better or worse moments in time to enact an indexing strategy) and choice of asset class (i.e.,

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 21, 2017

Generally, index fund fees are low because management costs are minimal (investment judgment is not required to track an index) and administrative expenses are typically spread over a large asset base. are there better or worse moments in time to enact an indexing strategy) and choice of asset class (i.e., Less Efficient Asset Classes.

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Brown Advisory

JANUARY 4, 2016

What is behind this sudden surge in the unicorn population, and are some of these valuations “spiraling” out of control? To a certain extent, the Federal Reserve’s zero-rate monetary policy has fueled the flow of money into higher-risk asset classes, since “safe” assets have been priced to yield only meager returns.

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The Better Letter

JANUARY 26, 2024

The DJIA closed 1999 at 11,497 and 2009 at 10,428. At the GFC bottom, March 9, 2009, the Dow traded at 6,547. In June 2017, Dent predicted a “ once in a lifetime ” crash in the stock market, the economy, and in real estate over the following three years. 2020 : “[E]xtreme valuations. billion. .”

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Since the moment the stock market’s deep dive brought on by the Great Recession bottomed out in early 2009 – almost 15 years ago now – recency bias has continued to support the same behavior as home equity bias — buy American stocks! In Chapter One (2000-2009), that almanac will reveal that U.S. In each of those instances, U.S.

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James Hendries

AUGUST 15, 2022

economy is in or about to enter recession, so we thought a piece on what a recession might mean for the stock market would be of interest. economy is not currently in recession, odds are still perhaps a coin flip or better that one may come in the next year. While Friday’s strong jobs report provides more evidence that the U.S.

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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. economy and corporate America has been impressive.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 17, 2023

I want to get into that before we start talking about asset management. Then the volatility and, and the valuation makes an enormous difference. And I mean, but it is endemic in the industry because the industry is incentivized to grow assets and hence admitting errors is not something that you want to do on tv. What is that?

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James Hendries

OCTOBER 18, 2022

During the worst of the Financial Crisis (Q3 2008 through Q1 2009), more than 50% of S&P 500 companies hit their earnings targets each quarter. economy in mid-March, 62% of S&P 500 companies beat estimates, and aggregate earnings were within one percentage point of expectations. Quincy Krosby , Ph.D.

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James Hendries

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Memories of 2008-2009 are still vivid even though global banks, overall, are in much healthier shape due to stringent regulations put in place following the crisis. In addition, a major structural re-organization is in the planning stages that will involve sales of assets and spinning off parts of the international business.

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James Hendries

AUGUST 15, 2022

The news on the economy and corporate profits hasn’t been great lately, but thanks to low expectations, it’s been good enough to push stocks nicely higher. As shown in Figure 2 , the 90% level has historically signaled the start of new bull markets coming off of major lows such as 2009, 2011, 2018-2019, and 2020. Encouraging Signs.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 13, 2018

From a longer-term perspective, stocks rose from 2009 until this recent correction with only a few setbacks along the way. increase in the average hourly wage rate, the fastest rise in that rate since 2009. (It On that question, the economy is sending somewhat mixed signals. 2, the U.S. Department of Labor reported a 2.9%

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 13, 2018

From a longer-term perspective, stocks rose from 2009 until this recent correction with only a few setbacks along the way. increase in the average hourly wage rate, the fastest rise in that rate since 2009. (It On that question, the economy is sending somewhat mixed signals. 2, the U.S. Department of Labor reported a 2.9%

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And before that, Morgan Stanley, doing technology and operations planning for the wealth and asset management group. What percentage of the assets are in ETFs relative to mutual funds? So fast forward to where we are today, we have over $40 billion in assets under management. BERRUGA: You know, great question. BERRUGA: Exactly.

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Investing Caffeine

JULY 1, 2022

Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair, has been a very effective clean-up hitter for the stock market, not only leading the stock market team to victories, but also appreciation in almost all global-risk asset classes. PRICES: Valuations have come down significantly – Price/Earnings ratio of 15.9 (i.e., Bad News Does Not Mean Bad Stock Market.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 14, 2022

She and her team manages over $565 billion in real estate assets. But I’d say those are all similar things, whether you’re talking about, you know, companies that make something, or companies that own real estate or real estate assets. And real estate offered that. So I have to ask, what the hell was that like?

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

1 Also, from fiscal year 2009 until fiscal year 2016, federal agencies cut annual grants to private and public organizations by 3.4% Alternatively, nonprofits can boost potential portfolio returns, which often means tolerating more risk and illiquidity, through a recalibration of asset allocation— the single biggest driver of long-term gains.

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The Big Picture

JULY 26, 2022

All-in, you’re $8 billion in assets totally. I’ve had a coach since 2009. And so, coaching was an exercise — back then in 2009, it was not very well known and it was definitely an exercise in humility of saying, “I think I need some help.” WEAVER: And you can overpay for any asset.

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Brown Advisory

DECEMBER 2, 2015

We are recommending that clients consider high-yield bonds and other asset classes that can offer the prospect of solid gains that diverge from the path of traditional stocks and bonds. The world economy is on pace to grow 3.1% 2 economy, grew 7.3% this year, 0.3 As recently as July, the IMF estimated 3.3% this year and 6.3%

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Looking ahead, for our base-case scenario we see inflation remaining moderate and most major economies continuing to grow at a modest pace. Market jitters increased in mid-2015 amid signs that growth was slowing in large economies—most significantly, China. Declining productivity among advanced economies has weakened global growth.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Looking ahead, for our base-case scenario we see inflation remaining moderate and most major economies continuing to grow at a modest pace. Market jitters increased in mid-2015 amid signs that growth was slowing in large economies—most significantly, China. Declining productivity among advanced economies has weakened global growth.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I wanna say it’s about $179 billion in client assets. You’ve probably heard some aspects of this from the various interviews I’ve done with Howard Marks talking about the distressed asset fund they set up in 2007. That had mismatched assets. It’s not an asset that other creditors can go after.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

And we’d sort of turn that into a valuation business. MILLER: Well actually I thought, leading up to the great financial crisis, I thought to myself, we’re going to be out of business within a couple of years because nobody wanted an independent valuation. Housing itself, it’s just a slow moving asset.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 14, 2023

He launched his own firm right into the teeth of the collapse in ’09, which turned out to be quite a fortuitous time to launch an asset management shop. Everybody wants to sell a company when they get a good valuation. RITHOLTZ: So you’re there for 20 years, from 1988 to 2009. They wanted to hear a bear story post 2009.

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The Big Picture

JULY 19, 2022

You mentioned in the beginning of the book lower asset yields and richer asset prices have pulled forward future returns. ILMANEN: It’s always good to think of starting yields and valuation sort of two sides of the same coin. RITHOLTZ: Really quite interesting. Explain that. Bonds are the most expensive. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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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. Or is it just country by country?

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