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Diving Deep: Achieving Outperformance By Using Environmental Research

Brown Advisory

When sizing up a company’s opportunities and risks, portfolio managers vary widely in how they weigh ESG factors. Some portfolio managers use ESG data to find companies that they believe are less harmful than others. As a result, strategies focused on sustainability range broadly in performance.

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Diving Deep: Achieving Outperformance By Using Environmental Research

Brown Advisory

When sizing up a company’s opportunities and risks, portfolio managers vary widely in how they weigh ESG factors. Some portfolio managers use ESG data to find companies that they believe are less harmful than others. As a result, strategies focused on sustainability range broadly in performance.

Food 52
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Transcript: Aswath Damodaran

The Big Picture

And again, some history, until 2009 or ‘10, Warren Buffett actually spoke out against buybacks. So when he bought Goldman Sachs in November of 2008 and Bank of America in November 2008, I thought about a traditional portfolio manager doing the same thing and trying to explain to their clients what they just did. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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