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Equity Beat: The Long and Short

Brown Advisory

Time/Long-Term We recently met with the management team of Intuitive Surgical (ISRG). One of our portfolio managers, Ken Stuzin will tell you that none of our holdings are “sacred cows”, but in the same breath he’ll mention that ISRG CEO Gary Guthart is among the very best executives that he’s ever met. equity universe.

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Equity Beat: The Long and Short

Brown Advisory

Time/Long-Term This morning, we met with the management team of Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), One of our portfolio managers, Ken Stuzin will tell you that none of our holdings are “sacred cows”, but in the same breath he’ll mention that ISRG CEO Gary Guthart is among the very best executives that he’s ever met. equity universe.

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Investment Perspectives | Cool Change

Brown Advisory

Ever since Taylor joined our firm in 2010, I’ve been deeply impressed with his understanding of the markets and his intellectual curiosity with respect to all types of investments. Technology has also enabled analysts, portfolio managers and traders to improve their productivity. A cool change indeed.

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Investment Perspectives | Cool Change

Brown Advisory

Ever since Taylor joined our firm in 2010, I’ve been deeply impressed with his understanding of the markets and his intellectual curiosity with respect to all types of investments. Technology has also enabled analysts, portfolio managers and traders to improve their productivity. A cool change indeed.

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EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks

Brown Advisory

We maintain a model portfolio internally to track the results of our asset allocation stances. In that portfolio, our underweight to European stocks has been a strong contributor to our returns; in fact, since the model’s inception on Sept. Further, we see room for the European economy to grow.

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EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks

Brown Advisory

We maintain a model portfolio internally to track the results of our asset allocation stances. In that portfolio, our underweight to European stocks has been a strong contributor to our returns; in fact, since the model’s inception on Sept. Further, we see room for the European economy to grow.

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Transcript: Marta Norton

The Big Picture

She has a fascinating career, starting a PLS working away up as an analyst and eventually, head of outcome-based strategies for Morningstar, eventually rising from that position and portfolio manager to Chief Investment Officer. Ross Kendall writes a piece, I think it was 2010, about how expense ratios and star ratings predict success.

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