The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It has been 2,555 days since gold peaked in September 2011. Gold did fantastically well coming out of the GFC, but like most other assets, it got hit hard in the teeth of the crisis. The rare trifecta of portfolio management. The chart below shows the rolling 12-month correlation between gold and a 60/40 portfolio.

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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. Investor concerns about slowing growth have sprung up here and there since 2011 but had yet to set back equities until this year. 31, 2009, until Nov.

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The Big Picture

JULY 19, 2022

So, first, I found the book to be quite fascinating, very in depth and you managed to take some of the more technical arcana and make it very understandable. You began as a central bank portfolio manager in Finland. So, that relationship actually already started when I was a portfolio manager, right? ILMANEN: Yes.

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Brown Advisory

APRIL 1, 2016

Following the turmoil of the Great Recession, many market participants were lulled into complacency by seemingly steady gains in asset prices and the extended period of low interest rates. In the ensuing six years, this measure of volatility steadily declined, except for brief spikes in mid-2010 and late 2011. Multiple Risks.

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The Irrelevant Investor

JANUARY 19, 2019

Jack Bogle The Vanguard 500 Index fund is the world’s largest mutual fund, with $292 billion in assets. Vanguard is now ubiquitous, managing more than $4 trillion in client assets. The fund had 38% of its assets in cash heading into the crash of 1929. When Bogle was hired in 1951, the Wellington Fund managed $140 million.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This is obviously relevant when we consider our clients’ overall exposure to risk assets, and it is also important for our equity research analysts and portfolio managers as they think about the prospects of the individual stocks in their portfolios. This data makes sense intuitively.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This is obviously relevant when we consider our clients’ overall exposure to risk assets, and it is also important for our equity research analysts and portfolio managers as they think about the prospects of the individual stocks in their portfolios. This data makes sense intuitively.

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