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Financial Market Round-Up – Jul’23

Truemind Capital

India being highlighted as a beneficiary from the shift in Global equations along with the expected highest economic growth among major economies has attracted strong flows from the FIIs lifting overall market sentiments. The recent rally in the market has made the valuations more expensive compared to historical standards.

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Private Credit Outshines Many High-Valuation Stocks, Bonds

Brown Advisory

Private Credit Outshines Many High-Valuation Stocks, Bonds. With interest rates at record lows and many publicly traded bonds and stocks approaching historically high valuations, private credit has become increasingly attractive to investors because of its total return prospects, steady income and role in diversification.

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Escalating Uncertainty is Laying Bare the Dangers of Passive Equity Investing

Brown Advisory

Escalating Uncertainty is Laying Bare the Dangers of Passive Equity Investing mhannan Mon, 10/31/2022 - 12:48 With history's longest bull market now in the rearview, passive investors are left highly exposed to an over-concentrated stock market that is on a collision course with a highly complex backdrop.

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In Too Deep? The Risks From Sub-Zero Rates

Brown Advisory

The ECB’s introduction of a negative rate in June 2014 has had no obvious impact on banks’ excess reserve accumulation. They should exercise caution when reaching for yield—valuations of some high-dividend, low-growth stocks already look excessive in our view. and 0.5%, respectively, or 0.2 percentage points and 0.5

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Managing Liquidity in the Coronavirus Market

Brown Advisory

Liquidity in Public Markets: A Decade of Decline Equity trading volume has declined markedly since the financial crisis (top chart); meanwhile, dealer trading volume relative to the size of the corporate bond universe has fallen from 60% in 2007 to less than 10% today (bottom chart). Reference Market/Index % Change No.

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Managing Liquidity in the Coronavirus Market

Brown Advisory

Equity trading volume has declined markedly since the financial crisis (top chart); meanwhile, dealer trading volume relative to the size of the corporate bond universe has fallen from 60% in 2007 to less than 10% today (bottom chart). These dynamics have dramatically shifted the liquidity landscape across financial markets.

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Off the Beaten Trail

Brown Advisory

From 2012 until 2014, the MSCI All Country World Index annually rose by an average of 14.1%. percentage point less than in 2014, according to an estimate in October by the International Monetary Fund. These paces are far below China’s annual average growth of nearly 10% from 1979 until 2014. in 2014, according to the IMF.

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