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The Advisory | June 2015

Brown Advisory

The Advisory | June 2015. Wed, 06/03/2015 - 10:14. Ahead of the first tightening by the Federal Reserve in nine years, we are shifting into less-traditional assets, anticipating that, at best, U.S. The easing helped stabilize financial markets, reduced the risk of deflation and resuscitated the economy and job growth.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Apr’24

Truemind Capital

Consequently, the portfolio allocation should reflect these probabilities depending on the risk profiles. Therefore, we maintain our underweight position to equity (check the Model Portfolio Current asset allocation below). One can consider debt portfolios with floating rate instruments for long-term allocation.

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No Pain, No Gain

Investing Caffeine

As you can see from the chart below, there have been no shortage of issues and events to worry about over the last 15 years (2007 – 2022): 2008-2009: Financial Crisis 2010: Flash Crash (electronic trading collapse) 2011: Debt Ceiling – Eurozone Collapse 2012: Greek Debt Crisis – Arab Spring (anti-government protests) 2012: Presidential Elections (..)

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Anchoring Expectations

Brown Advisory

Wed, 12/02/2015 - 12:50. Stock market corrections can prompt investors to impulse selling or other moves that are often harmful to their long-term financial well-being. By Taylor Graff, CFA, Asset Allocation Analyst. Anchoring Expectations.

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Insane Gain After Fed & Ukraine Pain

Investing Caffeine

On the surface this sounds scary, but do you remember what happened the last time the Fed tapped the interest rate brakes during 2015 – 2018? Despite the Fed raising interest rates from 0% to 2.5%, the stock market increased dramatically over that timeframe.

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From Rocket Ship to Roller Coaster

Investing Caffeine

Many people have short memories and forget the Fed hiked interest rates 10 times from the end of 2015 through 2018. In the face of this scary period, the stock market (S&P 500) still managed to approximately climb a respectable +22% (albeit with some volatility).

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Managing Liquidity in the Coronavirus Market

Brown Advisory

Consider how we defined investment risk in our 2018 asset allocation publication, Confronting the Unknown: “The probability that a portfolio will not meet an investor’s needs.” ILLIQUIDITY IMPACTS These dynamics have dramatically shifted the liquidity landscape across financial markets. Reference Market/Index % Change No.