The Better Letter

JANUARY 26, 2024

2014 : “What concerns us beyond valuations is the full ensemble of overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions.” 2015 : “Exit now.” 2020 : “[E]xtreme valuations. 2021 : “Nothing so animates a speculative herd as a parabolic price advance in an asset detached from any standard of value. .’”

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Assets Valuation Management Investing 104

Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

Market conditions may indeed be changing, and in ways that warrant a reassessment of portfolio positioning. Even as the “E” (earnings) component of the P/E ratio has increased in 2018 thanks to the strong economy and tax cuts, the “P” (price) component has moved up more, and valuations have risen perceptibly.

Management 52

Management Investing Investments Valuation 52

Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

Market conditions may indeed be changing, and in ways that warrant a reassessment of portfolio positioning. Even as the “E” (earnings) component of the P/E ratio has increased in 2018 thanks to the strong economy and tax cuts, the “P” (price) component has moved up more, and valuations have risen perceptibly.

Management 52

Management Investing Investments Valuation 52

Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

As I have discussed numerous times in the past, money goes where it is treated best, which is why interest rates, cash flows, and valuations play such a key role in ultimately determining long-term values across all asset classes. With that said, I am always quick to point out that diversification in a portfolio is important (i.e.,

Math 52

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Brown Advisory

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Wed, 12/02/2015 - 12:50. In advising clients over the years, we have seen the value of helping families buy into the longterm orientation essential to successful investing and portfolio management through all market conditions. Determine both your annual level of spending and a five- and 10-year goal for portfolio returns.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Hundreds of academic studies and thousands of media commentaries have taken different angles on this issue, with the conversation centered on one key question: Does the incorporation of ESG factors in portfolios help, hurt, or do nothing to returns? Can we also generate predictable utility from managing portfolios around an "ESG factor?"

Portfolio 52

Portfolio Investing Investments Management 52

Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Hundreds of academic studies and thousands of media commentaries have taken different angles on this issue, with the conversation centered on one key question: Does the incorporation of ESG factors in portfolios help, hurt, or do nothing to returns? Can we also generate predictable utility from managing portfolios around an "ESG factor?"

Portfolio 52

Portfolio Investing Investments Management 52

Brown Advisory

APRIL 1, 2015

Wed, 04/01/2015 - 16:48. In Engines That Move Markets, a 2002 book about the cycles of technology investing, Alasdair Nairn defines “bubbles” as periods when investors appear to suspend rational valuation, much as they had during the dotcom craze shortly before the book was published. Investment Perspectives | Bubbles II.

Investing 52

Investing Investments Valuation Assets 52

Brown Advisory

MARCH 30, 2020

For the past year, we have been preparing client portfolios for the end of the extended bull market run that began in 2009—building cash and liquidity reserves, and also exploring opportunities in private and alternative asset classes that historically have offered lower correlation with public markets. 3/18/2015 U.S.

Management 52

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 30, 2020

For the past year, we have been preparing client portfolios for the end of the extended bull market run that began in 2009—building cash and liquidity reserves, and also exploring opportunities in private and alternative asset classes that historically have offered lower correlation with public markets. 8/24/2015. S&P 500 Index.

Management 52

Management Marketing Marketing Clients 52

Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Thu, 09/03/2015 - 15:10. The island’s economy has shrunk for nearly a decade and will probably contract by more than 1% during fiscal year 2015, according to a June report commissioned by Puerto Rico and co-written by Anne Krueger, a former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Rude Awakening.

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