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

Brown Advisory

EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks achen Thu, 06/01/2017 - 02:47 Asset allocation—at least for us—is an exercise in nuance. We move slowly and carefully when it comes to shifting our portfolios away from one asset class or region and toward another. Over the long term, that stance has paid off.

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

Brown Advisory

EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks. We move slowly and carefully when it comes to shifting our portfolios away from one asset class or region and toward another. We maintain a model portfolio internally to track the results of our asset allocation stances. Thu, 06/01/2017 - 02:47.

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Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: January 2024

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One of our colleagues, Ken Stuzin, likens portfolio construction to Darwinian Investing – it is about survival of the fittest. In a concentrated portfolio, it is the losers that kill you. What sort of hit rate should we then expect within their portfolio? 5 As Table 2 below highlights, this team appears to be seriously good!

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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. Let me give you some background on Morningstar Managed Portfolios. I saw how personal money is.

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Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: August 2023

Brown Advisory

Factor risk is best described as any exposure that can explain the portfolio returns other than the individual investments, such as a “theme” or a sector. In this example, the stock picking hardly matters anymore – the portfolio is predominantly a sector bet and hence has a large factor risk. Numbers may not total due to rounding.

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Diving Deep: Achieving Outperformance By Using Environmental Research

Brown Advisory

We bought shares in WhiteWave in December 2015, in recognition of the healthy-living category of foods moving mainstream. We look for fundamental strengths, attractive valuations and what we call Sustainable Business Advantage (SBA). Some portfolio managers use ESG data to find companies that they believe are less harmful than others.

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Diving Deep: Achieving Outperformance By Using Environmental Research

Brown Advisory

We bought shares in WhiteWave in December 2015, in recognition of the healthy-living category of foods moving mainstream. We look for fundamental strengths, attractive valuations and what we call Sustainable Business Advantage (SBA). Some portfolio managers use ESG data to find companies that they believe are less harmful than others.

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