Carson Wealth

DECEMBER 18, 2023

At Carson Investment Research, we have moved our longer-term strategic asset allocations to their maximum equity overweight while continuing to favor U.S. The average return over rolling five-year periods from 1923 through 2017 is about 11% (before inflation). Here’s why.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 10, 2018

In this article, our head of asset allocation discusses how we are managing trade risk, while still embracing global growth opportunities in our portfolios. After an unnaturally serene 2017, volatility roared back into equity markets this year, fueled by worries over interest rates, inflation, tariffs and data privacy.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 10, 2018

In this article, our head of asset allocation discusses how we are managing trade risk, while still embracing global growth opportunities in our portfolios. After an unnaturally serene 2017, volatility roared back into equity markets this year, fueled by worries over interest rates, inflation, tariffs and data privacy.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

Incremental Equity Risks Several evolving dynamics in the stock market, when taken together, suggest that risk levels have increased a bit over the last year or so: Valuations: To state the obvious, stock prices gained considerable ground during 2017 and are slightly higher so far in 2018. Concentration: Much of the U.S.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

Several evolving dynamics in the stock market, when taken together, suggest that risk levels have increased a bit over the last year or so: Valuations: To state the obvious, stock prices gained considerable ground during 2017 and are slightly higher so far in 2018. Concentration: Much of the U.S. Risks in Bonds.

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Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

But the drop in valuations experienced at year’s end, alongside higher bond yields, offer a foundation for better long-term return expectations across most asset classes. During both of these events, asset prices became disconnected from reasonable estimates of intrinsic value. and Canada.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Investment Perspectives | “Undoing” the Fed’s Balance Sheet achen Tue, 11/14/2017 - 16:18 These days, it seems like all eyes are on the Federal Reserve. As short-term interest rates on low-risk assets approached zero during the crisis, conventional monetary policy became ineffective at encouraging investment and stimulating the economy.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Tue, 11/14/2017 - 16:18. While this shift in monetary policy may ultimately have important implications for asset allocation and other investment decisions, we’re not convinced that its near-term impact will be particularly significant. By 2014, when QE officially ended, assets on the Fed’s balance sheet totaled $4.3

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

ESG and the Stock-­Picker’s Dilemma achen Fri, 09/22/2017 - 12:58 One of the greatest challenges that public equities investors face to integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data into their decision making is the lack of proof that real – not hypothetical – investment strategies can use ESG factors to enhance performance.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Fri, 09/22/2017 - 12:58. This work builds on the Capital Asset Pricing Model developed in the 1960s.) Research firms lack standardization on the ESG issues they cover and the systems they use to quantify those issues into a score or rating for a company (Bose and Springsteel, 2017). ESG and the Stock-­Picker’s Dilemma.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 28, 2019

The “5% rule” was instituted in 1981 by the IRS; this rule requires private foundations to distribute at least 5% of portfolio assets each year, and over time this rule has been voluntarily adopted by nonprofits of all types. Each “shoestring” curve represents the expected outcomes for various allocation targets, assuming a given spend rate.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 28, 2019

The “5% rule” was instituted in 1981 by the IRS; this rule requires private foundations to distribute at least 5% of portfolio assets each year, and over time this rule has been voluntarily adopted by nonprofits of all types. Each “shoestring” curve represents the expected outcomes for various allocation targets, assuming a given spend rate.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 21, 2017

Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate achen Wed, 06/21/2017 - 12:35 Aside from some current political and economic topics that dominate the financial media, the most widely debated investment issue today involves the merits of passive investing, or indexing. In our view, it’s not a question of whether , but under what circumstances.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 21, 2017

Wed, 06/21/2017 - 12:35. Generally, index fund fees are low because management costs are minimal (investment judgment is not required to track an index) and administrative expenses are typically spread over a large asset base. are there better or worse moments in time to enact an indexing strategy) and choice of asset class (i.e.,

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The Better Letter

JANUARY 26, 2024

In June 2017, Dent predicted a “ once in a lifetime ” crash in the stock market, the economy, and in real estate over the following three years. who became a professor at the University of Michigan before setting up his own asset management firm. 2017 : “[T]he most broadly overvalued moment in market history.”

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In this brief paper, we will touch on what we believe are some of the most important issues and questions—including the different types of assets, return potential, fees, liquidity, diversification, volatility and transparency—that investment committees must understand as they weigh adding alternatives to their portfolios. Source: BLOOMBERG.

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In this brief paper, we will touch on what we believe are some of the most important issues and questions—including the different types of assets, return potential, fees, liquidity, diversification, volatility and transparency—that investment committees must understand as they weigh adding alternatives to their portfolios. Source: BLOOMBERG.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 30, 2018

Throughout 2017, our meetings and conversations with clients very frequently focused on the topic of risk. While February’s volatility did not materially change our asset allocation views, it reinforced to us the importance of a comprehensive discussion about how we think about risk and how we manage it. Fri, 03/30/2018 - 11:57.

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James Hendries

JUNE 20, 2023

The most egregious example appears to be in 2015 (green line) when the Committee expected interest rates in 2017 to be above 3.5%, when in actuality they were closer to 0.50% that year. References to markets, asset classes, and sectors are generally regarding the corresponding market index.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 13, 2018

Further, 2017 overall was extraordinary for its lack of market volatility; the S&P 500 Index rose steadily throughout the year without so much as a 3% pullback—a first in the Index’s long history. For most of 2017, the VIX was exceptionally depressed, signaling that investors expected very little volatility in prices.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 13, 2018

Further, 2017 overall was extraordinary for its lack of market volatility; the S&P 500 Index rose steadily throughout the year without so much as a 3% pullback—a first in the Index’s long history. For most of 2017, the VIX was exceptionally depressed, signaling that investors expected very little volatility in prices.

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The Irrelevant Investor

JANUARY 7, 2018

By Doug Grim The single best day for the S&P 500 in 2017 was a rise of just 1.38 By Dina Isola Asset allocation explains 93.6% By Nick Maggiulli We believe there is an opportunity here, but we’re probably wrong By Corey Hoffstein Relative underperformance of sizable length and high degree, is actually quite normal.

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The Irrelevant Investor

JUNE 15, 2019

trillion in assets. They anticipate that by 2023 80% of all assets at Vanguard will be in an automatic investment program. There has been a pretty steep drop-off in participation for people under 25 years old, from 57% in 2014 to 38% in 2017. Vanguard is out with a new monster research report called How America Saves.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

Mathieu Chabran is the co-founder of TIKEHAU Capital, a Paris-based alternative asset manager. They run over $40 billion worth of assets. I don’t know how relevant that is to asset management, but let’s talk a little bit about you were doing before you were being lauded by the French president. Well guess what?

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

An important tool in this regard is diversification, or spreading risk across various asset classes and investment opportunities, each of which has a different return profile. Like any other asset class, of course, bonds carry risks that must be managed in line with client objectives. While current economic conditions in the U.S.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

An important tool in this regard is diversification, or spreading risk across various asset classes and investment opportunities, each of which has a different return profile. Like any other asset class, of course, bonds carry risks that must be managed in line with client objectives. While current economic conditions in the U.S.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 28, 2017

Starting Points achen Tue, 03/28/2017 - 14:11 The numbers tell a clear story about the growing number of investors interested in sustainable investing. Initial steps such as these can minimize disruption and help investors grow comfortable with values-based investing.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 28, 2017

Tue, 03/28/2017 - 14:11. Assets in investments aligned to environmental, social or governance factors increased nearly fivefold between 2012 and 2016, according to US SIF Foundation. . . Starting Points. The numbers tell a clear story about the growing number of investors interested in sustainable investing.

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Dear Mr. Market

JANUARY 25, 2022

There never was a more docile and boring year than 2017. Our article that we linked to above followed the least volatile year in the history of the stock market. Read that sentence again if you must but for some context just let it sink in. Not one single month was down and there was zero volatility. Then… all hell broke loose in 2018.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 26, 2024

And it’s funny ’cause that was a pandemic purchase, a very inexpensive 2017 Panama four s, which everybody walked away. He wasn’t tactical asset allocator. It’s about long-term planning and strategic asset allocation and, and just understanding how markets work and how behavior comes into the mix.

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Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Outlook for 2017 | Balance in an Uncertain Time achen Fri, 02/03/2017 - 14:19 With that said, we present this discussion of our asset allocation approach and our current portfolio stance as we begin the year. Provide our asset allocation perspective as it stands at the beginning of 2017—also based on a longer-term view.

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Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Outlook for 2017 | Balance in an Uncertain Time. Fri, 02/03/2017 - 14:19. With that said, we present this discussion of our asset allocation approach and our current portfolio stance as we begin the year. Provide our asset allocation perspective as it stands at the beginning of 2017—also based on a longer-term view.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 31, 2023

What was the big — RITHOLTZ: 2017. And you know, the Fed can play a role in sort of backtracking sentiment in the short run, but the Fed can’t permanently increase the level of asset values. and so many different asset classes, and so many different types of constituents that they serve, right? DUTTA: Yeah.

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