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Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: August 2023

Brown Advisory

Our investment selection process follows a bottom-up, fundamental approach so we are wary of “sleepwalking into factor risk”. To be clear, we would love to have more investments in any diversifying business or sector but every investment must first pass all our tests, particularly valuation. It is an illuminating case study.

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Are Alternatives Right for Our Organization?

Brown Advisory

Muted Expectations Over past decades investors have had to take more risk in order to meet the same return hurdle. With traditional assets like stocks and bonds at high valuations, the implications for future returns of those assets may be underwhelming. This analysis is not intended to be a guarantee of future results.

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Are Alternatives Right for Our Organization?

Brown Advisory

Over past decades investors have had to take more risk in order to meet the same return hurdle. With traditional assets like stocks and bonds at high valuations, the implications for future returns of those assets may be underwhelming. This analysis is not intended to be a guarantee of future results. Muted Expectations.

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Beyond Bottom-Up

Brown Advisory

Beyond Bottom-Up achen Mon, 12/18/2017 - 16:48 Fundamental investing is a contest of advantage: informational, analytical and behavioral. If investors can gather information and develop insights about companies more effectively than others, they will have the advantage.

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Beyond Bottom-Up

Brown Advisory

Mon, 12/18/2017 - 16:48. The following are ways we seek to identify additional risks and opportunities outside traditional analysis: Investigative research. ESG analysis. Quantitative risk analysis and reporting. Beyond Bottom-Up. If they can do it consistently, it may become a formula for long-term success.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

Effective risk analysis, then, requires us to balance competing goals in a portfolio, and to use a combination of quantitative analysis and subjective judgment to guide future decisions. In this discussion, we focus on two primary risks for endowments and foundations— short-term drawdown risk and long-term erosion of principal.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

Effective risk analysis, then, requires us to balance competing goals in a portfolio, and to use a combination of quantitative analysis and subjective judgment to guide future decisions. In other words, it does not effectively measure the actual probability that investors will achieve their stated goals. FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE.