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MiB: Antti Ilmanen, Co-Head, Portfolio Solutions, AQR

The Big Picture

His research into markets and valuation has won numerous accolades and recognitions, including the Graham and Dodd award, the Harry M. Markowitz special distinction award, multiple Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy awards for his articles, and CFA Institute’s 2017 Leadership in Global Investment Award.

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Revisiting the Market Valuation in the Wake of This Year’s Decline

Validea

With the S&P 500 now close to 20% off its highs, I thought now might be a good time to look to our market valuation tool to see where things stand. But before I do that, I wanted to first cover two caveats I always put in articles about market valuation. With that all being said, let’s look at the current valuation data.

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: Vice Media nears sale to lenders for fraction of onetime $5.7 billion valuation: WSJ

MarketWatch

billion valuation it reached in 2017, would wipe out most of Vice’s shareholders and impair debts held by other firms, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal, which prices the struggling media outlet far below the $5.7

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Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q2 2017

Brown Advisory

Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q2 2017 ajackson Fri, 06/30/2017 - 09:50 Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter - Q2 2017 In this letter the team discuss the equity market euphoria and Robert Shiller’s cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) valuation tool in detail.

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Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q2 2017

Brown Advisory

Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q2 2017. Fri, 06/30/2017 - 09:50. Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter - Q2 2017. In this letter the team discuss the equity market euphoria and Robert Shiller’s cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) valuation tool in detail.

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2017 Year-End Planning Letter

Brown Advisory

2017 Year-End Planning Letter. Mon, 12/04/2017 - 13:10. We are closing 2017 with nearly the same stance as last year. Spotlights for Prudent Planning in 2017. There have been very few changes to tax law in 2017, given that Congress has been focused on the longer-term tax reform effort. Since last year’s U.S.

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MiB: Cliff Asness, AQR

The Big Picture

The firm can go decades where they don’t talk about value (Post-GFC to 2017), because most everything else they do was working. Over that period, expensive companies outperformed not on price but because they out-executed and grew more in terms of earnings, sales, and cash flows.