Asset Allocation, Economics, Numbers and Portfolio Management

What is a Good Financial Advisor to Client Ratio?

WiserAdvisor

APRIL 12, 2024

Determining the optimal number of clients for a financial advisor depends on various factors, including individual preferences, business models, and client demographics. There is compelling evidence suggesting that the cognitive capacities of humans may impose a natural limit on the number of client relationships one can effectively manage.

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Market Commentary: Top Charts From 2023 Set the Scene For 2024

Carson Wealth

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Manufacturing Renaissance is Here Sonu Varghese, VP and Global Macro Strategist I’ve never seen an economic chart like this, especially one related to factory construction. If these massive divergences don’t beg for a balanced investing approach with research-driven decisions around portfolio adjustments, I don’t know what does.

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

Brown Advisory

MAY 31, 2017

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.

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

Brown Advisory

MAY 31, 2017

EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks. 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. Thu, 06/01/2017 - 02:47.

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Investment Perspectives | Cool Change

Brown Advisory

AUGUST 6, 2019

As head of asset allocation research in our Investment Solutions Group, he is responsible for analyzing the relative attractiveness of various asset classes and investment strategies. Technology has also enabled analysts, portfolio managers and traders to improve their productivity.

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Investment Perspectives | Cool Change

Brown Advisory

AUGUST 6, 2019

As head of asset allocation research in our Investment Solutions Group, he is responsible for analyzing the relative attractiveness of various asset classes and investment strategies. Technology has also enabled analysts, portfolio managers and traders to improve their productivity.

Investing

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Anchoring Expectations

Brown Advisory

DECEMBER 2, 2015

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. Set hard numbers. Determine both your annual level of spending and a five- and 10-year goal for portfolio returns.

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Is Wealth Management Worth It? The ROI of Working With a Financial Advisor

Harness Wealth

JUNE 1, 2023

These services typically include: Wealth Management: Advisors can offer customized investment portfolios aligned with your risk tolerance, time horizon, and financial objectives. Financial advisors can handle asset allocation and portfolio management, monitoring your investments for adherence to your agreed-upon investment strategy.

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Market Review 2021: A Recovery Amid Challenges

ClearMoney

JANUARY 4, 2022

The distribution of vaccines and the easing of lockdowns were followed by an economic rebound, but the emergence of new variants would be a setback for the recovery. In addition to the effective vaccines, markets were buoyed by a number of other positive developments, including strong corporate earnings and increased consumer demand.

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Europe's Slow Climb

Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

War and financial turmoil— the bane of Europe’s economic well-being last century—are currently veiling a rebound in regional growth and unanticipated vigor among European companies. Faster economic growth helped increase to 65% the proportion of Stoxx® Europe 600 Index companies that beat estimates for secondquarter earnings per share.

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ESG and the Stock-Picker’s Dilemma

Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The methods for doing this involve very large data sets that build broad, hypothetical portfolios and back-test them over long periods of time to determine correlations that may define systematic, or beta, risk factors. The Journal of Portfolio Management 40(2): 18-29. Resource and Energy Economics 41:103-121. Clark, G.,

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ESG and the Stock-Picker’s Dilemma

Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The methods for doing this involve very large data sets that build broad, hypothetical portfolios and back-test them over long periods of time to determine correlations that may define systematic, or beta, risk factors. The Journal of Portfolio Management 40(2): 18-29. Resource and Energy Economics 41:103-121. References.

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

The Big Picture

JULY 11, 2023

It’s actually great and especially because you can do some basic kind of asset allocation models, so the robo-advisor… RITHOLTZ: Right. ” Who are the number one users of TurboTax? And you see that in the numbers, right? You have half the number of public companies that you had in 2000. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

MARCH 28, 2019

Each of these philosophies is somewhat rooted in Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), which introduced the now-intuitive idea that investments should be measured by how well they compensate investors for risk, as measured by standard deviation (i.e., expected dispersion from mean returns).

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

MARCH 28, 2019

Each of these philosophies is somewhat rooted in Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), which introduced the now-intuitive idea that investments should be measured by how well they compensate investors for risk, as measured by standard deviation (i.e., expected dispersion from mean returns). FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE.

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Investment Perspectives | Bubbles II

Brown Advisory

APRIL 1, 2015

Although we expressed some worry about the long-term effects of mounting deficits, we concluded that stocks and other assets were not in bubble territory and represented good value despite what we saw as a weak economic recovery. It’s remarkable how far the markets have come in the five years since then. Then and Now.

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Transcript: Maria Vassalou

The Big Picture

MARCH 7, 2023

Maria Vassalou has a fascinating history and background, London School of Economics to Columbia School of Business, where she actually was a professor for over a decade, and started consulting to the hedge fund and financial services industry. And that led her to various jobs at Wasserstein Perella McKinsey’s Asset Management Group.

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Transcript: Greg Davis, CIO Vanguard

The Big Picture

AUGUST 29, 2023

And it worked out and had multiple job offers coming out of school from a number of different insurance companies. I had a number of relationships that I built up and had another job lined up in New York City. So a variety of risk meetings, a variety of economic meetings. I thought that was a really interesting story.

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Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

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 short, every situation is different.

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Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

JUNE 21, 2017

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. Manager Characteristics. Portfolios with greater active share could be said to reflect more independent thinking on the part of the managers.

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My Investing Mentors

The Irrelevant Investor

JULY 19, 2016

On the economic side there is no denying that the more financial predictions you make the more business you do and the more commissions you get. These are two of my favorite quotes From The Intelligent Asset Allocator : Asset allocation is the only factor affecting your investments that you can actually influence.

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Transcript: Liz Ann Sonders, Schwab

The Big Picture

MARCH 26, 2024

You get a BA in economics and poli sci from the University of Delaware. 00:09:37 [Speaker Changed] So again, I was on the avatar side of this y avatar broader organization, which was institutional money management, managing money for a lot of large corporate plans and foundations and endowments. Well, not in college, no.

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Transcript: Richard Bernstein

The Big Picture

MARCH 14, 2023

He launched his own firm right into the teeth of the collapse in ’09, which turned out to be quite a fortuitous time to launch an asset management shop. You get a BA in Economics from Hamilton College. So up 18 or 19 percent for the year, you see those spectacular numbers. With no further ado, RBA’s Richard Bernstein.

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Transcript: Robert Koenigsberger

The Big Picture

DECEMBER 20, 2022

You put a different number on the piece of paper, and that was the moment that I decided I wanted to start the firm. RITHOLTZ: So given those sorts of numbers, the pullbacks, recoveries, what sort of correlations are there with other types of debt, be it performing or distressed equities and other asset classes? RITHOLTZ: Sure.

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What is a Good Financial Advisor to Client Ratio?