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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

The Big Picture

If you’re at all interested in focused portfolios, the concept of quality as a sub-sector under value and just how you build a portfolio and a track record, that’s tough to beat. Dick Mayo was a traditional, I’d say portfolio, strong portfolio manager focused on US stocks. So I was at Harvard.

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From Rocket Ship to Roller Coaster

Investing Caffeine

Math Matters. I did okay in school and was educated on many different topics, including the basic principle that math matters. With that said, I am always quick to point out that diversification in a portfolio is important (i.e., Source: Calafia Beach Pundit. Source: Edward Yardeni.

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Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: January 2024

Brown Advisory

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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It's All Relative

Brown Advisory

We try to remind them that rising rates, despite their inevitable short-term effect on fixed-rate bond prices, do not necessarily mean long-term declines for bond portfolios generally or for municipal bond portfolios specifically. MUNICIPALS AND RISING RATES Simple math dictates that when yields rise, fixed-rate bond prices fall.

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It's All Relative

Brown Advisory

We try to remind them that rising rates, despite their inevitable short-term effect on fixed-rate bond prices, do not necessarily mean long-term declines for bond portfolios generally or for municipal bond portfolios specifically. Simple math dictates that when yields rise, fixed-rate bond prices fall.

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The Long Game: Roth Conversions & Legacy Planning

Brown Advisory

Roth and traditional IRAs both provide tax-free growth on invested assets to account owners, but the two options also differ in a variety of ways. In such a case, one could reverse the taxes that one had paid based on a much higher account valuation, and re-establish the account as a traditional IRA once again.

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The Long Game: Roth Conversions & Legacy Planning

Brown Advisory

Roth and traditional IRAs both provide tax-free growth on invested assets to account owners, but the two options also differ in a variety of ways. In such a case, one could reverse the taxes that one had paid based on a much higher account valuation, and re-establish the account as a traditional IRA once again.