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Research links: persistent investment factors

Abnormal Returns

alphaarchitect.com) The high quality anomaly shows up across asset classes. on.ft.com) Corporate finance Stock-based compensation makes a big difference for company valuations. aqr.com) Reinsurance returns are not surprisingly uncorrelated with traditional asset classes. papers.ssrn.com) Star analysts hit the road.

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Wednesday links: a good process

Abnormal Returns

(on.ft.com) There is still a lot of uncertainty around office building valuations. nytimes.com) Private equity shops are turning into one-stop alternative asset providers. theatlantic.com) Retail Privately-owned Publix is putting other grocery chains to shame. axios.com) The long and winding road to a Reddit IPO.

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Research links: declaring structural breaks

Abnormal Returns

(blog.thinknewfound.com) Gold trades like an investment asset, not a commodity. papers.ssrn.com) There doesn't seem to be a relationship between industry income volatility and valuations. capitalallocators.com) Among retail investor price-tracking alerts generate more trades and worse performance.

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2021 Asset Allocation Perspectives and Outlook

Brown Advisory

2021 Asset Allocation Perspectives and Outlook. Valuations seem stretched, and there may be many signs that animal spirits are soaring. Valuations across asset classes, and the importance of interest rates to these valuations. Fri, 02/26/2021 - 13:22. Download the full report >.

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Thursday links: the cause of bubbles

Abnormal Returns

theatlantic.com) Finding a good retail CEO is tough these days. howardlindzon.com) Private assets Why private equity needs much better valuations. (theblock.co) Companies Cory Doctorow, "In its nearly 25-year history, Google has made one and a half successful products: a once-great search engine and a pretty good Hotmail clone.

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: Owner of Anne Klein, Joseph Abboud and Toys”R”Us brands WHP draws $1.6 bln valuation in Ares investment

MarketWatch

WHP Global, an acquirer of retail brands backed by Oaktree Capital Management, on Wednesday said it reached a company valuation of $1.6 For its part, Oaktree is owned by Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. billion based on a fresh $375 million investment from Ares Management Corp.

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10 Thursday AM Reads

The Big Picture

My morning train WFH reads: • Gold Is No Longer a Good Hedge Against Bad Times : The precious metal has become just another cyclical asset, no longer a useful harbinger of social and economic collapse. Bloomberg ) • AI’s Winners, Losers and Wannabes : An NVIDIA Valuation, with the AI Boost! Slate ) • St. .