Remove Banking Remove Financial Services Remove Portfolio Management Remove Valuation
article thumbnail

Pick One Stock

The Irrelevant Investor

Michael is the portfolio manager of Broome Street Capital, a fund that specializes in m&a and event-driven trading. Do financial service companies of the future look like those of the past? You could make a case that banks best days are behind us. Content is a tough business.

article thumbnail

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

Brown Advisory

Throughout this period, we often saw windows in which we believed that European valuations were more attractive, but we were cautious due to Europe’s high debt levels and struggles to generate economic growth. large-cap managers have been able to beat the market consistently. Further, we see room for the European economy to grow.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

Brown Advisory

Throughout this period, we often saw windows in which we believed that European valuations were more attractive, but we were cautious due to Europe’s high debt levels and struggles to generate economic growth. large-cap managers have been able to beat the market consistently. Further, we see room for the European economy to grow.

article thumbnail

Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: January 2024

Brown Advisory

Both types of error are due to a combination of either mis-assessing the business quality or its valuation (or both). Our 10/10/3 valuation framework using a 10% weighted average cost of capital is undoubtedly conservative and ends up with us missing some big opportunities as type 2 errors of omission. 13 It’s a win-win.

article thumbnail

Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: August 2023

Brown Advisory

banking crisis in 1Q23 and this is undoubtedly not an exhaustive list. Sometimes factors are short and sharp as seen with the US banking crisis earlier this year. 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.

article thumbnail

Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

The academic thesis that equity managers as a whole will approximately equal overall market returns is followed by a corollary: Some managers will outperform for periods of time, but it is impossible to predict which manager will deliver favorable results, or when they will do so—in other words, outperformance (alpha) is random.

article thumbnail

Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

The academic thesis that equity managers as a whole will approximately equal overall market returns is followed by a corollary: Some managers will outperform for periods of time, but it is impossible to predict which manager will deliver favorable results, or when they will do so—in other words, outperformance (alpha) is random.