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Market Commentary: Late February Bumps are Normal

Carson Wealth

Last week’s weakness was mainly due to declines in large tech and communication services companies, while small- and mid-caps gained on the week. The economy remains on firm footing overall, and we expect record earnings this year. Core CPI, excluding volatile food and energy components, rose 0.4%, above expectations for a 0.3%

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ESG, Shorthand, and Shortcuts

Brown Advisory

Social factors such as access to healthcare, food, and housing can create meaningful risks and opportunities that are directly relevant to a company’s competitive position. As there's no shortage of such risks, we also find opportunities to solve these intractable challenges across the entire economy.

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Diving Deep: Achieving Outperformance By Using Environmental Research

Brown Advisory

WhiteWave Foods has grown faster than its more conventional rivals because of its commitment to producing organic, healthful and minimally processed foods. We bought shares in WhiteWave in December 2015, in recognition of the healthy-living category of foods moving mainstream. That compares with a median return of 11.7%

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Diving Deep: Achieving Outperformance By Using Environmental Research

Brown Advisory

WhiteWave Foods has grown faster than its more conventional rivals because of its commitment to producing organic, healthful and minimally processed foods. We bought shares in WhiteWave in December 2015, in recognition of the healthy-living category of foods moving mainstream. That compares with a median return of 11.7%

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Market Commentary: Weak Seasonality Still in Play

Carson Wealth

The economy has surprised to the upside and stocks had one of their best starts to a year. Resilient Economy May Be Accelerating Another month, another slew of economic data that not only shows the economy is resilient, but also that it may be accelerating. Retail sales and food services rose 0.7% Here’s a quick recap.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

The Big Picture

I try to analyze the economy from the top. And to this day, we know when I have a view on the economy, or usually have a view on the economy or inflation, it’s usually driven because I read so many corporate earnings reports and trying to understand why they’re cutting inventory, why are they laying off people.

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Transcript: Kathleen McCarthy

The Big Picture

And interestingly, I’m happy to come back to these things I learned in helping companies through mergers, particularly around things like communications and shareholder relations, and employee engagement that have now served me really well, couple decades later in my career. RITHOLTZ: 16 percent annually, net of fee? RITHOLTZ: Right.

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