Brown Advisory

JANUARY 17, 2024

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!

Investing 52

Investing Investments Portfolio Compliance 52

The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

She has a really fascinating background, very eclectic, a combination of math and law. You, you get a, a BS in Mathematics and a JD from Boston University Math and Law. It is something, math has always come easy to me since a child. I didn’t get an advanced degree in math. It was Mass Financial Services.

Math 130

Math Management Insurance Assets 130

The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

And again, I ended up in the financial services audit practice at KPMG. So I took it upon myself to go off and took a course in bond math, took another course in derivatives and realized the underlying fundamental concepts were barely, I mean, it wasn’t even high school math in most cases.

Assets 290

Assets Clients Investing Investments 290

Carson Wealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By my math, there have been 57 Super Bowls and 22 different winners. The NASDAQ 100 Index includes publicly-traded companies from most sectors in the global economy, the major exception being financial services. A diversified portfolio does not assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market.

Marketing 97

Marketing Marketing Economy Manufacturing 97

The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

That’s a really easy portfolio to create. It allows you to understand, generally speaking, what is a reasonable beta for that whole portfolio. By the time I got there in ’92, they had a great venture portfolio and almost nobody else even understood what venture capital was. That allows you to do two things.

Management 130

Management Investing Investments Government 130

The Big Picture

MAY 16, 2023

So I was very heavy in financial services stock, which was a great lead gen engine. Um, case anybody that says anything, non-compliant, compliance tracks that also the watch list is just sort of fun. So this is the math that I applied. So think about this, do the math. And now it’s a different world.

Media 281

Media Investing Investments Valuation 281