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This is Your Nightmare Scenario

The Irrelevant Investor

What would happen if stocks crash? What would that do to people's retirement plans? How would that change the way young people think about stocks? And what would it do to our country? The cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio now reads 30 for just the third time ever. The two previous times it printed a three handle, not only were future returns lower, but they preceded major market tops that would define a generation of investors.

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Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate achen Wed, 06/21/2017 - 12:35 Aside from some current political and economic topics that dominate the financial media, the most widely debated investment issue today involves the merits of passive investing, or indexing. As professional investors have found it increasingly challenging to meet or exceed market benchmarks, many of their clients have grown disillusioned with active management.

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Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate. achen. Wed, 06/21/2017 - 12:35. Aside from some current political and economic topics that dominate the financial media, the most widely debated investment issue today involves the merits of passive investing, or indexing. As professional investors have found it increasingly challenging to meet or exceed market benchmarks, many of their clients have grown disillusioned with active management.

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NOW 2017 | Welcome

Brown Advisory

NOW 2017 | Welcome ajackson Mon, 06/19/2017 - 08:16 Thriving in Uncertain Times Welcome to NOW London 2017. We thank you for taking time to join us in a forum where we can listen to and reflect on important issues that are shaping our world. NOW, which stands for Navigating Our World, is designed to stretch our minds, broaden our perspectives and illuminate meaningful trends.

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2025 Industry Index: How Top Advisors Are Scaling Smarter (and Faster) This Year

Where are top advisors focusing in 2025? AcquireUp’s 2025 Industry Index reveals it all. Based on insights from 200+ financial professionals nationwide, discover why 74% say seminars and referrals deliver the best ROI, how automation is helping advisors scale faster, and why only 8% are tapping into niche marketing (a major growth opportunity!). Whether you're refining your client acquisition strategy or scaling your practice, this report gives you the real-world data, benchmarks, and action ste

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NOW 2017 | Welcome

Brown Advisory

NOW 2017 | Welcome. ajackson. Mon, 06/19/2017 - 08:16. Thriving in Uncertain Times. Welcome to NOW London 2017. We thank you for taking time to join us in a forum where we can listen to and reflect on important issues that are shaping our world. NOW, which stands for Navigating Our World, is designed to stretch our minds, broaden our perspectives and illuminate meaningful trends.

Clients 52
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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles This may be the first bull market in history that featured layoffs on Wall Street. By Josh Brown Once you have hit an all time high, the very next month you are likely to hit another all time high. By of Dollars and Data Why pessimism can be hard to distinguish from critical thinking By Morgan Housel Style shifts are common, but the magnitude of the change from late 2016 to early 2017 has been particularly dramatic.