Brown Advisory

APRIL 1, 2016

Investment Perspectives | Liquidity & Volatility. achen. Fri, 04/01/2016 - 15:39. Volatility has returned to the capital markets in recent months. After several years of relative calm, investors have had renewed reason to worry about protecting their portfolios. Following the turmoil of the Great Recession, many market participants were lulled into complacency by seemingly steady gains in asset prices and the extended period of low interest rates.

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The Irrelevant Investor

MARCH 31, 2016

If you want to lose weight, eat less and move more. If you want to make money in the stock market, cut your losses short and let your winners run. But neither losing weight nor making money is as simple as aphorisms make it seem. Not even Jesse Livermore, who is probably the most widely quoted trader of all time, was able to follow his own advice. This is from the excellent Jesse Livermore- Boy Plunger (emphasis mine): "It seems incredible that knowing the game as well as I did, and with an exp

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 31, 2016

Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q1 2016. ajackson. Thu, 03/31/2016 - 09:50. Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter - Q1 2016. In their inaugural letter, the Global Leaders team shine some light on why they have a strong focus on customers and why high and sustainable ROIC is an important factor in their bottom-up analysis. . . Download the Letter. . .

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The Irrelevant Investor

MARCH 30, 2016

It's probably no surprise that the S&P 500 high quality index has outperformed the S&P 500. But what is surprising , to me anyway is that the S&P 500 low quality index has also outperformed the S&P 500 (as well as the high quality index!). How is this possible? It has everything to do with the structure of the index; interesting things happen once you break the link between size and weighting.

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Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we delve into the transformative realm of modern accounting practices. In today's digital age, the convergence of outsourcing and automation has revolutionized how businesses manage their financial operations. In this webinar we will explore the synergistic potential of these two strategies to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, save cost and drive strategic decision-making.

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