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Seeing the Big Picture: Investing for Impact in Public Markets

Brown Advisory

Seeing the Big Picture: Investing for Impact in Public Markets achen Fri, 08/11/2017 - 11:32 Many people and many organizations want to drive progress in society directly through their actions. One way to do that is through impact investing—a term that refers to the pursuit of positive social, environmental or other change using investment capital. There's a misconception that you can only get “real" impact from a targeted, private investment, such as a fund that lends money to small farms or a

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles I asked if they measured the efficacy of the analysts’ historical picks. No. I asked if they measured the accuracy of the analysts’ fundamental estimates. No. By Leigh Drogen Curiosity’s treasures are a b h to extract. By Mike Dariano You can’t see the end in advance, nor can I, nor can Druck. By Josh Brown As the return period increases, we are witnessing changes in productivity, technology, business organization, and much more.

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Seeing the Big Picture: Investing for Impact in Public Markets

Brown Advisory

Seeing the Big Picture: Investing for Impact in Public Markets. achen. Fri, 08/11/2017 - 11:32. Many people and many organizations want to drive progress in society directly through their actions. One way to do that is through impact investing—a term that refers to the pursuit of positive social, environmental or other change using investment capital.

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If This is 1929…

The Irrelevant Investor

Eight days before the market bottomed in July 1932, Ben Graham wrote an article in Forbes, Should Rich But Losing Corporations Be Liquidated? In it he wrote, "More than one industrial company in three selling for less than its net current assets, with a large number quoted at less than their unencumbered cash." At a time when the CAPE ratio was just above 5, many businesses were worth more dead than alive.

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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