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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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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology

Speaker: Dylan Secrest, Founder of Alamo Innovation and Construction Digital Transformation Consultant

Construction payment workflows are notoriously complex when you consider juggling multiple stakeholders, compliance requirements, and evolving project scopes. Delays in approvals or misaligned data between budgets, lien waivers, and pay applications can grind progress to a halt. The good news? It doesn't have to be this way! Join expert Dylan Secrest to discover how leading contractors are turning payment chaos into clarity using digital workflows, integrated systems, and automation strategies.