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Shift Your Perspective

The Big Picture

Minimum Wage = Deflation : I shouldn’t be shocked by the pundits declaring rising wages “ inflationary , but consider this: Ever since the 1960s, the minimum wage has lagged just about everything: GDP, Corporate profits, productivity, executive compensation, the stock market and of course inflation. How do we know?

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Diving Deep: Achieving Outperformance By Using Environmental Research

Brown Advisory

managers focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and the 13.6% Through original sustainability research into stocks and fixed income securities—including diligence into government databases, company transcripts and interviews with executives— we find strengths that are not apparent in standard company reports.

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Diving Deep: Achieving Outperformance By Using Environmental Research

Brown Advisory

managers focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and the 13.6% Through original sustainability research into stocks and fixed income securities—including diligence into government databases, company transcripts and interviews with executives— we find strengths that are not apparent in standard company reports.

Food 52
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COVID-19 Through An ESG Investing Lens

Brown Advisory

In some cases, companies are simply responding to government mandates or industry-wide pressure, but when they have a real choice in their path forward, we can get a glimpse at their corporate culture. How will companies handle executive compensation, share buybacks and other core financial matters in the wake of COVID-19?

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COVID-19 Through An ESG Investing Lens

Brown Advisory

In some cases, companies are simply responding to government mandates or industry-wide pressure, but when they have a real choice in their path forward, we can get a glimpse at their corporate culture. How will companies handle executive compensation, share buybacks and other core financial matters in the wake of COVID-19?

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

.” It brings to light the fundamental question of the role that institutions play in client outcomes, whether those institutions are truly putting the interests of the retail investor over those of their members, and the delicate balance between governance standards and the oppression of individual autonomy.

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Transcript: Aswath Damodaran

The Big Picture

DAMODARAN: I mean, I think you’re raising a very interesting and a big point about corporate governance and how we change management. RITHOLTZ: So now is a good as time as any to talk about ESG, and let’s start with the G being governance. The G in ESG is stakeholder governance. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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