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Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: August 2023

Brown Advisory

Download it here > The Hidden Trouble Within Dear Fellow Investors, We have fielded a number of questions over the past six months from clients and prospects about how we think about and control factor risks within the Global Leaders strategy. Numbers may not total due to rounding. Numbers may not total due to rounding.

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Are Alternatives Right for Our Organization?

Brown Advisory

Muted Expectations Over past decades investors have had to take more risk in order to meet the same return hurdle. With traditional assets like stocks and bonds at high valuations, the implications for future returns of those assets may be underwhelming. This analysis is not intended to be a guarantee of future results.

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Are Alternatives Right for Our Organization?

Brown Advisory

Over past decades investors have had to take more risk in order to meet the same return hurdle. With traditional assets like stocks and bonds at high valuations, the implications for future returns of those assets may be underwhelming. This analysis is not intended to be a guarantee of future results. Muted Expectations.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

Effective risk analysis, then, requires us to balance competing goals in a portfolio, and to use a combination of quantitative analysis and subjective judgment to guide future decisions. In other words, it does not effectively measure the actual probability that investors will achieve their stated goals.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

Effective risk analysis, then, requires us to balance competing goals in a portfolio, and to use a combination of quantitative analysis and subjective judgment to guide future decisions. In other words, it does not effectively measure the actual probability that investors will achieve their stated goals.

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Beyond Bottom-Up

Brown Advisory

the company’s products had been in wider use in Europe for a number of years, so Doug also made in-person contact with an expert in the U.K. Although new in the U.S., and a connection with a Texas surgeon.

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Beyond Bottom-Up

Brown Advisory

The following are ways we seek to identify additional risks and opportunities outside traditional analysis: Investigative research. ESG analysis. Quantitative risk analysis and reporting. Behavioral analytics. Investigative Research. Although new in the U.S., and a connection with a Texas surgeon.