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Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: August 2023

Brown Advisory

To be clear, we would love to have more investments in any diversifying business or sector but every investment must first pass all our tests, particularly valuation. Consequently, the cross correlations are high as is factor risk; sectors are a blunt instrument. Valuations and performance returns are computed and stated in U.S.

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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

Formally, this is often referred to as “capital sufficiency” planning and more informally, it is often called spend-rate planning. 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.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

Formally, this is often referred to as “capital sufficiency” planning and more informally, it is often called spend-rate planning. 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.

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Beyond Bottom-Up

Brown Advisory

These efforts to achieve informational advantage are broadly referred to as “bottom-up investing” due to their focus on primary information gathering and ground-level analysis. If they can do it consistently, it may become a formula for long-term success.

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Beyond Bottom-Up

Brown Advisory

These efforts to achieve informational advantage are broadly referred to as “bottom-up investing” due to their focus on primary information gathering and ground-level analysis. The following are ways we seek to identify additional risks and opportunities outside traditional analysis: Investigative research. ESG analysis.