Tag "defensive stocks"

Playing the plan: Mawer’s global small cap portfolio | EP63
Deputy CIO Christian Deckart discusses natural contradictions in the portfolio and how the team plays “intellectual best ball. ”

Playing the plan: Mawer’s global small cap portfolio | EP44
Equity analyst, John Wilson, shares how the team approaches separating signal from noise, why defensive business models make for a resilient portfolio, and the advantages of a "cookie-cutter" growth runway.

Quarterly update | 2Q 2019 | EP38
Featuring insights from the second quarter from Balanced and Global Balanced Fund co-manager and Asset Mix Chair, Greg Peterson. [/about/people/greg-peterson/]

Playing the plan: Mawer’s global equity portfolio | EP37
Deputy CIO, Christian Deckart, discusses everything from big picture risks to company specifics on this global equity portfolio episode.

Language matters in investing | EP16
Institutional portfolio manager, Rob Campbell, explains the concept of suitcase words: words into which people attribute—or pack—multiple meanings. He discusses how honing our language skills can contribute to better investing outcomes.

Defensiveness: A suitcase word
Given how often “defensive” enters into the investing lexicon and that it can mean different things to different people, aiming for a greater degree of precision in its definition may help to reduce misunderstanding or generalized historical bias.