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Q3 2020 Mid Cap Growth Commentary

Stock prices continued their remarkable ascent from the March pandemic low, shaking off a rise in new COVID-19 cases and a heated political environment to finish the third quarter near all-time highs.

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Q3 2020 Small/Mid Value and Small Value Commentary

As we pass the six-month mark since the U.S. COVID-19 lockdowns, we reflect upon recent and potential long-term changes in consumer spending trends.

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Q3 2020 International and Global Growth Equity Strategies

Markets grinded higher in the third quarter. Strength was broad-based amongst sectors and geographic regions. In this environment, growth stocks outperformed substantially relative to value stocks.

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Thought Leadership
Baird Advisors’ Senior Managers Discuss the Keys to Weathering Challenging Markets

Baird Advisors takes an all-weather approach designed to control risk while adding incremental value through yield curve positioning, sector allocation, security selection and competitive execution.

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Resiliency Through Uncertainty

Baird Funds Senior Portfolio Managers Duane McAllister, CFA, and Lyle Fitterer, CFA, provide insight into how staying with municipals can provide resiliency through uncertainty.

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Election Year Insights

Baird Advisors Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer Mary Ellen Stanek, CFA, and Dan Clifton, partner and head of policy research at Strategas, discuss potential implications of the upcoming election and its impact to the financial markets.

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Q2 2020 Small/Mid Value and Small Value Commentary

Much has changed since the major market averages recorded fresh highs in February of this year…much that is, except the level of those averages.

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Q2 2020 Mid Cap Growth Commentary

As stay-at-home restrictions eased across the country during the second quarter and consumers and businesses started to resume normal activities, equity prices quickly began discounting a recovery.

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Q2 2020 International and Global Growth Equity Strategies

Markets rallied vigorously in the second quarter. The increase in risk sentiment was considerable. Positive stock performance was broad-based, with all sectors and regions benefitting.

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Why a Quality Bias Still Makes Sense

In our latest whitepaper our investment team provides insights into why it’s important to maintain a high-quality bias in the municipal market until the outlook is more certain.

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Q1 2020 Mid Cap Growth Commentary

Much will be written about the first quarter of 2020, which was unprecedented in most every way.

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Q1 2020 Small/Mid Value and Small Value Commentary

At the time of this writing, most of the nation is locked down with shelter-at-home orders as we approach in the coming weeks what we hope to be the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.

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Q1 2020 International and Global Growth Equity Strategies

This was an extraordinarily challenging quarter for all market participants. In this letter, we discuss the nature of our performance and provide our investment outlook.

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