Investment ideas are diverse in source, including scuttlebutt research through our network, independent research firms, industry publications, financial media, and news events. WCM utilizes independent sources for analysis of individual companies and trends – not Wall Street reports. Originally, any opening or hatch on a ship was called a scuttle, possibly drawn from the French escoutille (hatchway). The final portfolio is built with these inputs towards the goal of solid upside participation and extraordinary downside protection. The scuttlebutt was originally scuttled-butt, from the verb to scuttle, meaning to cut or bore a hole in something (specifically to cut a hole in the hull of a ship n order to sink it). In particular, when contemplating the inclusion of any specific company into the Focused International Opportunities portfolio, the Portfolio Managers will consider how the business fits the portfolio from traditional perspectives such as sector/industry diversification and country/currency diversification, but additionally from the perspectives of tailwinds (e.g., demographics, global commerce, outsourcing, the growing global middle class, proliferation of technology) and competitive advantage types (e.g., economies of scale, switching costs, network effect, legal or regulatory). Portfolio construction then provides a high level of risk control through thoughtful diversification while best capitalizing on the expected growth of these great businesses. Our process begins with analysis and qualification of portfolio candidates, identifying great businesses based on positioning (we avoid businesses fighting "headwinds" and require a long-lasting "tailwind"), competitive advantage (we insist on a durable, strengthening economic moat) and corporate culture (one that values great people and sustains the economic moat). Send us feedback about these examples.Gregory Ise and Tamara Manoukian, Portfolio Managers for the Focused International Opportunities strategy, make all portfolio decisions. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'scuttlebutt.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2022 Instead, for the first time in nearly a decade, the scuttlebutt was about record demand, full schedules, and pruning client lists as the need for travel advisers balloons. 2022 This movie stands head and subzero-temp-cold shoulders above its peers in terms of salacious scuttlebutt, however. Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022 The scuttlebutt among journalists is that organizations know stuff about roster moves and partnership status around 2023, while players are kept almost completely in the dark. 2023 There's scuttlebutt that perhaps Treasury and IRS will issue a notice or two before 2023. 2022 Such was the scuttlebutt ahead of Tuesday’s 80th annual Golden Globes. 2023 Amid this turmoil, markets understandably loved the BOE’s intervention, and the scuttlebutt is that the central bank moved in part because big British pension funds and financial institutions were caught on the wrong side of these rapid shifts in market prices. 2022 Is the scuttlebutt around league circles suggesting that the scouting department couldn’t find a star with a telescope? - Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. Recent Examples on the Web With that attitude in mind, here are my projections for who and what will be nominated in the Oscars’ top six races, informed by industry scuttlebutt as well as recent nominations from the Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America.
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