Mike is the founder (in 1982) and CEO of Brandywine Asset Management, a featured subject of three books, numerous interviews and articles, and the author of a best-selling investment book. Brandywine has invested significant amounts over the past four decades in research to develop proprietary investment strategies and manage client assets pursuant to several successful investment programs. All of Brandywine’s investment programs are characterized by their ability to provide always-on downside protection while maintaining unconstrained upside exposure.

In this episode, Eric and Mike Dever discuss:

• Maintaining upside exposure while limiting losses
• Combining protection with additional return sources
• Taking advantage of market dips through discipline
• Controlling risk beyond traditional diversification

Key Takeaways:

• Focus on participating fully in growth opportunities while implementing strategies that actively reduce the impact of market declines. This approach allows you to capture most of the upside while protecting against large losses, ultimately supporting stronger long-term performance.
• Integrate downside protection with small, diversified return-driving strategies that work systematically. This combination helps cover the cost of protection while still generating incremental gains, ensuring that safety measures don’t come at the expense of growth.
• Use structured, rules-based approaches to respond to temporary market declines. By reinvesting strategically during these dips, you can take advantage of lower prices and improve compounded long-term results, turning volatility into opportunity rather than risk.
• Embed risk management directly into your investment approach rather than relying solely on shifting asset allocations. This method provides a more consistent, predictable way to manage volatility, ensuring that downside protection is built into the strategy itself instead of left to chance.

“If we can stop a loss from being down 20% but it's only down 13, now we're recovering from a higher level.” - Mike Dever

Connect with Mike Dever:

Website: www.brandywine.com 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikedever/ 

Connect with Eric Dyson: 

Website: https://90northllc.com/

Phone: 940-248-4800

Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/401kguy/ 

Brandywine Asset Management Inc. is a Registered Investment Adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Brandywine's Form CRS and other disclosure documents can be found on the SEC's website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov, using CRD#307564. Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. BRANDYWINE'S PRODUCTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. THERE IS THE RISK OF LOSS AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GAIN WHEN INVESTING WITH BRANDYWINE. NOT FDIC INSURED. MAY LOSE VALUE. NO BANK GUARANTEE. FOR FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS.

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