Oakmark Portfolio Managers David Herro and Eric Liu discuss how macro and geopolitical events may impact international stocks in the short term and why it’s important to focus on a company’s underlying intrinsic value and ability grow a cash flow stream over the long term rather than trade on price movements.
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