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As of Aug 19, 2026
The Northern Large Cap Value Fund underperformed its benchmark in Q2 2026 despite strong absolute gains of 10.52%, trailing the Russell 1000 Value Index which returned 13.87%. The quarter was characterized by significant outperformance in Information Technology, particularly semiconductors like MU and INTC which benefited from AI buildout and memory chip shortages, recording over 200% annualized returns. While value stocks broadly outperformed non-value stocks in the quarter, the fund's emphasis on high-quality characteristics detracted from relative performance. The macroeconomic backdrop remained challenging with persistent inflation above the Fed's target driven by tariffs and services inflation, prompting the Fed to maintain a hawkish stance with unchanged rates. Labor markets softened modestly with unemployment rising toward the low-4% range. Looking ahead, the manager maintains conviction in their quality-value approach, believing investors will continue to favor inexpensive, well-managed companies with sustainable cash flows as an effective way to avoid value traps and outperform over the full economic cycle.
The fund invests in attractively valued large-cap stocks with strong peer-relative profitability, cash flows, and management efficiency, believing this quality-oriented value approach will outperform over the full economic cycle while avoiding value traps.
The manager believes investors will continue to favor inexpensive, well-managed and highly profitable companies with sustainable and efficient cash flow. Allocating to this segment of stocks is viewed as an effective way to avoid value traps and outperform the benchmark in the near term as well as over the full economic cycle.
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