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Horos Asset Management 2025 Q1 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q1 2025 Letter Analysis

Horos Asset Management Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

QTD+5%

Annualized+11.7%

Positioning StanceConstructive

GeographyEurope, Global

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Horos delivered strong Q1 returns despite major market disruptions from Chinese AI breakthrough and Trump's historic tariff announcements."

Executive Summary

Horos Asset Management delivered strong Q1 2025 returns of 5.0% for their international fund and 11.3% for their Iberian fund, though the quarter was dominated by two major market disruptions. First, Chinese AI company DeepSeek challenged US technological dominance by achieving comparable performance to OpenAI at 90-95% lower costs, causing NVIDIA to lose $590 billion in market value. Second, Trump announced the most restrictive tariff policy since the 1930s, triggering historic market volatility across global equities and bonds. The fund made significant portfolio changes, adding positions in Jupiter Fund Management, Acciona Energía, Seadrill, and Neonode while exiting AerCap, Liberty Global, and Elecnor. The manager maintains conviction that current market corrections will create excellent long-term opportunities, similar to previous crises. With portfolios showing 130% upside potential internationally and 115% for Iberian holdings, the firm remains positioned to capitalize on value opportunities created by market uncertainty while maintaining their disciplined, long-term investment approach.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

75%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (75%)

High conviction demonstrated through specific portfolio actions, detailed company analysis, clear investment thesis, and strong confidence in ability to capitalize on market dislocations based on historical track record.

Growth Outlook

38%

BearishBullish

Neutral (38%)

Manager acknowledges significant market challenges including historic tariff policies and AI disruption, but frames these as creating opportunities rather than expressing deep pessimism about market environment.

Risk Appetite

15%

DefensiveAggressive

Defensive (15%)

Fund actively deployed capital into new positions during market volatility, including energy and financial companies, while maintaining selective approach by exiting fully valued positions.

Capital Deployment

20%

De-riskingDeploying

De-risking (20%)

Moderate net deployment with four new positions added while three positions fully exited, suggesting selective capital allocation rather than aggressive deployment or defensive positioning.

Forward Guidance

35%

CautiousExpansionary

Cautious (35%)

Manager expresses clear confidence that current market corrections will create excellent investment opportunities, drawing parallels to successful navigation of previous crises.

Language Signal

10%

BearishBullish

Bearish (10%)

Language balances acknowledgment of risks and uncertainty with emphasis on opportunities, value creation, and long-term conviction in investment approach.

Perceived Risk

70%

Low RiskElevated

Elevated Risk (70%)

Manager acknowledges significant systemic risks including tariff policy uncertainty, potential currency wars, Treasury market stress, and AI disruption impacts on market structure.

Opportunity Density

75%

ScarceAbundant

Abundant (75%)

Manager sees abundant opportunities created by market corrections, with portfolios showing significant upside potential and multiple attractive investment candidates identified across sectors.

Time Horizon

85%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (85%)

Strong emphasis on long-term investment approach, patience required to benefit from opportunities, and multi-year track record focus suggests patient capital deployment strategy.