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"Tweedy, Browne adheres to a disciplined, price-sensitive value philosophy, targeting global equities trading at significant discounts to conservative intrinsic value estimates."
Tweedy, Browne adheres to a disciplined, price-sensitive value philosophy, targeting global equities trading at significant discounts to conservative intrinsic value estimates. During the second quarter of 2024, the fund strategies produced returns between -0.91% and 0.49%, outperforming foreign benchmarks in currency-hedged portfolios. Key performance contributors included communication services, interactive media, healthcare, chemicals, and banking, driven by strong returns in Alphabet, Tencent, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Vertex, Novartis, Roche, and a sharp rebound in Teleperformance. Performance was restrained by double-digit declines in beverage and spirits holdings including Coca-Cola FEMSA and Diageo, as well as modest pullbacks in aerospace, insurance, and machinery stocks. Macroeconomic concerns dominate the manager's outlook, citing narrow market leadership concentrated in five US tech darlings, persistent inflation, elevated interest rates, record debt levels, and ongoing geopolitical conflicts. Consequently, portfolio strategy favors small- and mid-capitalization equities trading at historically cheap relative valuations, maintaining high equity exposure in Europe and expanding allocations to Japan while keeping cash levels low at 2% to 4%.
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