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Tourlite Capital Management 2024 Q2 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q2 2024 Letter Analysis

Tourlite Capital Management Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

YTD+8.9%

Annualized+8.6%

Positioning StanceNEUTRAL

GeographyUS

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Performance was anchored by strong gains in core long holdings, particularly FTAI Aviation and FTAI Infrastructure, alongside profitable short positions."

Executive Summary

Tourlite Fund, LP returned 2.7% for the second quarter of 2024 and 8.9% year-to-date, continuing to outperform the Russell 2000 benchmark. Performance was anchored by strong gains in core long holdings, particularly FTAI Aviation and FTAI Infrastructure, alongside profitable short positions. The manager maintains a conservative macro outlook, citing risks of reaccelerating inflation, fiscal spending pressures, upcoming election volatility, elevated equity valuations, and further downside to consumer sector earnings. Consequently, the fund operated with a neutral average net beta-adjusted exposure of 1% and an average gross exposure of 182%. Sector positioning favored industrials on the long side (+28% dollar exposure) while holding a negative stance on consumer stocks (-18% dollar exposure). Key long investments are focused on out-of-favor, longer-duration assets and broken stocks with significant asymmetric upside, including OmniAb, Roivant, APi Group, Purple Innovation, and RealReal.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

72%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (72%)

High conviction evidenced by concentrated portfolio with named, sized positions including FTAI Aviation and Infrastructure as large holdings. Manager provides specific catalysts, price targets, and detailed fundamental analysis for key positions. Clear thesis articulation for each holding with willingness to hold through volatility, though some hedging language prevents maximum score.

Growth Outlook

30%

BearishBullish

Bearish (30%)

The manager expresses clear caution about equity markets, citing reaccelerating inflation risks, election uncertainty, elevated valuations, and additional downside to earnings expectations especially in consumer sector. Language includes warnings about volatility and systematic risks from meme rallies.

Risk Appetite

40%

DefensiveAggressive

Defensive (40%)

Portfolio maintains very low net exposure at 1% average versus their stated optimal 20-30% range, indicating defensive positioning. However, they maintain high gross exposure at 182% and continue to lean into sector biases, showing selective risk-taking rather than full defensive mode.

Capital Deployment

43%

De-riskingDeploying

Net Neutral (43%)

Net exposure remains well below the manager's stated optimal 20-30% range at 1% average, indicating capital is being held back rather than deployed. While gross exposure is maintained at 182%, the low net exposure suggests defensive cash management rather than aggressive deployment.

Forward Guidance

45%

CautiousExpansionary

Neutral (45%)

Manager expresses cautious monitoring stance with no clear deployment bias. They anticipate volatility in the second half and maintain conservative positioning, though they remain excited about specific long positions and believe current environment favors their strategy.

Language Signal

38%

BearishBullish

Balanced (38%)

Language is dominated by risk-focused terms including inflation risks, volatility, elevated valuations, earnings downside, and systematic market impacts. While some bullish language exists around specific positions, the overall tone emphasizes caution and risk awareness.

Perceived Risk

75%

Low RiskElevated

Elevated Risk (75%)

Manager identifies multiple specific macro risks including reaccelerating inflation, election volatility, elevated valuations, consumer earnings downside, and systematic market impacts from meme rallies. Risks are discussed in detail with specific scenarios and implications, indicating high perceived environmental risk.

Opportunity Density

65%

ScarceAbundant

Abundant (65%)

Manager sees selective opportunities in defined areas including aerospace, biotech special situations, and infrastructure plays. While they identify compelling asymmetric opportunities in specific names, the emphasis on selectivity and patience suggests a moderately rich but not abundant opportunity set.

Time Horizon

78%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (78%)

Portfolio emphasizes longer duration assets that lack near-term catalysts but are positioned for multi-year value creation. Manager explicitly describes holdings as similar to FTAI Aviation's path which underperformed in 2022 until thesis played out, indicating multi-year investment horizon with patience for thesis realization.