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Marram Investment Management 2024 Q3 Investor Letter | Buyside Digest

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Primary Source Intelligence • Q3 2024 Letter Analysis

Marram Investment Management Quarterly Analysis

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Fund Returns

YTD+14.3%

Annualized+13.5%

Digest Analysis

Quick Take

"Harvesting major gains from regional banks and energy MLPs purchased during crisis periods. Cash now sits at 40% NAV earning 4% while awaiting the next fear-driven opportunity."

Executive Summary

Marram Investment Management delivered 8.1% net returns in Q3 2024, bringing year-to-date performance to 14.3% net. The portfolio benefited significantly from investments in large-cap financials and energy infrastructure MLPs, which contributed 48% and 39% of YTD gains respectively. The manager harvested substantial gains during the quarter, exiting positions in ENLC, Summit Midstream preferred stock, and several large-cap financial names including COF, CMA, and KEY as valuations recovered from March 2023 lows. Following these sales, cash increased to approximately 40% of NAV, earning 4% interest while providing downside protection and deployment optionality. The strategy focuses on patient opportunism, capitalizing on human psychology-driven market cycles by purchasing assets during fear-induced selling periods. Current positioning includes 23% in large-cap financials, 22% in energy infrastructure MLPs, and 15% in payments/financial technology companies. The manager maintains conviction that remaining investments offer substantial upside potential, with regional banks estimated to generate 2.0X returns over three years and payments companies expected to deliver 3X returns over five years.

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Signal Matrix

Market Conviction

72%

CautiousHigh

High Conviction (72%)

High conviction evidenced by concentrated portfolio with named, sized positions and specific return targets. The manager provides detailed position sizing (23% financials, 22% MLPs, 15% payments), explicit return expectations (2.0X for banks in 3 years, 3X for payments in 5 years), and demonstrates willingness to hold through volatility. However, the significant cash position and recent harvesting activity prevents a higher score.

Growth Outlook

25%

BearishBullish

Bearish (25%)

The manager expresses cautious optimism about future opportunities while acknowledging current macro headwinds. References to growing geopolitical tension, macroeconomic uncertainty, and China's economic troubles temper the outlook, but confidence in the strategy's ability to capitalize on future cycles provides mild positive sentiment.

Risk Appetite

38%

DefensiveAggressive

Defensive (38%)

The manager has significantly de-risked by harvesting gains and increasing cash to 40% NAV. This represents a defensive positioning shift from previous quarters when the portfolio was more fully invested, indicating reduced risk appetite in current market conditions.

Capital Deployment

18%

De-riskingDeploying

De-risking (18%)

Significant de-risking occurred during the quarter with cash increasing to 40% NAV following substantial position exits in ENLC, Summit Midstream, COF, CMA, and KEY. This represents a material reduction in risk exposure and capital deployment, moving from a more invested stance to a cash-heavy defensive position.

Forward Guidance

0%

CautiousExpansionary

Cautious (0%)

The manager takes a neutral stance on deployment timing, emphasizing patience and waiting for attractive opportunities to emerge. No clear bias toward immediate deployment or further de-risking, maintaining optionality with high cash levels.

Language Signal

25%

BearishBullish

Bearish (25%)

Language is balanced between opportunity-focused terms like 'lucrative,' 'attractive,' and 'upside potential' and risk-aware language regarding geopolitical tensions and macro uncertainty. Slightly more bullish directional language overall, particularly regarding future opportunity sets.

Perceived Risk

68%

Low RiskElevated

Elevated Risk (68%)

The manager identifies multiple specific macro risks including higher interest rates, elevated equity valuations, geopolitical tensions in Middle East and Russia/Ukraine, and China's economic recession with deflationary spiral. Detailed discussion of China's economic deterioration with specific examples of unemployment, real estate decline, and banking system stress indicates elevated risk perception.

Opportunity Density

35%

ScarceAbundant

Selective (35%)

The manager characterizes the current environment as requiring patience for worthwhile opportunities to emerge, with 40% cash suggesting limited attractive opportunities at present. While confident that future cycles will provide opportunities, the current opportunity set appears sparse given the high cash allocation and recent harvesting activity.

Time Horizon

78%

Short-TermLong-Term

Decade+ (78%)

The strategy explicitly emphasizes long-term wealth compounding with specific multi-year return targets (2.0X in 3 years for banks, 3X in 5 years for payments). The manager describes patient opportunism as a long-term approach designed to capitalize on recurring market cycles, with no pressure for near-term deployment and willingness to hold cash until attractive opportunities emerge.