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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 23, 2026 | Brandes International Equity Fund | 5.7% | 39.1% | 005930.KS, 1876.HK, 4503.T, 8306.T, BABA, BNP.PA, CX, DGE.L, DPW.DE, EBS.VI, ERJ, GRF.MC, GSK, HEI.DE, KER.PA, MNDI.L, NG.L, ORA.PA, OTEX.TO, RI.PA, TSCO.L, TSM | emerging markets, Europe, international, Outperformance, packaging, Utilities, value | International value stocks continue to trade within the least expensive valuation quartile relative to growth stocks since style indices inception. The valuation gap is evident across multiple metrics including price/earnings, price/cash flow, and enterprise value/sales. Historically, such discount levels often preceded attractive relative returns for value stocks over subsequent three- to five-year periods. Exposure to emerging markets helped returns, led by South Korean Samsung Electronics, Mexico's Cemex, and Erste Group Bank operating across emerging Europe. Leading contributors for the year included emerging market holdings such as Alibaba, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor, Brazil's Embraer and Mexico-based Cemex. The portfolio continues to have larger weighting to select emerging markets, particularly Mexico, South Korea, and Brazil. National Grid has strategically repositioned its asset base toward electricity networks, reducing exposure to gas and aligning with long-term energy transition trends. Over the past decade, roughly 75% of its regulated asset base is in electricity, expected to rise to 80% by 2029, supported by structural growth in electrification and renewable integration. The company's position as a critical enabler of decarbonization provides attractive risk-adjusted returns. Mondi is a leading European producer of corrugated packaging, containerboard, kraft paper, and uncoated fine paper with strong presence in Eastern and Western Europe. Secular trends such as sustainability, convenience, and the shift from plastic to paper underpin steady growth in fiber-based packaging. The company's cost leadership, strong positioning in high-barrier-to-entry kraft paper market, and integrated operations provide competitive advantage. | TSCO LN NG LN MNDI LN |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 15, 2026 | East Capital | 0.0% | 0.0% | 000660.KS, 005930.KS, 8306.T, NVDA | AI, China, emerging markets, frontier markets, Korea, Memory, Outperformance, Valuations | China's Deep Seek moment demonstrated competitive AI capabilities potentially more cost-efficient than US hyperscalers. Chinese technological prowess remains underappreciated in AI, driving memory demand from data centers that vastly outstrips supply. This theme expected to be primary catalyst for Chinese and emerging market returns for many years. Memory stocks Samsung and SK Hynix returned 130% and 278% respectively, driven by AI data center demand vastly outstripping supply. SK Hynix expected to increase server DRAM prices 60-70% quarter-on-quarter in Q1 2026, driving earnings upgrades while stocks remain attractively valued at 8.4x P/E versus Nvidia's 21.4x. Emerging markets returned 34% for 2025, outperforming S&P 500 by 16.5% - strongest relative performance since 2008. Driven by weakening USD, concerns about US over-concentration, and strong country-specific drivers. Markets offer higher earnings growth and lower valuations with 18% EPS growth and 0.8x PEG ratio versus S&P 500's 16% and 1.5x. Frontier markets returned 47% in 2025, delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns supported by low correlations across diverse universe of 20 markets. Expected 4-4.5% structural growth supported by large young populations and reform momentum, with easing monetary conditions supporting domestic investment and consumption. | 000660 KS |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 11, 2026 | Thornburg International Equity Fund | 4.5% | 34.2% | 005930.KS, 4901.T, 6501.T, 6758.T, 8306.T, AZN, BABA, BNP.PA, BZ, CP, DPW.DE, LIN, NN.AS, ROG.SW, SU.PA, TTE | China, Europe, fundamentals, international, Japan, value | Trade tensions remained a significant theme with continuing negotiations between the U.S. and major trade partners including China, which is also in contentious trade talks and tit-for-tat tariff and procurement walls with the European Union. Technology-related industries showed strength, particularly in Northeast Asia and the U.S., where chip stocks rallied on AI optimism during the fourth quarter. The U.S. Federal Reserve cut its target rate 25 basis points in December. The Bank of Japan lifted its rate a quarter point while the ECB stood pat, creating rate differentials that played out in currency markets. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | The Value Pendulum | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | Financials | Banks - Diversified | Bull | TSE | — | View Pitch |
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