| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund | -4.0% | 9.0% | ACLS, CCJ, CELH, KNSL, SMCI | energy, growth, industrials, inflation, semiconductors, small caps, technology, Yields | Hardware investment to support AI applications is showing huge growth inflection. Server manufacturers are seeing tremendous growth in AI servers, while GPU semiconductor companies benefit from rising AI demand. Several semiconductor capital equipment holdings are levered to AI adoption. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 8, 2024 | Middle Coast Investing | 0.0% | 0.0% | AAPL, ACLS, AER, AMZN, ARLO, ATKR, ATRO, AVGO, BKNG, DFS, FCNCA, FG, GOGO, LULU, NVDA, OMAB, PGR, SJM, TSM, VOW3.DE | Discipline, Portfolio Management, small caps, stock selection, value | Manager emphasizes buying quality companies at reasonable prices, gravitating toward cheaper, lower earnings-multiple stocks where price doesn't reflect potential value. Focus on finding stocks that will be worth more in 2-3 years than current market price suggests. | GOGO SJM ATRO LULU |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 22, 2025 | American Century Small Cap Value Fund | -0.4% | - | ACLS, ASH, AXS, BBWI, BCO, CHX, COLD, EEFT, ENOV, EVTC, GMS, GPK, HD, ONB, SLB, SSB, TKR, UMBF, VC, WBS | banks, consumer discretionary, financials, industrials, Rate Cuts, small cap, value | The portfolio seeks to invest in small-cap companies where the valuation does not reflect the quality and normal earnings power of the company. Many holdings are trading meaningfully below historical valuations, particularly in financials where the market has overstated fears for an extended negative lending cycle. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2023 | Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund | 9.0% | 14.0% | AAPL, ACLS, INSP, JPM, KNSL, SMCI, XENE | AI, growth, healthcare, industrials, Recession, small cap, technology, Valuations | AI is still in its infancy but will have significant economic impact and create many investment opportunities. Hardware investment to support AI applications is showing huge growth inflection, particularly in servers and networking equipment. The fund holds several companies benefiting from AI demand, including a server manufacturer seeing tremendous growth in AI applications. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 2, 2024 | Middle Coast Investing | - | - | AAPL, ACLS, ADM, AER, AMZN, ARLO, ATKR, AVGO, BKNG, DBX, DFS, EB, FCNCA, FG, OMAB, PGR, SNX, SPOT, VMEO, WS | Cyclical, financials, industrials, Portfolio Management, Selling, small caps, technology, value | Archers-Daniels-Midland is one of the biggest grain traders in the world, part of the ABCD group that controls 90% of global grain trade. The company is cyclical and peaked in 2022 as the Russia invasion of Ukraine caused grain prices to go up, now closer to the bottom of a cycle. Buying a company with a strong balance sheet at less than 10x bottom earnings usually works out well. | VMEO SNX ADM |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | American Century Small Cap Value Fund | -6.3% | -6.3% | ACLS, AXS, BCO, BECN, BLBD, CHX, CRGY, EMBCF, ENOV, EVTC, FLWO, FNB, GPK, MGY, ONB, SSB, TITN, TKR, TPG, WBS | Banking, energy, industrials, materials, small caps, value | The portfolio seeks to invest in small-cap companies where the valuation does not reflect the quality and normal earnings power of the company. Many holdings are trading meaningfully below historical multiples despite strong fundamentals. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 4, 2024 | Middle Coast Investing | 0.0% | 0.0% | AAPL, ABM, ACLS, AER, AMZN, APOG, ATKR, AVGO, BKNG, BOOM, DFS, EB, FCNCA, FG, GOGO, LULU, OMAB, PGR, SCHW, VMEO | financials, industrials, insurance, small caps, technology, Transitions, value | Axcelis, a semiconductor equipment maker, is caught between slowing electric vehicle demand and delayed memory chip recovery. The company has gained market share and maintains a strong balance sheet despite current headwinds. Micron's recent earnings suggest memory recovery may be approaching. | BOOM ABM APOG ATKR |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 30, 2024 | Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund | 6.9% | 2.7% | AAON, ACLS, ALAB, APPF, BMI, BOOT, BROS, BSY, BURL, BWXT, CACI, CASY, CWA, CYBR, EXLS, FANG, FDS, FIVE, FND, FOUR, IEX, INSP, IRTC, JKHY, KAI, KNSL, LFUS, LGIH, LSCC, LW, MANH, MEDP, MNDY, NBIX, ONTO, PCOR, PODD, POOL, PRCT, RXST, SITM, SMPL, TARS, TREX, TYL, ULS, VNOM, WSC | financials, growth, healthcare, industrials, semiconductors, small caps, software, technology | The fund initiated a position in Astera Labs, a fast-growing and profitable developer of semiconductor products known as retimers that are key enablers of AI workloads and help prevent GPU bottlenecks. The manager believes this business adds further profitable AI-exposure to the portfolio. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 19, 2025 | American Century Small Cap Value Fund | 4.7% | - | ACLS, ASH, AXS, BBWI, BCO, CHX, COLD, EEFT, ENOV, EVTC, GMS, GPK, HD, ONB, SLB, SSB, TKR, UMBF, VC, WBS | banks, consumer, financials, industrials, semiconductors, small cap, value | The portfolio seeks to invest in small-cap companies where the valuation does not reflect the quality and normal earnings power of the company. Many holdings are trading meaningfully below historical valuations, particularly in financials where the market has overstated fears for an extended negative lending cycle. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 8, 2025 | Middle Coast Investing | - | - | AAPL, ACLS, ADM, AER, AMZN, ATKR, ATRO, AVGO, BKNG, DFS, EB, FCNCA, FG, LULU, OMAB, PGR, PTLO, SCS, TRIP, TSM | Portfolio Management, Restaurants, small caps, technology, Travel, value | Travel is the manager's favorite sector to study and has paid off over the years. TripAdvisor's Viator business finally passed legacy TripAdvisor in revenue in Q3 2024, with the race between Viator's growth and legacy decline now seeming winnable. The manager views travel as offering continued opportunities. | TRIP PTLO |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 3, 2024 | Middle Coast Investing | - | - | AAPL, ACLS, ARLO, ATKR, AVGO, BKNG, DBX, DFS, EB, FCNCA, FG, KBAL, OMAB, PGR, SCHW, SCS, SPOT, TSM, VMW, WOR, WS | Banking, industrials, semiconductors, small cap, technology, value | AI investment excitement boosted semiconductor holdings including Axcelis Technologies, VMWare, Broadcom, and Taiwan Semiconductor. Broadcom benefits from AI investments as a leading semiconductor company, though its stock is expensive. The AI rally in May/June was one of the violent market rallies that engenders caution. | ACLS DFS OMAB EWORK.ST FCNCA ANEB |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 20, 2025 | Baird Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund | 5.1% | 8.0% | ACLS, ALAB, APPF, CACI, CHX, CYBR, GKOS, LW, MASI, MEDP, MNDY, NBIX, ONTO, PEN, PODD, PSTG, RXST, SITM, TARS, VERX, VITA | AI, growth, healthcare, Outperformance, semiconductors, small caps, technology | The fund holds Astera Labs, a fast-growing semiconductor company with exposure to AI and data center infrastructure. The company's stock increased over 150% in the quarter following new product announcements and stronger than expected sales growth. Pure Storage was initiated as a new position, expected to benefit from hyperscaler AI spending with recent design wins. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | Middle Coast Investing | Axcelis Technologies Inc | Information Technology | Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | Bull | NASDAQ | Automotive Semiconductors, Chip Manufacturing, Electric Vehicles, ion implantation, semiconductor equipment, Taiwan Semiconductor | View Pitch |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha | Axcelis Technologies, Inc. | Semiconductors | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Bear | NASDAQ Stock Market | Axcelis Technologies, cash reserves, China market, cyclical downturn, ion implantation, market recovery, profitability decline, semiconductor equipment, semiconductor industry, Veeco merger | View Pitch |
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