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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | Sep 4, 2025 | GROW Funds | - | - | 1179.HK, 1211.HK, 9988.HK, AHT, AMAT, AMZN, ASML, BLK, CB, GOOGL, ICE, LMT, LSEG.L, MDT, META, MSFT, NVDA, ORCL, SHEL, TMO | AI, Bubble, China, Cloud, infrastructure, semiconductors, technology, valuation | AI is driving massive infrastructure investments in data centers and cloud computing, with companies like OpenAI committing $300 billion over five years. However, the gap between infrastructure spending and revenue-generating applications remains concerning, creating a dangerous bubble environment with little room for error. | MDT HTHT 1211.HK BABA |
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| 2024 Q1 | Jun 16, 2024 | Bonhoeffer Capital Management | 11.3% | 0.0% | ABG, AHT, ARW, AZO, BLDR, ODFL, TIGO, WBD | Asia, Buybacks, Consolidation, Distribution, Electronics, small caps, Specialty Finance, value | The fund focuses on high-velocity dealerships and distributors across multiple sectors including auto dealerships, building products, and capital equipment. Arrow Electronics represents a major new investment in electronic components distribution with 15% global market share and strong consolidation opportunities. | ARW |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 1, 2024 | Optimist Fund | 27.8% | 49.2% | ACVA, AHT, BFIT, CIGI, CRCT, CVNA, DASH, FIGS, HFG, MNDY, OPEN, POOL, PTON, REVL, SMAR, UBER, W, XPOF | Concentration, E-Commerce, Fitness, growth, Market Leadership, technology, turnaround | The fund believes market leaders like Carvana, Wayfair, and DoorDash have won their respective online markets after competitors died or shrank dramatically during 2022. The manager sees this as similar to Amazon's dominance after the early 2000s tech bubble collapse. | ACVA UBER XPOF DASH CVNA |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 19, 2023 | Giverny Capital Asset Management | 7.0% | 20.2% | AHT, AME, ANET, BRK-B, CIEN, CSU.TO, FERG, FI, FIVE, FND, GOOGL, HEI, IBP, KMX, META, PGR, SCHW, SSNC | growth, Midcaps, payments, small caps, technology, value | Tech giants Alphabet and Meta drove 59% of portfolio returns, rising 75% through September. The seven largest tech stocks constituted 27% of the S&P 500 and accounted for 84% of the index's total return. These companies trade at demanding valuations with forward PE of 27.6x versus 17x for the rest of the index. | FERG.L FISV AHT.L SCHW SSNC CIEN |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Cooper Investors Global Equities Fund (Unhedged) | Ashtead Group plc | Industrials | Trading Companies & Distributors | Bull | LSE | Construction Markets, Cyclical Weakness, Equipment Rental, Long-term Investor, organic growth, valuation opportunity | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Giverny Capital Asset Management | Ashtead Group plc | Industrials | Trading Companies & Distributors | Bull | LSE | capital efficiency, construction, Cyclical, duopoly, Equipment Rental, Industrial Equipment, market share gains, Skilled Labor Shortage, US | View Pitch |
| Manager Name | Fund Name | Fund AUM | Invested Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares Owned | Shares Bought / Sold During Quarter | % Bought / Sold During Quarter | % of Shares Outstanding Owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Russo | Gardner Russo & Quinn | $9.3B | $418.1M | 4.51% | 6,111,758 | +534,678 | +9.59% | 1,990.0768% |
| Aaron Weitman | CastleKnight Management LP | $4.5B | $1.8M | 0.04% | 410,894 | -107,009 | -20.66% | 8.3316% |