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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Aug 7, 2025 | Alluvium Global Fund | - | - | 005930.KS, AEM, AN, BABA, CHTR, CPRI, DKS, FL, GOOGL, GPI, HCA, LBRDK, LNR.TO, LYB, MA, MCK, RHI, RYAAY, THO, V | Airlines, Auto Dealers, Market Exuberance, Plastics, tariffs, value | The fund focuses on solid businesses generating reliable cash flows trading at cheap to fair value multiples, contrasting with the broader market's focus on growth and speculative investments. Most fund holdings trade at forward P/E multiples between 10-18 times versus S&P 500 at 23 times and Nasdaq at 30.5 times. | BABA LYB RHI LBRDA THO GPI AN LNR CN DKS |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 10, 2025 | Black Bear Value Partners | -10.5% | -11.7% | ABG, AN, BLDR, CNR, FLG, HCC | catalysts, Concentration, free cash flow, Shorts, turnaround, value | Auto dealerships generate strong free cash flow even in soft markets with over 50% of profits from parts and services. The businesses are priced as if there will be no growth despite scale advantages and consolidation runway with 90% of dealerships privately owned. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 23, 2024 | Black Bear Value Partners | -6.7% | -1.4% | ABG, ALS.TO, AN, BLDR, CEIX, PAG | Auto Dealers, Buybacks, Coal, commodities, Concentration, energy, Homebuilders, value | Auto dealers operate a razor-razorblade model in a fragmented industry, with over 50% of profits coming from parts and services. Large dealer groups have transitioned to omni-channel models reducing operating costs. The manager expects dealers to make less per car but sell more volume as prices drop. | PAG AN ALS.TO |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 21, 2026 | Alluvium Global Fund | -1.7% | -1.7% | AMZN, AN, BABA, CHTR, DKS, GOOGL, GPI, HCA, HRB, LBRDK, LMT, LNR.TO, LYB, MA, MCK, RYA.L, UMG.AS, V | AI, Concentration, defense, Geopolitical, healthcare, technology, value | AMZN |
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| 2023 Q3 | Nov 10, 2023 | Distillate Capital Fundamental Stability & Value | 0.0% | 16.0% | 005930.KS, 036570.KS, 6857.T, AAP, AMGN, AMP, AN, AON, AVGO, AVY, BABA, BLDR, CF, CSX, CVS, DHR, ETSY, GOOGL, IPG, ITX.MC, JBL, LKQ, MC.PA, MPC, OC, OMC, PCAR, PRIO3.SA, PYPL, ROG.SW, SMCI, TEP.PA, VSCO | free cash flow, large cap, Leverage, Quality, selectivity, small cap, value | Manager emphasizes selective value investing by avoiding expensive mega-cap stocks and focusing on quality companies with attractive free cash flow yields. The strategy achieves a 7.3% FCF yield versus 4.9% for the S&P 500, comparable to post-financial crisis levels. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Nov 10, 2023 | Distillate Capital International | 0.0% | 10.9% | 036570.KS, 6857.T, 9988.HK, AAP, AAPL, AMGN, AMP, AMZN, AN, AON, AVGO, AVY, BLDR, CF, CSX, CVS, DHR, ETSY, GOOGL, IPG, ITX.MC, JBL, LKQ, MC.PA, META, MPC, MSFT, NVDA, OC, OMC, PCAR, PRIO3.SA, PYPL, ROG.SW, SMCI, TEP.PA, TSLA, VSCO | free cash flow, international, Quality, risk management, selectivity, value | Manager emphasizes selective value investing by avoiding expensive mega-cap stocks and focusing on quality companies with attractive free cash flow yields. The strategy achieves a 7.3% free cash yield compared to 4.9% for the S&P 500. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Nov 10, 2023 | Distillate Capital Large Cap Value | 0.0% | 19.7% | 036570.KS, 6857.T, 9988.HK, AAP, AAPL, AMGN, AMP, AMZN, AN, AON, AVGO, AVY, BLDR, CF, CSX, CVS, DHR, ETSY, GOOGL, IPG, ITX.MC, JBL, LKQ, MC.PA, META, MPC, MSFT, NVDA, OC, OMC, PCAR, PRIO3.SA, PYPL, ROG.SW, SMCI, TEP.PA, TSLA, VSCO | Credit Stress, free cash flow, large cap, Mega Caps, risk management, selectivity, value | Manager emphasizes selective value investing by avoiding expensive mega-cap stocks and focusing on quality companies with attractive free cash flow yields. The strategy achieves a 7.3% FCF yield versus 4.9% for the S&P 500, comparable to post-financial crisis levels. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 16, 2025 | Pabrai Wagons Fund | 8.0% | - | AMR, AN, HMC.T, META, MSFT, PHM, RIG, TOL, WMC | Airports, Auto Dealers, Buybacks, Coal, Homebuilders, small caps, undervalued, value | The fund focuses on undervalued businesses with shrewd capital return policies through buybacks. Management teams are buying back stock at compelling valuations, which the manager believes could deliver higher returns than the Magnificent 7. Three businesses in the portfolio have committed to return capital to shareholders through buybacks or dividends. | TAVHL TI EDEL IN RIG US AMR US |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 23, 2026 | Alluvium Global Fund | -1.1% | -0.1% | 005930.KS, AN, BABA, CHTR, DKS, GOOGL, GPI, HCA, HRB, LBRDA, LNR.TO, LYB, MCK, RHI, RYAAY, THO, UMG.AS, V | AI, Airlines, global, healthcare, technology, underperformance, value | The fund discusses the rapid adoption of AI technologies, particularly Alphabet's Gemini AI which gained 650 million monthly active users in six months. Questions remain about quantifying efficiency gains and monetary benefits versus the immense capital outlays by providers. Ryanair represents the fund's largest position at 9.4%, benefiting from earlier aircraft deliveries and upgraded traffic expectations. Management expects reasonable net profit growth with strengthening competitive positioning. The fund follows a value-oriented approach, buying more of poorly performing investments as they decline. The managers acknowledge the value investor's curse of buying too early and selling too early, citing examples of premature exits from gold miners and semiconductor companies. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 12, 2026 | Pabrai Wagons Fund | 0.0% | 3.7% | AAPL, AMR, AMZN, AN, GOOGL, HMT.L, META, MSFT, NVDA, PHM, RIG, TOL, TSLA | Airports, Auto Dealers, Buybacks, Coal, global, Homebuilders, Oil Services, value | The fund focuses on businesses with enlightened managements that buy back their stock at compelling valuations. Three businesses in the portfolio that fit this mold have committed to return capital to shareholders through buybacks or dividends. The fund believes these businesses could deliver higher returns going forward than the Magnificent 7 through buybacks. The fund is invested in a handful of metallurgical coal businesses, with two near the bottom quartile of the cost curve and all led by exceptional managers. All three businesses have some of the best met coal reserves on the planet. The fund believes there will be no meaningful alternative to using met coal to produce steel for several decades. The fund trades at a trailing P/E of 11 compared to the S&P 500's trailing P/E of 30. The fund seeks to buy capital-light businesses with high returns on equity at no more than a bit more than tangible book value. The fund believes a metallurgical coal miner or offshore oil driller that earns even single digit returns can be a fantastic investment if purchased at a fraction of replacement cost. TAV operates 15 airports in 8 countries with guidance of 10-14% annual passenger growth across its airports, which may continue for decades. TAV has high operating leverage where if passengers grow 12%, cash flow may grow at more than 2x that. The fund believes it is led by an exceptional management team and is very cheap compared to other global airport operators. The fund is invested in a couple of U.S. homebuilders who have morphed into asset-light, efficient factories with shrewd capital return policies. The U.S. is structurally underbuilt with a deficit of 4-7 million homes. The high-quality, scale homebuilders have unique advantages that could allow them to capture a growing portion of this growing pie. Traditional car dealerships are hated by the market due to concerns with the rise of electric vehicles and the perception that EVs do not carry the same parts and repair content as traditional ICE vehicles. The fund believes the market's concerns are overblown and not valid. These are great businesses with high-margin recurring revenues that will continue for decades. The fund has a position in U.S. offshore oil services. Offshore accounts for 1/3 of global oil and gas production and breaks even at levels far below fracking. Drillships are complex and expensive with no new supply in the pipeline. The fund believes supply-demand tightness can yield very high day rates for these ships. | TAVHL TI |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 21, 2024 | Alluvium Global Fund | 0.0% | 0.0% | AEM, AN, CPRI, DKS, GOOGL, GPI, HCA, HRB, LBRDK, LNR.TO, LYB, MCK, RGS.AX, RHI, RYAAY, THO, UMG.AS | AI, Airlines, Auto Dealers, Buybacks, Concentration, global, gold, value | The manager draws parallels between current AI euphoria and the dot-com bubble, noting Nvidia's eight-fold price increase over two years and its 25x forecast revenue multiple. They suggest Alphabet's 20.8% return was driven more by AI sentiment than fundamentals. The manager warns that AI-driven valuations may be unsustainable, citing historical examples of tech bubble collapses. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jul 13, 2023 | Distillate Capital Fundamental Stability & Value | 0.0% | 16.0% | AAP, AAPL, ABBV, AMZN, AN, APA, AVGO, BLDR, CVS, FTNT, GOOGL, HIBB, JBL, META, MSFT, NVDA, OC, SMCI, TOL, TSLA, VSCO | Concentration, large cap, Quality, stability, valuation, value | The S&P 500 has reached extraordinary concentration levels with the top 5 stocks comprising over 24% of the index, the highest since 1980. Seven largest stocks contributed 74% of the market's H1 gains while the other 493 stocks averaged just 7% returns. This concentration creates diversification risks and exposes investors to company-specific risks. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jul 13, 2023 | Distillate Capital International | 0.0% | 10.9% | AAP, AAPL, ABBV, AMZN, AN, APA, AVGO, BLDR, CVS, FTNT, GOOGL, HIBB, JBL, META, MSFT, NVDA, OC, SMCI, TOL, TSLA, VSCO | AI, Concentration, large cap, Quality, risk management, technology, valuation, value | The letter extensively discusses valuation concerns, particularly around the largest stocks in the S&P 500. The mega-cap six stocks now trade at 40x expected free cash flow versus their historical discount to the market. The manager emphasizes that despite strong business fundamentals, rich valuations create problematic risk/reward profiles when substantial optimism is already priced in. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jul 13, 2023 | Distillate Capital Small/Mid Cap Quality & Value | 0.0% | 5.6% | AAP, AAPL, ABBV, AMZN, AN, APA, AVGO, BLDR, CVS, FTNT, GOOGL, HIBB, JBL, META, MSFT, NVDA, OC, SMCI, TOL, TSLA, VSCO | free cash flow, Leverage, Outperformance, Quality, Russell 2000, small caps, value | Manager emphasizes avoiding expensive megacap stocks and focusing on attractively valued companies with strong fundamentals. The strategy targets stocks with high free cash flow yields while avoiding the richly valued largest stocks that are depressing overall market valuations. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Apr 14, 2023 | Distillate Capital International | 0.0% | 10.9% | 005930.KS, AAP, AAPL, ADBE, AKER.OL, AMX, AMZN, AN, APA, BABA, BLDR, BTI, CE, CI, CVS, FIS, FTNT, GOOGL, ITX.MC, JBL, JD.L, JNJ, MC.PA, META, MO, MSFT, NVDA, PHM, PM, PRG, ROG.SW, SMOORE, SWKS, TMUS, TSLA, UNH, V, WRK, WU | Banking, international, Leverage, Quality, rates, selectivity, value | Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed due to maturity mismatches and deposit flight, while Credit Suisse was forced into a UBS sale. Banking pressures highlight risks from high leverage and potential further distress in commercial real estate lending. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Apr 14, 2023 | Distillate Capital Small/Mid Cap Quality & Value | 0.0% | 5.6% | 005930.KS, AAP, AAPL, ADBE, AMX, AMZN, AN, APA, BABA, BLDR, BTI, CE, CI, CVS, FIS, FTNT, GOOGL, ITX.MC, JBL, JD.L, JNJ, MC.PA, META, MO, MSFT, NVDA, PHM, PM, PRG, ROG.SW, SWKS, TMUS, TSLA, UNH, V, WRK, WU | Banking, free cash flow, Leverage, Quality, small caps, value | Distillate focuses on investing in diversified portfolios of stocks that are attractively valued on free cash flows. The strategy achieves a 9.7% free cash flow to enterprise value yield, substantially higher than Russell 2000 benchmarks. Wide valuation dispersions in small/mid cap space create opportunities through selectivity. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Alluvium Global Fund | - | - | 005930.KS, AEM, AN, BABA, CHTR, CPRI, DKS, GOOGL, HCA, HRB, LBRDK, LMR.TO, LMT, LYB, MCK, PAG1.L, RHI, RYAAY, THO, UMG.AS, V | global, healthcare, tariffs, technology, uncertainty, value | Trump's tariff policies are creating significant uncertainty across portfolio companies, with managers unable to make investment plans due to constantly changing directives. Canadian companies like Linamar are particularly exposed, while broader implications affect auto dealers, recreational vehicle producers, and other businesses with international supply chains. | THO RHI MCK BABA |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 31, 2025 | Alluvium Global Fund | - | - | 005930.KS, AN, BABA, CHTR, DKS, GOOGL, GPI, HCA, HRB, LMT, LNR.TO, LYB, MA, MCK, RYAAY, THO, V | Airlines, Automotive, healthcare, payments, policy, technology, Trump, value | The fund maintains a value-oriented approach, seeking businesses trading below intrinsic value. The manager discusses the long-term performance divergence between growth and value stocks, noting that growth has outperformed value significantly over recent years but maintains their disciplined value philosophy regardless of market trends. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 27, 2024 | Horizon Kinetics | 0.0% | 0.0% | AAPL, ADM, AMD, AMZN, AN, AVGO, BCHG, BMS.L, CKN.L, CRM, EXP, GBTC, GOOGL, MSFT, NVDA, ORCL, PAG, QCOM, TPL, TSLA | BRICS, China, commodities, crypto, Indexation, inflation, technology, valuation | Bitcoin ETF approval represents institutional acceptance and convergence with traditional financial system. Flash loans and lending markets create new revenue opportunities for ETF providers. Bitcoin Cash offers leveraged exposure to cryptocurrency appreciation potential. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Black Bear Value Partners | AutoNation | Consumer Discretionary | Automotive Retail | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Automotive Retail, Equity, Free Cash Flow, Omni Channel, Parts, Razor-razorblade, Service, Share Buybacks, US | View Pitch |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Fund Letters | Stuart Pearce | AutoNation, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Specialty Stores | Bull | NYSE | Auto retail, cash flow, Cyclicals, Re-rating, valuation | View Pitch |
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