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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q3 | Sep 30, 2025 | TCW Concentrated Large Cap Growth Fund | 4.1% | 12.6% | ADBE, ANET, ETN, GOOG, NOW, SHOP, SPOT | AI, Capex, Platforms, productivity, technology | The fund commentary highlights artificial intelligence as a dominant secular driver of capex, productivity, and earnings growth across large-cap equities. Hyperscaler investment, software platform adoption, and data center buildouts are reshaping competitive dynamics and margin structures. AI is viewed as early in its growth curve despite near-term volatility and valuation risks. | View | |
| 2022 Q2 | Jul 21, 2022 | Kovitz Core Equity Strategy | -18.5% | -22.5% | ADI, ANET, C, CHTR, CVET, DLTR, ICE, KMX, PCAR, PWR | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 18, 2025 | Bailard Technology Strategy | 23.0% | 11.5% | ANET, AVGO, GOOG, NVDA | innovation, productivity, semiconductors, software, technology | The commentary centers on long-term technology adoption despite short-term volatility driven by rates and macro uncertainty. The strategy focuses on software, semiconductors, and digital infrastructure benefiting from productivity gains and secular demand. Innovation cycles are viewed as durable drivers of earnings growth. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 7, 2025 | Sandhill Investment Management | - | - | ANET, TT | Balance Sheet Strength, Corporate Bonds, Market Volatility, quality equities, tariffs | The April 2025 newsletter discusses sharp market declines following U.S. tariff announcements, noting the fifth-worst two-day drop since 1950 and highlighting that historically such extreme fear periods have been followed by strong multi-year returns. Sandhill entered the year with elevated cash levels and has redeployed capital into high-quality companies such as J.P. Morgan, Arista Networks and Trane Technologies, emphasizing balance sheet strength and low leverage amid uncertainty. With bonds once again serving as portfolio stabilizers due to normalized interest rates and short duration positioning, the firm frames volatility as an opportunity for disciplined long-term investors. | TT |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 21, 2025 | Kovitz Core Equity Strategy | -2.3% | -2.3% | ADBE, ADI, AMZN, ANET, ASHTY, BRK/A, DGE LN, GOOG, ICE, JPM, MSFT, PM | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q1 | Apr 18, 2023 | Kovitz Core Equity Strategy | 9.1% | 9.1% | ANET, AXP, GOOG, J, KEYS, LVS, META, PM, PPG, PWR | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Deep Sail Capital Partners | 0.0% | 0.0% | ANET | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Platinum International Technology Fund | -10.0% | -10.0% | ANET, NVDA | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q1 | Mar 24, 2023 | Andrew Hill Investment Advisors, Inc. | - | - | AAPL, ANET, DE, GRMN, LECO, MRK, MSFT, ULTA, V, VRTX | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 20, 2026 | Tall Oak Capital Advisors | 0.0% | 0.0% | AAPL, AEM, ANET, AVGO, BABA, CCJ, CNQ.TO, EDV, EQT, GEV, GOOGL, MELI, MRK, MS, MSFT, NRG, PAAS, PANW, PH, SHOP.TO | AI, Automation, Critical Minerals, diversification, Energy Transition, Industrial Policy, Supply Chain, technology | Industrial automation has become a strategic necessity rather than a cost optimization tool in a multipolar world. FANUC exemplifies this trend as a global leader in factory robots and CNC systems that support re-shoring and friend-shoring while maintaining productivity. The company's technology underpins manufacturing across automotive, electronics, semiconductors, and precision machinery with systems that remain in place for decades. Materials have re-emerged as strategically important rather than purely cyclical as supply chains are re-engineered and infrastructure investment accelerates. Holdings like Pan American Silver and Southern Copper provide exposure to precious metals and copper demand driven by electrification, grid expansion, electric vehicles, and data-centre infrastructure. Supply growth remains constrained by long development timelines while demand continues rising. AI-related stocks remained a key market driver with companies most directly tied to AI infrastructure and monetization delivering the strongest results. The Magnificent Seven continued to dominate markets, accounting for roughly half of the S&P 500's total return. Capital investment remained elevated with spending concentrated in data centres, semiconductors, energy infrastructure, and automation. Governments and corporations are prioritizing re-shoring and friend-shoring, placing greater emphasis on supply-chain resilience across technology, manufacturing, energy infrastructure, and critical minerals. Rather than reversing globalization, supply chains are being re-engineered around strategic alignment and political reliability. This shift is influencing how and where capital is deployed globally. The transition toward renewable energy and electrification continues to drive investment in grid expansion, energy storage, and power infrastructure. Holdings like GE Vernova benefit from rising power and infrastructure demands tied to AI and electrification. Energy has become a strategic asset to fuel the growth of AI and support industrial competitiveness through low, stable energy costs. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Baron Opportunity Fund | 11.9% | 39.9% | ANET, CYBR, LPLA, MSFT, NARI, NVDA, TSLA, VKTX | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Artisan Global Discovery | 2.7% | 16.1% | ANET, GALD SW, GXI GR, MNDY, MPWR, MTSI, NZM GR, ON, PSTG, SGE LN | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 19, 2024 | Andrew Hill Investment Advisors, Inc. | - | - | AAPL, AMZN, ANET, CEG, GEV, GRMN, GS, JPM, MSFT, NVDA | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q3 | Nov 8, 2025 | Baron Opportunity Fund | 5.4% | 14.2% | ANET, AVGO, HTFL, IT, NVDA, PAR, SNPS, SPOT, TEAM, TSLA, TTD | AI, Cloud, compute, innovation, semiconductors | The fund notes unprecedented AI-driven capital spending, including multigigawatt compute commitments and expanding TAM projections across software, semiconductors, and cloud. Managers evaluate AI through multiple vectorscommercial displacement, labor transformation, and innovation accelerationwhile emphasizing real monetization pathways. AI remains the dominant secular growth engine shaping portfolio construction and opportunity assessment. | PAR IT TTD AVGO TSLA NVDA FFBC NEE |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 28, 2025 | BBH Select Series – Mid Cap Fund | -0.9% | -1.8% | ANET, BFAM, BJ, BRKR, FOUR, GLOB, ITT, WMS | Artificial Intelligence, Intrinsic Value, Life Sciences, Quality, tariffs | The fund underperformed due to an AI-driven speculative rally favoring unprofitable firms and headwinds from tariffs and reduced life science funding. Management highlighted holdings like Arista Networks and Advanced Drainage as strong performers benefiting from AI infrastructure and sustainable earnings growth. Despite near-term challenges, BBH maintains a disciplined focus on quality, profitability, and intrinsic value to navigate speculative market excesses. | BJ UN ITT UN BRKR UN GLOB UN FOUR UN WMS UN ANET UN BJ UN ITT UN BRKR UN GLOB UN FOUR UN WMS UN ANET UN |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 15, 2025 | Madison Sustainable Equity Fund | 6.5% | 8.2% | AMZN, ANET, COST, GOOG, LLY, ORCL, PLAN CN, TEL, TJX, TXN, V | Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Esg, sustainability, technology | Madison underscores the integration of AI and sustainability within high-quality, large-cap equities. It highlights Oracle, Alphabet, Arista, and TE Connectivity as key beneficiaries of AI infrastructure growth and cloud expansion, while emphasizing ESG leadership at firms like Amazon, Microsoft, and Linde. The funds outlook favors technology and communication services, expecting AI adoption and sustainability initiatives to drive multi-year earnings growth. | TJX TEL ANET GOOGL ORCL |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 11, 2025 | Torre Financial | 1.7% | 6.5% | ADBE, AMD, AMZN, ANET, ASML, CRM, FDS, GOOGL, INTU, MELI, META, MSFT, NVDA, ORCL, TMO, TSM | AI, growth, large cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology, US | AI-related capex spend is boosting the stock market with hyperscalers spending nearly $450 billion in 2025. The AI economy including semiconductors, energy, and data center construction have been clear winners while the rest of the market has struggled. Many large AI infrastructure deals have been announced, benefiting companies like Nvidia, OpenAI, Oracle, and AMD. Semiconductor companies have been major beneficiaries of AI spending. TSMC is described as undisputedly the best semiconductor foundry making chips for Nvidia, Google, and Meta. ASML is highlighted as the only company building critical EUV lithography machines needed for the most advanced chips. Cloud infrastructure and data center companies have outperformed significantly. Arista Networks provides high-performance networking solutions required for data centers and is displacing Cisco. The portfolio maintains exposure to cloud themes within a balanced approach. The manager emphasizes investing in very strong, proven businesses with attractive business models. All portfolio companies exhibit strong returns on capital, competitive advantages, and durable growth. The portfolio has higher ROIC, superior margins, and stronger balance sheets compared to the S&P 500. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 7, 2026 | ClearBridge Investments Large Cap Growth Strategy | 1.2% | 0.0% | ACN, ADBE, ANET, AVGO, CMG, DDOG, EQIX, ETN, GOOGL, ISRG, LLY, MRVL, NVDA, ORCL, PLTR, SBUX, TMO, UNH, VRTX, WDAY | AI, growth, healthcare, large cap, momentum, semiconductors, technology, underperformance | AI spending exceeded expectations with hyperscalers accelerating capex, emergence of OpenAI and Anthropic as major spending sources, and Alphabet selling custom AI chips to competitors. The managers acknowledge underestimating AI spending magnitude and are repositioning with purchases of Broadcom, Marvell Technology, Datadog and Oracle while exiting lower-conviction AI plays. Cloud infrastructure remains central to AI deployment with data center operators like Equinix positioned as later-stage beneficiaries. Oracle's cloud business represents significant upside potential despite current market skepticism, with the company having a large backlog of signed contracts and generating free cash flow. Semiconductor exposure through Nvidia has been a top holding since 2018, with additional positioning in Broadcom for custom silicon chips and Marvell Technology. The managers regret not scaling positions more aggressively in semiconductor beneficiaries during the AI-driven rally. Healthcare positioning was repositioned with purchases of high-quality biotechnology company Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which was a leading contributor in Q4. The managers exited Eli Lilly too early before GLP-1 reimbursement deals and oral treatment readouts drove shares higher. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 30, 2026 | BBH Select Series – Mid Cap Fund | -3.9% | -5.6% | ANET, ATR, BJ, BRO, CBRE, DAR, ENTG, FOUR, GFL, GWRE, GXO, HEI.A, ICLR, ITT, KEYS, LPLA, MCW, NVR, TTWO, TW, ULS, VMC, WH, WMS, WSC, WSO, WST, ZBRA | AI, fundamentals, Intrinsic Value, mid cap, profitability, Quality, technology, value | AI-related demand is driving the fastest growth in Keysight's wireline business and represented approximately 10% of Keysight total revenue in 2025. The enthusiasm for artificial intelligence driving enormous capital expenditures in associated infrastructure has been a key catalyst for the low-quality rally. Keysight is extremely well positioned to benefit from ongoing technology innovation across the wireless, networking, and semiconductor markets. The fund focuses on high-quality, profitable companies and avoids speculative ventures. Portfolio companies have grown revenues and EBITDA by 10% and 11% over the last twelve months, respectively, compared to 5% and 4% for the Index. The portfolio enjoys superior operating margins and return on equity of 20% and 17%, compared to 12% and 15% for the Index. The fund was trading at 82% of underlying intrinsic value estimates on a weighted-average basis as of December 31, 2025. The manager seeks to invest at a discount to intrinsic value to establish a margin of safety and mitigate the potential for permanent capital loss. While willing to pay a reasonable valuation multiple premium for quality, the focus remains on attractive valuations. | GWRE FOUR KEYS DAR |
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| Q4 2025 | Jan 3, 2026 | Torre Financial | 1.9% | 8.5% | ADBE, AMZN, ANET, ASML, CRM, FDS, GOOGL, LLY, META, MSFT, NVDA, PYPL, TSM, UBER, UNH | AI, competition, growth, healthcare, Quality, technology, value | The race for AI has drawn in technology companies and nation states, with massive capital spending from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI driving Nvidia to become the first 5 trillion market cap company. The US has launched the Genesis Mission to ensure America wins the AI race, while China has shown innovation with DeepSeek. The portfolio focuses on strong, proven businesses with attractive business models, exhibiting strong returns on capital, competitive advantages, and durable growth. High quality, cash-flowing companies were not particularly sought after in 2025, with many high quality compounders selling off significantly. Eli Lilly's performance was propelled by their GLP-1 offerings and promising pipeline, contributing to the portfolio's top performers in 2025. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 27, 2026 | Giverny Capital Asset Management | 0.0% | 12.6% | ALGN, ANET, CACC, CSU.TO, FERG, FI, GOOGL, HEI, HWKN, IBP, JPM, KGIC, KMX, MA, MEDP, META, SCHW, TSM, TWFG, WSO | AI, HVAC, insurance, Quality, small caps, technology, value | Manager discusses AI's transformative potential while noting uncertainty around returns on massive infrastructure investments. Believes AI won't displace portfolio companies like HVAC distributors and insurance companies, which may gain efficiency advantages. Compares current AI buildout to historical railroad and telecom infrastructure booms where users benefited more than builders. Portfolio is significantly overweight smaller companies with 45% in companies below $54 billion market cap versus 12.5% for the S&P 500. Manager believes these market leaders in niche areas will outperform over time despite recent underperformance relative to mega-cap tech stocks. Manager emphasizes owning high-performing businesses with strong earnings growth and capital returns. Notes the S&P Quality Index underperformed in 2025 but believes quality usually wins in the end. Recent portfolio upgrades focused on improving returns on capital, earnings growth and management quality. | FISV CACC KMX ALGN WSO KNSL SCHW ANET |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 22, 2026 | NewBridge Large Cap Growth Equity | 6.7% | 32.1% | ADBE, AMZN, ANET, AVGO, CELH, CSGP, GOOGL, LLY, MCK, META, MPWR, MSFT, NFLX, NOW, NVDA, RDDT, TSLA, TW, UBER, V, VRT, ZTS | Fed, fundamentals, growth, large cap, Quality, rates, technology, Trump | The portfolio benefits from AI-related opportunities through companies like Reddit, which has secured deals with high-profile AI/LLM leaders including Google and OpenAI. These partnerships are driving user base growth and advertiser interest as Reddit leverages its data for AI use cases. Vertiv Holdings was a standout performer during the quarter as it continues to benefit from large tech companies' intentions to increase data center capacity. The company is well-positioned for the ongoing data center expansion trend. The portfolio maintained its high-growth, high-quality mandate with 98% allocated to Emerging Growth and Established Growth companies. Growth factors were the best performing quantitative factors during the quarter, including Estimated Long-term Growth, Sales Growth, and Composite Growth. The portfolio includes significant exposure to cloud infrastructure and services companies that reported strong quarterly results. These companies benefit from continued digital transformation and enterprise cloud adoption trends. | CELH RDDT TW |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | Platinum International Technology Fund | 0.0% | 13.0% | AMD, AMZN, ANET, ASML, AVGO, CPNG, ENR.DE, GEV, ISRG, LRCX, MA, MSFT, NVDA, RHM.DE, SAP, SHOP, TSM, UBER, VEEV, VRT | AI, Capex, Data centers, defense, energy, growth, semiconductors, technology | AI disruption is reshaping consumer internet companies and hyperscalers as OpenAI's growth shifts attention from traditional platforms. The industry remains in an arms race to secure capacity for training larger models, funded by big tech balance sheets. AI agents threaten existing paradigms in consumer tech and could cannibalize advertising revenues while potentially making platforms commoditized. Around a third of the Fund is invested in companies benefiting from AI datacenter buildout including Nvidia and Vertiv. The manager expects big tech capex growth of ~35% year-on-year is too conservative, with TSMC AI wafers revenue growing ~60% YoY and advanced packaging capacity growing ~70% YoY. Lower interest rates and AI's role in US-China competition could prolong this cycle. Semiconductor names like TSMC and Lam Research were key contributors this quarter, reflecting expectations that new capacity will be needed in 2026 to support AI compute growth. TSMC is viewed as a key bottleneck in the AI value chain as the only company who can make leading edge AI chips at scale. The fund initiated positions in Siemens Energy and GE Vernova, both sitting in an oligopoly supplying combined-cycle gas turbines to utilities and data centers. With US power shortages and rising electricity prices, both companies are expected to add capacity, driving volumes and margins above consensus. Five percent of the Fund is invested in defense companies such as Rheinmetall and Exosense. The manager sees the beginning of a decade-long capex cycle driven by multi-polar geopolitics, the emerging need to integrate disparate hardware systems, and the growth of AI applications in unmanned system platforms. | 2330 TT VEEV TSM UBER J |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | -1.2% | 1.8% | ACGL, ANET, AOS, APH, BRO, CDW, EXPD, FND, LBRDA, MCHP, MKSI, MSA, PCAR, ROST, TDY, TECH, TREX, TTAN, WAT, WRB | AI, financials, industrials, mid cap, Quality, technology, value | The fund focuses on high-quality, highly profitable, durable businesses with shareholder-oriented management teams selling below intrinsic value assessments. This quality-focused approach has historically provided strong long-term performance despite being temporarily out of favor in speculative market environments. Several portfolio companies are benefiting from AI-related applications and data center spending. MKS's Electronics and Packaging business shows accelerating growth partly due to AI applications, while Amphenol's IT/Datacom business produces spectacular organic growth driven by AI-related data center spending. | MCHP MSA AOS TTAN BIO ROST |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 10, 2025 | Sandhill Investment Management | - | - | ANET, CDNS, HUBB, ISRG, JPM, NOW, PANW, SPXC, TT | Inflation Risk, Investment Grade Bonds, Market Concentration, quality growth, Valuation discipline | The newsletter underscores a continued focus on high-quality U.S. equities with durable competitive advantages, while acknowledging elevated market concentration and valuations near historical extremes that warrant caution. Sandhill highlights disciplined positioning with increased cash levels, short-duration investment grade bonds, and selective rotation into companies such as J.P. Morgan, Arista Networks and Trane Technologies amid volatility. Looking into 2025, inflation risks, fiscal imbalances and expensive equity multiples frame a backdrop of heightened volatility, reinforcing an emphasis on balance sheet strength and valuation discipline. | JPM |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Artisan Mid Cap Fund | 2.4% | 6.6% | ANET, ARGX, CCC, CELH, CMG, EXAS, FIVE, INSM, LSCC, MRVL, MTSI, POOL, RBLX, SPOT, TYL, WST | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 15, 2025 | Giverny Capital Asset Management | -3.4% | -3.4% | AAON, ALL, ANET, FIVE, KMX, KNSL, LMN CN, MEDP, PGR, TWFG | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q1 | Apr 14, 2023 | Madison Mid Cap Fund | 7.2% | 12.4% | ANET, BKI, CPRT, CSL, FND, GBCI, IT, PCAR, ROST, WRB | - | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Mar 28, 2026 | Substack | Monopolistic Investor | Arista Networks | Technology | Networking Equipment | Bear | New York Stock Exchange | AI clusters, Arista Networks, competitive landscape, financial health, growth expectations, insider activity, network switches, Pricing power, revenue concentration, Service revenue | View Pitch |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Fund Letters | David M. Poppe | Arista Networks Inc. | Information Technology | Networking Equipment | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | AI, data centers, hyperscalers, Networking, Software | View Pitch |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Fund Letters | Maya Bittar | Arista Networks Inc. | Information Technology | Communications Equipment | Bull | NYSE | AI, data centers, growth, guidance, infrastructure, Margins, Networking | View Pitch |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Fund Letters | Rich Eisinger | Arista Networks Inc. | Information Technology | Communications Equipment | Bull | NYSE | AI, data centers, enterprise, growth, Margins, Networking | View Pitch |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Fund Letters | Ronald Baron, Michael Baron | Arista Networks, Inc. | Information Technology | Cloud data center networking | Bull | NYSE | AI infrastructure, buybacks, Cloud networking, Ethernet switches, Free Cash Flow, hyperscalers, Margins, secular growth | View Pitch |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Value Investors Club | Deepsailcap | Arista Networks, Inc. | Information Technology | Communications Equipment | Bull | NYSE | AI infrastructure, AI networking, data centers, InfiniBand, secular growth, Ultra Ethernet | View Pitch |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha | Arista Networks Inc. | Computer Hardware | Bull | AI infrastructure, Broadcom partnership, CapEx surge, competitive moat, EOS for AI, growth prospects, hyperscalers, market dynamics, networking switches, valuation risks | View Pitch | ||
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | JR Research | Arista Networks Inc. | Information Technology | Computer Hardware | Neutral | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Uttam Dey | Arista Networks | Information Technology | Computer Hardware | Bull | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | The Alpha Analyst | Arista Networks | Information Technology | Computer Hardware | Bull | NYSE | — | 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 |
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