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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 15, 2025 | GreensKeeper Value Fund | - | -3.6% | AXP, BRK/A, CFR SW, FI, GOOG, NVO | capital preservation, Discipline, risk taking, Speculation, valuation excess | The letter warns of rising speculative behavior marked by frothy valuations, renewed risk-taking, and investor complacency. Management stresses that such environments historically reward patience and discipline rather than momentum chasing. The fund positions itself to protect capital and deploy aggressively when fear eventually returns. | CFR SW GOOGL AXP |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | The Gabelli Equity Income Fund | 5.3% | - | AXP, CR | asset value, catalysts, dividends, equity income, valuation | The commentary highlights equity income opportunities created by valuation dispersion and corporate actions. Management focuses on businesses with sustainable dividends, asset value support, and catalysts such as spin-offs or balance sheet repair. Income and capital appreciation are pursued simultaneously. | CR AXP |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 8, 2025 | GreensKeeper Value Fund | 3.0% | 3.0% | AXP, BRK/B, CHKP. ELV, GOOG, ICLR, VRTX | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 25, 2024 | GreensKeeper Value Fund | 4.7% | 16.7% | AXP, BRK/A, MRK, SPGI | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 2, 2024 | WestEnd Capital | 18.2% | 18.2% | AXP, BA, NVDA, TSM | Artificial Intelligence, Data centers, earnings momentum, quality growth, Semiconductor Growth | The quarter review highlights continued leadership from profitable technology companies, especially Nvidia and semiconductor-related beneficiaries of AI infrastructure expansion. WestEnd stresses that earnings acceleration, free cash flow strength, and disciplined capital allocation differentiate the current AI cycle from prior speculative bubbles. Portfolio positioning remains concentrated in companies driving cloud, data center, and semiconductor growth while actively managing risk through selective trimming and exits. | BA AXP TSM NVDA |
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| 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 Q4 | Mar 1, 2026 | Berkshire Hathaway | - | 10.9% | 8001.T, 8002.T, 8031.T, 8053.T, 8058.T, AAPL, AXP, KHC, KO, MCO, OXY | Capital Allocation, energy, Float, insurance, Quality, Railroads, Underwriting, value | Berkshire's insurance operations generated pre-tax underwriting gains and grew float to $176 billion. The combined ratio of 87.1% across property and casualty businesses was exceptional. However, increased competition and rising claim cost trends may pressure future earnings. BNSF improved operating margin to 34.5% from 32.0% through operational improvements and efficiency gains. The railroad generated $8.1 billion in net operating cash flows and returned $4.4 billion in dividends to Berkshire. BHE operates regulated utilities serving 5.4 million customers and natural gas pipelines. The business faces significant investment needs driven by AI computing demand and wildfire risk mitigation, particularly in the Western U.S. Berkshire maintains its disciplined approach to capital allocation, seeking businesses with durable advantages and long-term economic prospects. The company holds over $370 billion in cash and U.S. Treasury holdings as dry powder for opportunities. The company emphasizes investing in businesses with excellent economics, durable competitive advantages, and high-integrity management. This quality focus is evident in concentrated equity holdings and operating business acquisitions. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 8, 2026 | SGA – U.S. Large Cap Growth | 0.2% | 3.0% | AAPL, AMZN, ARM, AVGO, AXP, COO, CRM, DHR, GOOGL, GWW, INTU, META, MSFT, NFLX, NKE, NOW, SPGI, V, WM, YUM | AI, growth, large cap, momentum, Quality, semiconductors, valuation | AI capital expenditures are expected to moderate due to structural constraints including power availability, skilled labor shortages, and capital availability. Hyperscaler CapEx spending has reached historically high proportions of revenues and operating cash flows. The most attractive long-term AI opportunities reside with businesses building long-term value rather than companies exposed to cyclical swings. 2025 was characterized by extreme momentum dynamics with capital flowing into immediate winners while perceived losers saw unprecedented pressure. Market leadership concentrated in lower-quality, speculative, and cyclically sensitive stocks. The momentum trade has been exceptionally profitable short-term but timing the inevitable reversal remains challenging. Quality growth companies with stable fundamentals have seen relative valuations plummet to lowest levels in decades while cyclicals trade at historically high levels. The portfolio focuses on reliable and durable growth companies with lower variability that continue to compound earnings and cash flows attractively despite not being rewarded by the market currently. Semiconductor and AI capital equipment stocks were among market darlings, buoyed by massive AI infrastructure spending. However, purely cyclical sectors exposed to hyperscaler CapEx growth rates will have a shorter runway of growth left as further upward growth revisions become challenging. | ALC YUM IT META MSFT ARM AVGO CRM COO GOOG |
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| 2024 Q4 | Feb 6, 2025 | Bretton Fund | -1.0% | 20.3% | AXP, AZO, GOOG, MSFT, NVR, TJX | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 20, 2026 | Aquamarine Fund | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1211.HK, AXP, BAC, BRK-A, EXO.MI, IEX.NS, MA, MC.PA, MCO, NESN.SW, RACE | Compounding, global, Health, large cap, liquidation, Quality, value | The manager emphasizes shifting toward durable, time-friendly compounders where time is our friend and the range of outcomes runs from decent to superb with very low chance of permanent loss. He focuses on companies that can rinse, repeat, and grind through, moving away from binary outcomes toward inevitable businesses. The portfolio review demonstrates a value-oriented approach, learning from masters like Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. The manager reverse-engineered thinking from successful value investors and applied similar principles to find undervalued companies with strong fundamentals across various markets. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 12, 2026 | Bretton Fund | 1.4% | 11.6% | AXP, AZO, BAC, BRK-B, DFH, EXP, GOOGL, JPM, MA, MCO, MSFT, NVR, PGR, ROST, RVTY, SPGI, TJX, UNH, UNP, V | AI, Banking, consumer, financials, Housing, technology, value | The fund views the overall market as fairly elevated but not in bubble territory regarding AI, though some parts of the AI craze appear bubble-like. Alphabet's AI chatbot Gemini exceeded expectations and was on par with leading AI models, contributing significantly to performance. The managers are comfortable missing out on highly speculative AI investments while focusing on long-term value. Banks had a strong year due to increased lending, reduced regulation, and moderately high interest rates. American Express cardholders continue spending with high payment rates, while the Platinum Card remains desirable despite competition. Credit and banking environment remained strong throughout the period. Off-price retailers TJX and Ross returned to form after struggling during post-Covid inflation, with strong stock performance. AutoZone faced challenges navigating tariff impacts on earnings, though the consolidated auto parts retail market historically passes through price increases. Consumer spending patterns showed resilience in certain segments. Housing investments had a weak year as high interest rates and hopes for lower rates left potential buyers on the sidelines. Home builders initially held up well when rates first rose in 2022, but continued high rates eventually impacted demand. The managers expect pent-up housing demand to eventually drive performance once the market unfreezes. | RVTY GOOG UNH |
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| 2024 Q4 | Feb 11, 2025 | Artemis Global Select Fund (converted to Artemis SmartGARP Global Smaller Companies Fund on October 6, 2025) | 2.7% | 10.1% | 6861 JP, AXP, FI, NVO CN, TSM, WFC | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Dec 31, 2025 | Fortress – Fixed Income Fund | 0.6% | 5.5% | 005930.KS, 0700.HK, 1288.HK, 1585.HK, 1878.T, 2318.HK, 392.HK, 3968.HK, 6920.T, 8035.T, 916.HK, ACN, AMAT, AXP, BABA, BBDO, BNZL.L, BRK.B, BTI, CHTR, FMC, GMEXICOB.MX, GRMN, HSY, ITUB, IX, JNJ, LOGI, MC.PA, MRK, NTES, NVO, ORLY, PDD, PHM, ROG.SW, SBS, SNA, TSM, UNH, VALE, VRTX, WKL | AI, Bonds, emerging markets, healthcare, international, technology, Trade Policy, value | Artificial intelligence remained the primary focus for investors in U.S. markets, driving strength in technology names while masking moderation in other economic areas. The AI investment boom continued to power corporate capital expenditures and supply growth, though consumer confidence readings suggest potential underlying softness that could emerge if AI investment moderates. The manager sees excellent value opportunities globally, particularly in international and emerging markets despite strong recent performance. U.S. healthcare and consumer staples have been left behind by the AI frenzy and trade at appealing valuations. Portfolio companies show attractive price/earnings ratios with meaningful long-term return potential. Recent tariff policies continued to negatively impact U.S. consumers and companies throughout the year. However, international companies have been finding new trade arrangements and growth opportunities, benefiting from shifts in global trade patterns as the new U.S. administration alters terms of international cooperation. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Dec 31, 2025 | Green Ash Partners | - | - | 6954.T, 9984.T, AENA.MC, AIR.PA, AMZN, ASML, AXP, FER.MC, FTC.L, FWONK, GE, MA, MSFT, NG, PNG.TO, SAF.PA, SATS, TSLA, TSM, V | Hedge, Leverage, Monopolistic, Quality, SpaceX, special situations | The fund has high conviction exposure at close to 20% of NAV to SpaceX through holdings in Echostar and Filtronic, both publicly listed proxies for SpaceX. The manager published a white paper on these holdings titled SpaceX the Central Bank of the Space Economy and Its Public-Market Proxies. SpaceX represents an earlier stage monopolistic business with attractive growth rates and durable moats. The manager notes that the AI era helps accelerate deep dive research even further, emboldening their advantage in capturing market inefficiency time windows. AI enables the fund to significantly increase the velocity of deep dive research and associated capital allocation decisions. The fund focuses on high barriers to entry, monopolistic, high quality compounding stocks as an engine backing their approach. The manager specifically limits selections to monopolistic businesses, whether long established or earlier in their lifecycle where durable moats exist but are only identifiable through rigorous research. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Dec 31, 2023 | Aquamarine Fund | - | 18.7% | 1211 HK, AAPL, AMZN, AXP, BABA, BAC, BARK/A, CRISIL IN, GOOG, MA, META, MSFT, RACE IM, SRG | - | View | ||
| 2022 Q4 | Dec 31, 2022 | Aquamarine Fund | - | -21.0% | 1211 HK, AXP, BAC, BRK/A, CDLX, CVNA, GOOG, IEX IN, MKL, NESN SW, OXY, RACE IM, ROKU, SNOW, SQ, TSLA | - | View | ||
| 2021 Q4 | Dec 31, 2021 | Aquamarine Fund | - | 23.8% | 1211 HK, AAPL, AMZN, AXP, BAC, BRK/A, FDJ FP, GOOG, IEX IN, MA, MSFT, NESN SW, NET, TSLA, WE, ZM | - | View | ||
| 2020 Q4 | Dec 31, 2020 | Aquamarine Fund | - | 11.3% | 1211 HK, AMZN, AVB, AXP, BAC, BRK/A, GME, MA, NESN SW, NGLX, RACE IM, SRG, STLA | - | View | ||
| 2018 Q4 | Dec 31, 2018 | Aquamarine Fund | - | -13.3% | AAPL, AMZN, AXP, BAC, BRK/A, COST, DUFF, GM, GOOG, JPM, RACE IM, TSLA | - | View | ||
| 2014 Q4 | Dec 31, 2014 | Aquamarine Fund | - | 5.5% | AXP, BRK/A, C, ENLC, GOOG, META, NTRS, UBSG SW | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 28, 2024 | Parnassus Value Equity Fund | 7.3% | 13.7% | AMZN, AXP, BIIB, BK, CBRE, CHTR, DHI, GOOG, INTC, MU, ORCL, PGR, SCHW, UNH | - | View | ||
| 2022 Q3 | Oct 21, 2022 | Bretton Fund | 10.0% | 0.0% | AMNF, AXP, AZO, BRK/A, DFH, GOOG, JPM, MA, MCO, MSFT, NVR, PGR, PKI, PRK, ROST, SPGI, TJX, UNH, UNP, V | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q3 | Oct 20, 2023 | Bretton Fund | 10.0% | 0.0% | AXP, GOOG | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 17, 2024 | Kovitz Core Equity Strategy | 6.9% | 28.7% | AAPL, ADI, AMAT, AXP, BRK/A, DLTR, FI, GM, HAS, J, JPM, KEYS, MSI, PCAR, SCHW, SPOT, UNH | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q3 | Oct 17, 2023 | Kovitz Core Equity Strategy | -3.0% | 14.8% | AXP, BX, DGE LN, DIS, EXPE, HAS, KEYS, KMX, PM | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 10, 2024 | GreensKeeper Value Fund | 4.7% | 16.7% | AXP, BRK/A, FI, GOOG, MRK | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 30, 2026 | Unison Asset Management | 0.0% | 0.0% | AAPL, AMAT, AXP, BAC, BRK-B, CDW, DE, ELV, GOOGL, JPM, LMT, META, NOC, NU, NVDA, ONON, TSLA, TSM, UNH, WFC | AI, Cloud, Long Term, semiconductors, technology, value | AI continues to assert itself across markets and the real economy in ways that demand to be addressed. The race is for AGI, with wealth accruing to whoever reaches it first. Big Tech's AI spending accounts for roughly 90% of corporate capex and contributes an estimated half of total U.S. GDP growth in 2025. TSMC represents a durable bottleneck in the infrastructure layer—the point of least slack in the global silicon supply chain. All roads lead to TSMC, with approximately 67% share of global foundry revenue and roughly 90% share of leading-edge nodes. Alphabet's cloud business made meaningful progress with revenue expected to reach approximately $57 billion (+32% YoY), while operating profit is projected to nearly double. Revenue backlog is growing faster than reported revenue, underscoring the persistent supply-demand imbalance. By designing proprietary silicon and committing to capital outlays for data centers on a financial scale attainable by only a handful of nation-states, these firms have constructed a physical moat that is, for all practical purposes, unreplicable. On Holding represents a play on the growing scarcity of the real. As digital marketing becomes commoditized and AI floods the world with generic content, value migrates toward physical community and technical prestige. On is selling membership in a curated, physical ecosystem that AI cannot replicate. | AMRZ HOLN SW NU ONON BRK.B TSM GOOGL |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 26, 2026 | Davis Financial Fund | 0.0% | 29.3% | AXP, BAER.SW, BK, BRK-A, CB, COF, D05.SI, DIS, FI, FITB, JPM, MKL, PNC, RE, RKT, RNR, USB, WFC | Banking, capital, financials, insurance, regulation, returns, value | Banks continue to represent the majority of holdings with strong tailwinds across credit, spreads, expenses, and regulation. Interest spreads have begun widening as fixed rate assets roll over at higher yields, revealing attractive economics of low-cost deposit franchises. Many banks are generating returns on tangible equity in the mid-to-high teens with management targets suggesting sustainability in the medium term. Capital markets firms were among the drivers of S&P Financials Index performance and contributed to fund outperformance. The regulatory environment has been moving in a favorable direction with capital rules being finalized that are far less onerous than under the prior administration. Regulators are more willing to consider M&A transactions with relief on certain supervisory limitations. Property & casualty reinsurers were added to the portfolio as capital was redeployed from trimmed bank positions. Pricing trends in insurance markets have been strong in recent years. Chubb has consistently generated returns on equity comfortably ahead of the industry owing to advantaged lines of business with disciplined underwriting and operating culture. Payments and consumer lending companies were the biggest contributors to relative performance including Capital One, American Express and Rocket Companies. Capital One's transformational acquisition of Discover Financial closed with anticipated annual cost synergies of $1.5 billion and network synergies of $1.2 billion from transitioning card volumes into Discover's networks. Financial stock valuations have begun to reset higher with price-to-tangible book value multiples expanding by over 70% on average in the past three years. The portfolio in aggregate is valued at approximately 13x this year's earnings, representing a significant discount to both the broader S&P 500 Index and S&P Financials Index. | CB WFC COF |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 23, 2026 | GreensKeeper Value Fund | 0.0% | 0.0% | ADBE, AXP, BRK-B, CBOE, CFRUY, CHKP, ELV, FISV, GOOG, ICE, ICLR, LULU, MRK, NVO, SPGI, V, VRTX | AI, Concentration, Discipline, financials, Luxury, technology, value | The dominant narrative of 2025 was the market's evolving view of Alphabet's search business in an AI-first world. Alphabet aggressively transformed its research into consumer-ready products, deployed Gemini 3 which led key performance benchmarks, and launched AI Overviews within search. The company's proprietary Tensor Processing Units allowed efficient scaling while avoiding the Nvidia Tax. The fund maintains a disciplined value approach, refusing to abandon discipline simply because the market has become expensive. They deliberately prioritized capital preservation by trimming positions that reached price targets. The manager emphasizes that even wonderful businesses are not worth infinite prices and allocates capital elsewhere when valuations become stretched. Richemont's Jewelry Maisons continued to outperform the broader luxury market with stabilization of the Chinese consumer. The company maintained pricing integrity and brand stewardship, avoiding aggressive price hikes that peers used. This long-term thinking proved superior as luxury peers eroded brand value through discounting while Richemont maintained prestige. | ADBE ICLR NVO LULU FISV CFRUY AXP GOOG |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | Smead Value Fund | 0.3% | 5.1% | AMGN, APA, AXP, CVE, DHI, EBAY, FANG, HD, LEN, MAC, MRK, OXY, SPG, UHAL | contrarian, energy, healthcare, Homebuilders, long-term, Market Extremes, S&P 500, value | The fund maintains a concentrated value approach designed to maximize long-term returns. The managers position themselves as contrarians, being greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy. They believe deeply out of favor parts of the index like healthcare, energy and homebuilders could receive money coming out of growth stocks. Higher rates have continued to weigh on the homebuilder space as well as an increase in inventory. The fund regards homebuilders' capacity to maintain construction activity throughout the cycle as a key competitive strength, with less resilient competitors likely to exit the market during prolonged cyclical downturns. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Bronte Capital Amalthea Fund | -3.7% | 0.0% | AXP, COF, REGN, SMMT, V | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | The Gabelli Dividend Growth Fund | 5.0% | 0.0% | AXP, C, CARR, NXPI, SLB | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Sep 2, 2024 | Bretton Fund | 10.0% | 0.0% | AMNF, AXP, AZO, BRK/A, DFH, GOOG, MA, MSFT, NVR, PGR, RVTY, RXMD, UNH, UNP, V | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Aug 1, 2024 | Oakmark Select Fund | 8.1% | 0.0% | AXP, PAYC, PSX | - | View | ||
| 2022 Q4 | Feb 14, 2023 | Bretton Fund | 10.0% | 0.0% | AXP, BRK/A, GOOG, JPM, MSFT, TJX, UNH | - | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Feb 21, 2026 | Fund Letters | George Bolton | American Express Company | Financials | Consumer Finance | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | consumer, Credit, Employment, gdp, Payments | View Pitch |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Fund Letters | Michael McCloskey | American Express Co. | Financials | Consumer Finance | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Brand, consumer spending, Credit, Margins, Payments | View Pitch |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Fund Letters | Mario J. Gabelli | American Express Company | Financials | Consumer Finance | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Deposits, Emerging, Lending, Millennials, network, Payments, resilience, spending | View Pitch |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Fund Letters | Michael McCloskey | American Express Company | Financials | Credit Services | Bull | NYSE | Cards, consumer, network effect, Payments, spending | View Pitch |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Substack | Rijnberk Invest Insights | American Express | Financials | Credit Services | Bull | American Express, closed-loop payments network, credit performance, fee-based products, financial services, Long-term compounder, Millennials and Gen Z, Platinum card refresh, premium cards, Revenue Growth | View Pitch | |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Daniel Urbina | American Express | Financials | Credit Services | Bull | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
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