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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Meridian Contrarian Fund | -7.6% | -7.6% | AXS, CCJ, HNST, KRNT, NGD CN, RDUS | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 19, 2025 | American Century Small Cap Value Fund | 4.7% | - | ACGL, ASH, AXS, BBWI, VC | consumer, financials, industrials, small caps, Value Investing | Small-cap equities benefited from steady U.S. growth and improving valuations despite volatility from rate and policy shifts. The fund emphasized financials and consumer discretionary sectors, citing underappreciated earnings potential and resilient demand. Industrial holdings with pricing power and cash flow generation also supported the value recovery trend. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 23, 2026 | American Century Small Cap Value Fund | -1.1% | -3.3% | AMKR, ARCB, ARW, AVT, AXS, BBWI, BC, BIRK, COLB, EEFT, ENOV, EVTC, GPK, HZO, MARA, OKLO, ONB, PATK, SSB, TKR, UMBF | banks, consumer discretionary, healthcare, industrials, semiconductors, small cap, value | The fund maintains significant overweight exposure to banks, remaining constructive on the industry due to continued positive inflection in net interest income and belief that fears of an extended negative credit cycle were overstated. Many holdings still trade meaningfully below historical multiples. Overweight positioning tilted toward higher-quality, unique businesses targeting high-end consumers including global consumer brands like Brunswick and Birkenstock. Specialty retail exposure includes marine dealers and Bath & Body Works. The sector remains attractive with overweight positioning in higher-quality industrials including machinery, distribution, and commercial services. Many holdings demonstrated strong pricing power during inflationary environment and returned cash to shareholders via dividends, buybacks and debt reduction. Information technology contributed through stock selection, with strong results from Amkor Technology benefiting from AI packaging solutions and domestic chip manufacturing trends. The company is one of two in the US capable of providing large-scale advanced packaging solutions. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | Meridian Contrarian Fund | 2.2% | 0.0% | AMD, AMSC, ATZ.TO, AXS, CACI, CCK, DLTR, FCNCA, HNST, LASR, MIR, NVST, PENG, TCBI | AI, contrarian, defense, energy, semiconductors, small cap, turnaround, value | The fund continues to see long runways supporting artificial intelligence as a core theme. AI-related earnings drove early-period performance in the quarter. AMD made progress establishing its GPU servers as a viable alternative to Nvidia's offerings in the AI space. AMD emerged from underperformance with competitive technology positioning against Intel and Nvidia. The company's GPU servers are establishing viability as alternatives to Nvidia in AI applications. Technology leadership is generating market share gains and improved profits. Defense represents one of the portfolio's core themes with long runways for growth. The fund holds positions in defense-related companies including those serving naval programs and defense electronics applications. Electric grid upgrades represent a significant growth driver for portfolio companies. American Superconductor is positioned to benefit from demand for electric grid infrastructure improvements and expanding power transmission needs. The portfolio benefits from electrification and power themes as core investment areas. Companies are positioned to capitalize on rising power demand, wind power expansion, and infrastructure investment in the energy transition. | AMD ATZ CN DLTR HNST AMSC PENG |
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