| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | Ariel Appreciation Fund | 9.9% | 0.0% | BIO, KN, LAZ, MSGE, NVST, NVT, WBA | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 12, 2025 | Longleaf Partners Fund | -5.1% | -5.1% | ACI, BIO, CNX, FDX, IAC, MAT, PVH, PYPL, RTX | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Nov 7, 2024 | Prosper Stars & Stripes | -2.0% | - | BIO, BLFS, CRS, DOCS, FND, NR, PCT, SHC, UPWK, WEX | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 15, 2025 | Upslope Capital Management | 8.8% | 12.5% | 8697 JP, BIO, CHG LN, DPLM LN, EVR, FCN, GOOG, HOLN SW, HSY, IMXI, INTC, KDEF, MKTX, SMIN LN, STE, TDY, WST | AI, defense, healthcare, Quality, valuation | Upslope remains cautious as valuations stretch and shorting speculative names becomes difficult. The fund adds defensive longs in healthcare and new exposure to the Korea Defense ETF, citing global security and cost advantages. Its positioning favors durable, high-quality businesses poised to outperform when speculative excess fades. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 15, 2025 | Longleaf Partners Fund | -0.3% | -0.4% | ACI, BIO, CNX, EXO NA, FDX, FIS, IAC, KHC, MAT, PCH, PVH, REGN, RYN | Capital Allocation, free cash flow, Market cycles, Quality Companies, Value Investing | Longleaf reiterates its focus on long-term value and high free cash flow per share growth amid market froth driven by AI hype and mega-cap valuations. The fund holds concentrated positions in cash-generative firms like CNX, Kraft Heinz, and FedEx, emphasizing operational discipline and capital allocation. Management expects re-rating potential as fundamentals outweigh speculation. | BIO REGN PCH RYN ACI FDX MGM IAC KHC MAT CNX |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 5, 2026 | First Eagle Investments | 0.0% | 0.0% | BIO, GMEXICOB.MX, TSM | AI, Copper, global value, gold, infrastructure, municipal bonds, private credit, small cap | Gold set more than 50 record nominal highs in 2025, surging about 60% year-to-date through November. Central bank purchases have exceeded 1,000 tonnes in each of the past three full years, with gold holdings as a share of foreign reserves now exceeding Treasuries for the first time in 30 years. The team views gold as a fixed positional asset that participates in nominal drift of the economy. AI capex cycle continues to drive corporate earnings growth forecasts. TSMC is positioned as the primary manufacturer of next-gen chips used in generative AI by customers like Apple, Nvidia and Intel. AI may benefit small cap companies over a very long cycle through pick-and-shovel suppliers to infrastructure and data center construction. Grupo Mexico controls long-duration copper assets that are nearly impossible to replicate, with the largest reserves of any copper producer and mines well positioned on the cost curve. The company is positioned to benefit from the constructive long-term outlook for copper demand. An estimated 90% of dollars raised and spent on US infrastructure is financed through municipal bonds. The American Society of Civil Engineers graded America's infrastructure a C in 2025, indicating ongoing need for investment. Much of municipal bond issuance has been concentrated on infrastructure projects. Private equity investments benefited from zero interest rates following the global financial crisis, but the cost of acquiring and building businesses has increased since rates shifted higher in 2022. Underwriting standards have deteriorated in parts of the private credit market, with increased lending to borrowers with weaker covenant protections. | BIO TSM |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 14, 2026 | Longleaf Partners Global Fund | 5.3% | 16.7% | ANGI, AVTR, BIO, CNH, CNX, DHER.DE, EXOR.MI, F, FI, GLAN.L, GRUMA.MX, IAC, JFC.PS, KHC, MAT, MGM, PHG, REGN, STLA, TIGO, UNH | Buybacks, FCF, global, Holdings, Media, Quality, value | The fund maintains a concentrated portfolio of undervalued stocks trading at low P/V ratios in the low-60s%. Management emphasizes finding defensive growers like consumer staples and timberland companies at better prices, similar to their successful positioning in 1999. They focus on companies with strong free cash flow generation and quality management partners. Multiple portfolio companies are actively repurchasing shares at attractive prices. MGM has repurchased over 40% of shares in five years, Glanbia added to buyback programs, and Exor executed efficient share repurchases via Dutch auction. The fund views these as value-creating capital allocation moves. Canal+ renewed exclusive UEFA Champions League rights for 2027-2031 at better economics than feared, reinforcing subscriber base quality. The company made operational progress across European and African platforms following the MultiChoice merger, though remains underfollowed as a French media company on London Stock Exchange. | AVTR BIO ANGI MGM KHC IAC TIGO GLB LN CAN LN |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 13, 2026 | Upslope Capital Management | 2.0% | 14.8% | 6954.T, 8697.T, BAH, BIO, CCK, CME, DPLM.L, FCN, GOOGL, HOLN.SW, HSIC, HSY, INTC, MKTX, SAND.ST, SMIN.L, STE, TDY | AI, Automation, defense, healthcare, industrials, Japan, Long/Short, mid cap | Manager exited European defense stocks for the first time since early 2022, citing full valuations and expectations that the Ukraine conflict may wind down. However, maintains exposure through Booz Allen Hamilton and Korea Defense ETF, noting long-term secular tailwinds from rising geopolitical risks and defense spending. AI is described as everywhere, particularly on buyside analyst desktops, contributing to faster market pace and gambling-like behavior. Manager sees AI moving into the physical world as a catalyst for industrial automation companies like Fanuc, which is positioned to benefit from AI's expansion beyond digital applications. Fanuc holds ~50% market share in CNCs and is a leading factory robotics player, positioned to benefit from AI moving into the physical world and rising trade barriers boosting global reshoring. The company serves general industrial, automotive, electronics, and aerospace end markets with global diversification. Portfolio includes Japan Exchange Group benefiting from ongoing Japanese equity market structure reforms and corporate governance improvements. Fanuc represents exposure to leading Japanese industrials with fortress balance sheets and global market leadership in automation. | HSIC 6954 JP CCK BAH |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Ariel Fund | 12.1% | 0.0% | BIO, CLB, GNTX, JLL, LAZ, LESL, MHK, MIDD, SRCL | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Ariel Focus Fund | 10.6% | 0.0% | APA, BIO, CLB, LMT, MHK, MOS, ORCL, WU | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 23, 2024 | Longleaf Partners Fund | 10.4% | 10.3% | BIO, CNH, FDX, LBRDK, MAT | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 23, 2024 | Longleaf Partners Global Fund | 14.8% | 18.4% | BIO, DELHY, ERF FP, FDX, PROSY, TIGO | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 14, 2025 | Parnassus Value Equity Fund | -2.0% | -2.0% | A, ALGN, AMD, AMZN, AVGO, BIO, CI, DE, GILD, GOOG, JPM, PGR, ROST, VZ | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Ariel Appreciation Fund | -6.9% | -6.9% | ADT, BIO, GS, KN, MAT, MIDD, NCLH, SLB | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Ariel Focus Fund | -3.9% | -3.9% | BIO, CVX, Gold, NTRS, ORCL, REZI, SJM | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Ariel Fund | -8.0% | -8.0% | ATGE, BIO, LESL, OSW, PARA, RCL, SJM, SPHR | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Ariel Small Cap Value Strategy | -10.7% | -10.7% | ADT, BIO, FAF, LESL, LIND, MIDD, NCLH | - | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2026 | Fund Letters | Rich Eisinger | Bio-Techne Corporation | Health Care | Life Sciences Tools & Services | Bull | NASDAQ | leadership, lifesciences, Reagents, Recurringrevenue, valuation | View Pitch |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Fund Letters | Ross Glotzbach | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | Health Care | Life Sciences Tools & Services | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | buybacks, Freecashflow, lifesciences, research | View Pitch |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Fund Letters | James Fellows | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | Health Care | Life Sciences Tools & Services | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | diagnostics, Governance, healthcare, lifesciences, Recurringrevenue | View Pitch |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Fund Letters | Ross Glotzbach | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | Health Care | Life Sciences Tools & Services | Bull | NYSE | buybacks, life sciences, Margins, net cash, Optionality, recovery, Sartorius | View Pitch |
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