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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 25, 2024 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | 9.1% | 9.4% | CCK, CNM, MEDP | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Vulcan Value Partners – Large Cap | -0.1% | 17.5% | CCK, ELV, HEIA NA, KKR, QRVO, RI FP, RTO LN, SW FP, UNH | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 9, 2026 | Middle Coast Investing | 2.7% | 16.9% | AAPL, ABM, AER, AMZN, APOG, ATKR, ATRO, AVGO, BHF, CCK, COF, CPAY, ECG, FG, GOGO, GOOG, HI, HNI, HURC, LULU, LYFT, MLKN, OMAB, PAGS, PGR, PTLO, SCHW, TRIP, WS | Bottom-up, Cash, Defensive, Office Furniture, risk management, value | Manager emphasizes bottom-up investing approach, looking for companies that will do better in years ahead when stocks are priced attractively. Seeks good companies at fair prices to protect against market struggles while avoiding missing big years. Primary goal is to avoid blowing up and survive through bad times. Uses rules like not buying whole positions at once, demanding 50% upside, watching leverage, and knowing when to double down. Maintains defensive portfolio positioning. Decade-long investment theme in office furniture companies including Kimball International, Steelcase, and HNI Corporation. Believes return to office theme hasn't played out but might be soon, with order growth showing improvement across major players. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 8, 2025 | Middle Coast Investing | - | - | CCK, INGM, KRUS, LEVI, MDU, TRIP | - | 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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| 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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| 2023 Q1 | Mar 31, 2023 | Meridian Contrarian Fund | 6.9% | 0.0% | AIG, AMD, APA, CARS, CCK, FCNCA, HNST | - | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2026 | Fund Letters | George K. Livadas | Crown Holdings, Inc. | Materials | Aluminum | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | buybacks, defensive, EBITDA, leverage, Packaging | View Pitch |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Value Investors Club | Hal | Crown Holdings, Inc. | Materials | Metal & Glass Containers | Bull | NYSE | Aluminum cans, Ball Corp, Moat, oligopoly, Packaging, Recycling, Sustainability | 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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