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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 25, 2025 | Open Insights Capital | - | - | ATH.TO, CNQ.TO, CVE.TO, CVX, MEG.TO, OXY, SCR.TO, SU.TO, XOM | Carbon Capture, energy, M&A, oil, tariffs, Trade Policy | The US is engaged in a trade war with China, implementing tariffs as high as 145% on Chinese goods. The manager believes this decoupling strategy will ultimately fail as the US is already backtracking and softening positions. Trade frameworks lack substance and the market is betting on the TACO trade (Trump Always Chickens Out). | OXY MEG.TO OXY SCR CN MEG CN |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 30, 2024 | Smead International Value Fund | 0.7% | 11.6% | BAWG.VI, CVE.TO, FRO, G.MI, IFP.TO, MEG.TO, OXY, PNDORA.CO, ROG.SW, TGA.JO, UCG.MI, WFG.TO, WHC.AX | Banking, energy, inflation, international, rates, value | The fund holds significant positions in energy companies including Meg Energy, Cenovus Energy, and Occidental Petroleum. Coal companies faced pressure from weakened demand factors including China's economic growth and increased coal and gas stock availability. | ROG.SW |
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| 2026 Q1 | Apr 21, 2026 | Smead International Value Fund | 14.4% | 14.4% | BARC.L, CVE.TO, FRO, PNDORA.CO, SCR.TO, UCG.MI | concentrated, energy, European Banks, international, Unconventional, value | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 15, 2024 | L1 Capital Long Short Fund | 2.4% | 10.8% | CBA.AX, CRH, CS.TO, CVE.TO, DOW.AX, FLTR.L, FRA.DE, IMD.AX, NXE.TO, QBE.AX, STO.AX, TECK.TO, WGX.AX | Australia, banks, Copper, energy, Long/Short, materials, technology, value | Manager expects copper market deficits to widen due to robust demand from electrification and constrained supply from insufficient new mines. Supply disruptions have highlighted tight market conditions with treatment charges falling significantly. Physical deficits are virtually unavoidable over the medium term. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 10, 2024 | Purpose Investment Partners | 3.0% | 3.0% | AAPL, BAC, BN.TO, CVE.TO, DISH, MCD, RY.TO, TCNNF, TD.TO, TLN, VST | credit, energy, high yield, inflation, Power Generation, Preferred, Resilience | The U.S. economy demonstrates remarkable resilience with GDP growth forecasts increasing to 2.2% for 2024 from 1.3% at year start. First-time unemployment claims remain at 1960s levels despite 100 million more people, indicating strong labor market conditions. This resilience stems from excess liquidity from pandemic-era government spending and unique 30-year mortgage structures. | CVE.TO |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 17, 2026 | Aegis Value Fund | 0.0% | 67.1% | ARREF, ARX.TO, ASTL.TO, ATH.TO, BOCH, CVE.TO, CYL.AX, EFX.TO, EQX.TO, HNRG, IFP.TO, IPCO.TO, KMR.L, MEG.TO, NGS, ORE.TO, PD.TO, VET.TO | commodities, Dollar, energy, gold, Mining, Precious Metals, small cap, value | Gold rocketed up 64.6% in 2025 as global sentiment soured on the dollar amid government fiscal profligacy and untenable debt levels. Investors shifted towards precious metals as a safe haven for wealth preservation, with global ETF demand soaring and China buying gold hand-over-fist. Gold overtook US Treasuries as the primary reserve asset in central banks worldwide. Precious metals mining stocks soared with the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index increasing 176.5% and NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index climbing 158.28%. The Fund's 23.4% allocation to 22 precious metals mining positions delivered 35.01 percentage points of Fund returns. Despite recent gains, the sector remains substantially undervalued vis-à-vis the market. WTI crude prices dropped 19.9% in 2025, delivering oil's worst year since 2020. OPEC incrementally increased production quotas by 2.9 million barrels/day amid trade tensions while Chinese demand growth moderated. The oil-to-gold ratio is now at historic lows outside the 2020 pandemic, suggesting oil assets may be undervalued debasement safe-havens. Hyperscalers are investing nearly $1.5 trillion in capex over the next 24 months for data-center construction. Data centers will grow to represent 12% of all US energy use by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023. This creates investment opportunities in electricity and natural gas producers as reliable power generation becomes a key bottleneck. Natural gas pricing was flat with spot Henry Hub prices edging up just 1.46% from a year ago. However, natural gas appears to have fully recovered from its glut as substantial North American LNG export capacity came online and data-center electricity requirements increased demand for natural gas generation. The dollar index delivered a nearly 10% decline over the year as investor sentiment towards the dollar weakened considerably. Factors included federal debt topping $38 trillion, a more dovish Federal Reserve, increasing American tariffs, and dollar weaponization through financial system sanctions. | ASTL CN CVE CN CYL AU ORE CN EQX CN |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 10, 2026 | Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund | 8.0% | 64.8% | 015760.KS, 3690.HK, BHP, CMCSA, CNC, CVE.TO, GLEN.L, Gold, MOH, NAK, NG, PDN.AX, RGLD, RRC, SDF.DE, SEA.TO, SQM, TPK.L, TWE.AX, VALE | diversification, global, materials, Mining, Precious Metals, undervaluation, value | Gold prices rose 65% in 2025, with precious metals miners performing strongly. The fund trimmed gold positions significantly from 15% to 9% of the portfolio due to strong performance, rolling gains into platinum and industrial metals where more upside is seen. Platinum group metals producers were among the largest contributors for the second consecutive quarter. South African companies Valterra and Impala had strong returns of 20.7% and 26.4% respectively, with substantial upside potential remaining relative to risk-adjusted intrinsic value estimates. After over a decade of underperformance, value stocks had a strong fourth quarter with Russell 1000 Value up 3.3% versus 1.2% for growth. The manager believes the market is beginning to recognize value, emphasizing buying good companies for less than they are worth. Conglomerates performed well with Cresud up 48.7% and LG Corp up 9.1%. The manager notes conglomerates are complex and difficult to analyze, frequently ignored by the market, providing significant opportunities for fundamental bottom-up analysis. | IMP SJ VAL SJ |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 30, 2024 | Guinness Global Energy | - | 7.8% | 0857.HK, BP, CNQ.TO, COP, CVE.TO, CVX, DVN, E, EOG, EQNR, FANG, GALP.LS, IMO.TO, OMV.VI, PXD, REP.MC, SHEL, SU.TO, TTE, XOM | CashFlow, dividends, energy, Gas, oil, Opec, valuation | Brent and WTI oil prices strengthened in September on OPEC+ supply cuts and declining inventories. Saudi Arabia and Russia extended voluntary production cuts through year-end, keeping markets undersupplied at 1.5m b/day. Global oil inventories declined 300m barrels over six months to late 2022 lows. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 19, 2025 | Smead International Value Fund | 9.1% | 28.5% | AMGN, APA, AXP, BAWG.VI, BMPS.MI, CVE.TO, DHI, FRO, LEN, MAC, MEG.TO, MRK, NVR, PNDORA.CO, SCR.TO, SPG, UCG.MI, UMG.AS, WFG.TO | Banking, energy, Europe, Mergers, oil, Scale, value | The fund owns MEG Energy which has been subject to a bidding war between Cenovus Energy and Strathcona Resources. Cenovus expects $400 million in annual cost savings from combining with MEG, representing about 45% of MEG's market cap. The oil business is seeing significant value creation through mergers and acquisitions as companies seek to scale operations. | UCG MEG SCR CVE |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 16, 2023 | Smead International Value Fund | 0.7% | 11.6% | BAWG.VI, BKT.MC, BMW.DE, CVE.TO, FRO, GOOS.TO, IFP.TO, MEG.TO, NXT.L, OXY, P911.DE, PAH3.DE, PNDORA.CO, SMWH.L, TGA.L, UCG.MI, VOW3.DE, WFG.TO, WHC.AX | Banking, Coal, Currency, energy, interest rates, international, value | The fund views rising interest rates as a major risk affecting all asset classes, not just bonds. They believe the 30-year Treasury hitting 5% creates significant interest rate risk that most investors underestimate. The fund seeks to avoid this risk through specific positioning choices. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 15, 2024 | Smead International Value Fund | 0.7% | 11.6% | BARC.L, BAWG.VI, BKT.MC, BRK-A, CVE.TO, FRO, G.MI, MEG.TO, NWG.L, PNDORA.CO, SCR.TO, UCG.MI, WFG.TO | banks, Compounding, energy, Europe, returns, value | The fund focuses on finding businesses that produce strong double-digit returns where investors are not overpricing them. They seek companies trading at significant discounts to economic value, exemplified by their European bank holdings which continue to be appraised at substantial discounts despite improving fundamentals. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | Smead International Value Fund | 8.2% | 39.1% | BARC.L, BAWG.VI, BKT.MC, CVE.TO, GLEN.L, OXY, PNDORA.CO, ROG.SW, SCR.TO, TGA.JO, TVE.TO, UCG.MI, WFG.TO | banks, energy, Europe, oil, value | The fund employs a concentrated value approach focused on maximizing long-term returns. The managers contrast momentum investing (driven by stories and mythos) with value investing (analytical approach examining capital structure, returns on capital, and future growth). They believe value investing represents a more logical and analytical framework that will ultimately prevail. The managers challenge the mythos that American energy producers will drill regardless of price, noting that capex per rig has moved to higher levels coinciding with attractive entry points. They highlight that OPEC production increases have been muted relative to announcements, with Saudi Arabia being the only member capable of bringing back meaningful production at 2.1 million barrels per day. The fund sees Europe transitioning from mythos (over-regulated, poor decision-making) to logos (analytical capital allocation). European banks now believe they must earn their cost of capital and provide investor rewards through declining cost-to-income ratios, stock buybacks, and consolidation. Germany's removal of its debt brake for rearmament signals a future driven by returns and investment. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | L1 Capital Long Short Fund | 2.4% | 10.8% | BKR, CBA.AX, CNU.TO, CRH, CVE.TO, FLTR.L, FRA.DE, HAL, MEG.TO, MIN.AX, NWG.L, NXE.TO, OXY, QAN.AX, REA.AX, RMV.L, TSCO.L, WOR.AX, WOW.AX, XOM | Australia, Banking, energy, gold, Long/Short, Travel, United Kingdom, value | The fund continues to focus on quality, lower P/E stocks with strong cash flow generation and solid earnings growth outlooks. They see extreme crowding and overvaluation in domestic banks and several ASX20 stocks, while many cyclical stocks trade at both depressed P/E multiples and depressed earnings bases, providing opportunity for large, medium-term upside for patient investors. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 15, 2024 | Smead International Value Fund | 0.7% | 11.6% | CVE.TO, FRO, G.MI, IFP.TO, MEG.TO, OXY, PNDORA.CO, SCR.TO, UCG.MI, WFG.TO | banks, energy, Europe, Government Spending, inflation, technology, value | The fund is focused on the reserve life of oil and gas assets in places like Canada with investments like MEG Energy, Cenovus and Strathcona. In a world that is far less interested in investing in energy compared to AI, they believe that the assets' lives need to match the current long lead time capital cycle. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 15, 2024 | L1 Capital Long Short Fund | 2.4% | 10.8% | 000660.KS, AAPL, AGL.AX, AMZN, CBA.AX, CRH, CVE.TO, GOOGL, HBM, MEG.TO, META, MIN.AX, MSFT, NEM, NVDA, NXE.TO, QAN.AX, TESCO.L, TSLA, TSM | AI, Australia, Banking, Copper, energy, gold, Long/Short, value | The fund is positioned in AI supply chain companies including Taiwan Semiconductor and SK Hynix. Meetings indicate companies are in early stages of AI investment with capital expenditure on AI computing hardware expected to increase from 5% to 14.5% of IT budgets over three years. The fund sees continued strong growth for key AI positions. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 14, 2025 | Smead International Value Fund | 5.7% | 5.7% | BARC.L, BRBY.L, CVE.TO, FRO, GLEN.L, MEG.TO, PNDORA.CO, SCR.TO, UCG.MI | banks, Canada, commodities, energy, international, value | The fund holds significant positions in Canadian oil and gas producers in the tar sands. Energy has been a major detractor through mid-2023 to March 2025. The manager believes these businesses have much less risky capital structures than perceived, with companies like Meg Energy having less than 50% of cash flow in net debt. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 16, 2024 | Smead International Value Fund | 0.7% | 11.6% | BAWG.VI, CVE.TO, FRO, GOOS.TO, IFP.TO, IWG.L, MEG.TO, OXY, PNDORA.CO, SCR.TO, UCG.MI, WFG.TO | banks, Change, Europe, Geopolitical, oil, value | America transformed into an OPEC-sized producer of oil and gas products over the last 20 years. American producers decided to quit drilling new holes in spring 2020, leading to explosive returns for investors as stock buybacks and dividends rained in from operating cash flow. Oil and gas producers are now being rational with their capital allocation. | BAWG.VI |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 14, 2025 | Smead International Value Fund | -6.2% | 4.7% | 7270.T, BARC.L, BG.VI, BRBY.L, CVE.TO, FRO, G.MI, GLEN.L, IFP.TO, MEG.TO, PNDORA.CO, ROG.SW, SCR.TO, UCG.MI, VOW3.DE, WFG.TO, WHC.AX | Autos, banks, Buybacks, energy, Europe, Japan, value | The letter extensively discusses share buybacks as a key investment strategy, comparing them to Pac-Man gobbling up shares. UniCredit reduced shares outstanding by 19.4% through buybacks, and Japanese companies including Subaru are implementing their first-ever buyback programs. | 7270.T UCG.MI |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 2, 2024 | Diamond Hill International | 5.7% | 12.4% | 005930.KS, 4503.T, 8058.T, ASHM.L, ASSA-B.ST, BABA, CVE.TO, DNP.WA, ERII, FCX, FM.TO, GLEN.L, SPOT, UBI.PA, UCB.BR | Asia, emerging markets, Europe, international, Japan, Non-US, value | The fund initiated a position in Glencore, which is well-positioned for uncertainty surrounding the energy transition as one of the world's largest copper producers and a large coal producer. The company can take healthy cash flows from its coal business and invest them in copper and other future-facing metals, while coal cash flows provide an attractive hedge if the energy transition takes longer than expected. | UCB.BR 8058.T GLEN.L DNP.WA ACGL|CHH|FDS|GWRE|IBKR|IDXX|MTN|SPOT|TSLA |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | L1 Capital Long Short Fund | Cenovus Energy Inc | Energy | Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | Bull | TSX | Canada, capital return, energy, Free Cash Flow, Oil sands, Share Buybacks, Value | View Pitch |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Fund Letters | L1 Capital Long Short Fund | Cenovus Energy Inc | Energy | Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | Bull | TSX | Canada, energy, Equity, Free Cash Flow, Oil sands, refining, Share Buybacks | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Purpose Investment Partners | Cenovus Energy | Energy | Integrated Oil & Gas | Bull | Toronto Stock Exchange | arbitrage, Call Protection, Canada, energy, Free Cash Flow, Integrated Oil & Gas, Preferred equity | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Long Player | Cenovus Energy Inc. | Energy | Oil & Gas Integrated | Bull | TSX | — | View Pitch |
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