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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Aug 23, 2025 | Argosy Investors | - | - | AVTR, DEO, FND, QQQ, STNE, TSU CN, VNT | dislocation, fundamentals, Patience, risk, volatility | The letter discusses heightened market volatility driven by tariffs, geopolitical tension, and narrow market leadership. Management views volatility as a recurring feature rather than a risk to avoid, emphasizing disciplined capital deployment during periods of dislocation. The outlook favors patient ownership of durable businesses while exploiting short-term market overreactions. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Latitude Global Fund | - | - | AZO, DEO, DLTR | CashFlow, consumer, drawdowns, retail, value | The manager emphasizes disciplined buy-and-wait investing, showcasing cases where deep drawdowns created long-horizon value opportunities. Businesses like AutoZone, Dollar Tree, and Diageo illustrate how sentiment overshoots can disconnect price from intrinsic quality and cash-flow durability. Value remains compelling when market narratives diverge from long-term fundamentals. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Jun 25, 2024 | Argosy Investors | 10.6% | 10.6% | DAVA, DEO, TBBB | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 11, 2026 | Latitude Global Fund | 0.0% | 21.0% | AI.PA, ASSA-B.ST, AZO, COR, DEO, DG.PA, DLTR, EIF.PA, GOOGL, ICE, JPM, MCK, RPRX, RYA.L, SHEL, TSCO.L, UNH, V | AI, Buybacks, Europe, growth, healthcare, infrastructure, retail, value | Lower-income Americans continue to feel the squeeze, and local stores like Dollar Tree present unbeatable value and convenience. Their investments in merchandising and distribution are key competitive advantages in a world of tariffs and potential inflation. The company's prospects are bright, especially if we do ever see a rise in unemployment, which tends to benefit discount stores. Healthcare stocks have broadly underperformed the market since the election of President Trump, due to a plethora of regulatory, pricing and tariff risks. However, the distribution model has proven its strong resilience, with companies having meaningfully reduced their dependence on drug pricing. They are in effect a toll road on the US healthcare system and the opposite of economic rent-seeking businesses. Covid, somewhat ironically given the cancellation of so many flights, impacted the industry positively, as around 10% of aircraft were withdrawn from the market due to bankruptcies. Moreover, post-Covid supply chain shocks at Boeing and Airbus mean that the fleet is not going to be replaced any time soon. Ryanair's cost advantage almost doubled from levels in 2019. Google would be best positioned in an AI world, given its vertically integrated model and its pedigree in AI. The AI revenue model is clearly highly uncertain and far from guaranteed, but the likely attributes of winners in this space are data, processing power and distribution. Google dominates all three. Investing in physical assets in a world with an infrastructure deficit, and the potential resurgence of inflation, is very appealing. The requirement for renewed infrastructure investment in Europe is in the early stages, and competition will remain low giving both Vinci and Eiffage a meaningful competitive advantage. Combining low valuations and high cash conversion, our companies will generate around a 7% of their market cap in free cash flow. We expect them to pay an average dividend of 2.6% and are committed to share buybacks of around the same level. This is a 5% annual tailwind to the portfolio's fundamental growth outlook over the coming years. | ICE JPM GOOGL RYAAY RPRX MCK AZO DLTR |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Oakmark Global Select Fund | -5.0% | 4.7% | BAYN GR, COF, DEO, ELV, SCHW | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Latitude Global Fund | - | - | AI FP, AZO, BP, COR, DEO, DG FP, DLTR, FGR FP, GOOG, HEIA NA, JPM, KO, MCK, RYA ID, SONY, TSCO, TXN, UEEC, ULVR LN, V, WEC | compounders, Macro, Resilience, Rotation, volatility | Dislocations driven by shifting global policy, sector rotations, and episodic volatility created opportunities to upgrade the portfolio into long-duration compounders. The manager emphasizes disciplined capital allocation amid uncertainty, focusing on resilient franchises with pricing power. Macro dispersion continues to shape relative value and entry points across global equities. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Dec 31, 2023 | Latitude Global Fund | - | - | AAP, AI FP, AZO, DEO, GOOG, MCK, SONY, TSCO, WEC | ConsumerStaples, emergingmarkets, EnergyTransition, financials, OilGas | ConsumerStaples: The fund is heavily invested in global consumer staples such as Tesco, Unilever, Diageo, Imperial Brands, Heineken and Coca-Cola, where underlying earnings growth remains solid but valuations are at multi-decade lows versus the market, setting up a prospective re-rating as emerging-market demand and easing input costs drive margins higher. Energy: The portfolio owns both utilities like WEC Energy and integrated oil majors such as Shell, seeing long runways from the energy transition, infrastructure upgrades, AI-driven data-centre power demand and disciplined capital returns via buybacks funded by high free cash flow at mid-cycle oil prices. Financials: Core positions in JPMorgan, Visa, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America are viewed as structural winners that benefit from inflation-linked fee bases and post-crisis consolidation as weaker competitors exit, enabling durable ad valorem earnings growth. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 28, 2025 | The London Company Income Equity | 5.8% | 15.4% | AAPL, CMI, DEO, FIS, GLW, NSGRY, NTDOY, PM, TEL, UNH | Artificial Intelligence, dividends, healthcare, income, Quality | The portfolio outperformed its benchmark, led by AI-linked industrial and technology names such as Corning and TE Connectivity. Management added Cummins and UnitedHealth, citing durable advantages, resilient cash flows, and demographic-driven growth in healthcare. Despite near-term volatility, the fund remains focused on dividend yield, quality balance sheets, and steady earnings to preserve capital amid elevated valuations. | UNH TEL GLW UNH TEL GLW |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 10, 2023 | Vulcan Value Partners – Large Cap | 8.2% | 17.6% | DEO, LRCX, MAR, TXN, UNH | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 7, 2026 | ByteTree Asset Management | 0.0% | 0.0% | BARRY.SW, BHMG.L, BRWM.L, DEO, NESN.SW, PHP.L, RCP.L | commodities, diversification, Dollar, global, gold, Japan, Quality, value | Gold beat all major equity markets in 2025, driven primarily by geopolitical concerns and record purchases by the People's Bank of China seeking neutral reserve assets. The Whisky Portfolio held significant exposure to gold mining stocks and silver, which was reduced from 38% in October to 20.6% as precious metals enter a more volatile phase. The manager emphasizes finding value across countries, asset classes, and sectors, focusing on deep value opportunities. GMO forecasts favor deep value investing, especially in small-caps in Japan and emerging markets. The approach consistently seeks opportunities backed by fundamental value rather than following momentum. The dollar had a weak year in 2025, with the Euro rising 13.4%, Pound 7.6%, and Renminbi 4.4% against it. This weak dollar was a tailwind for stockmarkets and particularly beneficial for gold prices, while Bitcoin fell despite normally being inversely sensitive to dollar strength. Japan remains a high-conviction overweight position. The normalisation of the bond market with a cheap currency should lead to strong long-term performance. Japanese equities have been the worst place to invest since 1990, and this should change as yields rise at the fastest pace in years. The manager is focused on broadening exposure to industrial metals and eventually other commodities including energy and agriculture. Commodities tend to move as a group, and this cycle is expected to be no different. The BlackRock Mining Trust returned 67% as mining stocks had their best run since 2016. The ByteTree Quality Portfolio focuses on the highest quality companies with very high conviction in their future performance that could reasonably be held for decades. The discipline of what not to invest in is just as important as what to invest in, especially given current market valuations. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 29, 2026 | Rozendal Global Fund | 0.0% | 42.8% | 6586.T, AENA.MC, AMS.JO, BAYRY, BLU.JO, CGR.JO, COH.JO, DEO, HAR.JO, JD, KSPI.L, MTN.JO, SLV, TBS.JO, YRK.JO | emerging markets, Europe, gold, long-term, materials, Precious Metals, trade war, value | Materials sector experienced sharp turnaround in 2025 with 32.3% returns, driven by unstoppable gold price and precious metals boom. Platinum group metals prices materially higher than incentive prices after years of low investment. Gold reached unprecedented inflation-adjusted levels, driven by geopolitical concerns, government debt fears, and record central bank purchases. Currently trading at all-time highs versus copper and production costs, appearing extraordinarily expensive on long-term value measures. 2025 marked the launch of the greatest trade war in modern times, yet global equity markets still delivered strong returns around 20%, demonstrating short-term market unpredictability despite major policy disruptions. Bayer showed positive developments with new drug sales growing strongly and favorable litigation judgments in agriculture business. Patent cliff concerns in pharmaceutical business showed improvement with pipeline developments. JD.com faced challenges from heavy investment in new food delivery venture competing against well-capitalized incumbents like Meituan and Alibaba. Core retail business showed strong revenue and profitability growth despite share price decline. | BAYN GR |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 26, 2026 | Cambiar International Equity Fund | 3.1% | 26.2% | DEO, KYGA.L, LSEG.L, SW, TSM | AI, Currency, Europe, financials, international, semiconductors, staples, value | International equities offer attractive valuations relative to richly priced U.S. markets, with many international companies trading at relatively attractive valuations that should allow for continued re-rating. The fund focuses on identifying high-quality businesses at great prices, with valuation remaining a paramount input to buy decisions. European markets benefited from announced stimulus after years of underinvestment in defense spending and infrastructure. The stimulus is poised to create positive ripple effects on job growth and financing, feeding into economic expansion and providing meaningful earnings boosts to regional operators. Taiwan Semiconductor was sold after delivering over 400% cumulative returns since 2020 as a key beneficiary of artificial intelligence buildout and surge in demand for advanced semiconductors. The fund questions whether massive AI capex can translate into expected productivity gains going forward. | SW |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 18, 2026 | Troy Multi-Asset Strategy | 0.0% | 0.0% | AMZN, DEO, EXPN.L, FI, GOOGL, LSEG.L, META, MSFT, NVDA | AI, Cloud, Data, global, Quality, technology, value | AI disruption is more imagined than real at this point, with earnings for companies in the crosshairs remaining sound. The Strategy sees significant opportunity as several portfolio companies are temporarily misjudged in debates about AI's potential impact. Capital expenditure estimates for major tech companies are over 50% above where they were 18 months ago, but scaling laws continue to hold and AI demand currently outstrips supply. Data and information service providers face hypothetical challenges focused on AI's potential to change competitive dynamics, leading to valuation de-rating despite solid operating results. Companies like Experian and LSEG have proprietary datasets that cannot be easily replicated by AI, with deep regulatory moats and embedded customer relationships providing protection. Cloud service revenues are accelerating as capacity comes online, with contracted backlogs growing substantially faster than revenues. Despite enormous scale, revenue growth has accelerated across major cloud providers including Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS, driven by AI demand that currently outstrips supply. | EXPN LN LSEG LN DGE LN FISV |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 18, 2026 | Magellan Global Opportunities Fund No. 1 | 1.3% | 13.0% | AMT, AMZN, DEO, DG, ES, GOOGL, LLOY.L, MA, META, MSFT, NESN.SW, SAP, TSM, UNH, ZBH | AI, Cloud, Consumer Staples, global, large cap, Quality, technology | AI continues to drive market leadership with companies like Alphabet demonstrating ability to leverage full stack approach. Microsoft's positioning affected by shifting views on AI leadership via OpenAI relationship. Meta investing heavily in superintelligence initiatives though scaling back Metaverse investments. Amazon AWS showing acceleration in Q3 growth as increased capex delivers returns. Microsoft Azure growth moderating but all incumbent cloud providers viewed as long-term winners. Cloud computing remains structural growth driver. Amazon well-positioned to benefit from structural growth in e-commerce with better-than-feared US consumption trends in December quarter. E-commerce remains key growth driver alongside cloud computing. Nestlé's coffee portfolio through Nescafé and Nespresso brands well-positioned to capture spending shifts across price points. Coffee viewed as attractive category due to experiential nature and brand loyalty, with Nestlé delivering positive volume growth despite high single-digit price increases. Nestlé's Purina line offers products from premium to budget in attractive pet care category. Pet foods benefit from brand preferences and nutrition focus rather than just price, with scale advantages in R&D and feed trials driving innovation. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 16, 2026 | GDS Investments | - | - | ABNB, AMZN, CRWV, DEO, F, GE, GM, GOOGL, LEN, NVO, ORCL, RIVN, STZ, TDW, TREX, VAL, WMT, ZTS | AI, Buybacks, cyclicals, Electric Vehicles, Quality, Rotation, technology, value | AI-related infrastructure investment is beginning to unwind or recalibrate, with companies shifting from internal cash flows to debt financing. The manager expects a widening gap between pure AI infrastructure companies and those with diversified business models. Market rotation is expected away from speculative AI growth toward more traditional businesses. Share repurchases feature prominently across the portfolio as a signal of management confidence and value creation amplification. Multiple holdings have authorized significant buyback programs, including TDW ($500M), VAL ($600M ongoing), STZ ($4B), and others totaling billions in authorized repurchases. Rivian represents maybe the most exciting position in the portfolio, with the company developing its own autonomy platform and in-house chip (RAP1). The R2 model represents a pivotal moment, and partnerships with Volkswagen and Amazon have strengthened the balance sheet while expanding strategic options. The manager focuses on separating durable value from speculative excess, building positions in under-owned, under-valued businesses with strong balance sheets and leadership positions. The strategy involves finding high-quality businesses facing cyclical headwinds that have pushed market prices below intrinsic value. | RIVN TREX AMZN GOOG |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 15, 2026 | Contrarius Global Equity Fund | 6.5% | 54.4% | 000660.KS, BIDU, COIN, DELL, DEO, FOXA, GOOGL, KER.PA, LULU, MDLZ, MU, NVDA, ORCL, PARA, RI.PA, SATS, TSLA, TSM, UHR.SW | AI, contrarian, disruption, global, Satellites, Space, technology, value | The fund views AI disruption as creating three investment buckets: AI winners (data centers, semiconductors, blockchain companies), AI-proof companies (luxury brands, spirits, entertainment), and AI-threatened businesses to avoid. This technological singularity is expected to cause dramatic changes beyond typical generational disruptions. The fund focuses on identifying companies with sustainable competitive advantages in this transformative environment. SpaceX has revolutionized space travel with reusable rockets and dominates launch services, carrying over 500,000kg of spacecraft mass in Q3 2025 alone. The company is uniquely positioned for emerging opportunities in interplanetary logistics, in-orbit data centers, and asteroid mining. EchoStar provides indirect exposure to SpaceX through strategic transactions at attractive valuations. Starlink has achieved significant scale with millions of active customers and is expanding into direct-to-cell services for smartphones. The satellite internet constellation aims to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband globally, particularly to underserved areas. This represents a major growth opportunity in telecommunications infrastructure. EchoStar's transformation involved monetizing valuable spectrum licenses worth billions, resolving regulatory issues with the FCC. The company sold spectrum to AT&T and SpaceX for over $40 billion combined, demonstrating the significant value of these invisible wireless highways. Remaining spectrum assets provide additional monetization opportunities. The fund holds luxury brands like Kering, Swatch Group, and spirits companies as AI-proof investments. These companies with strong brand moats and pricing power are expected to endure and potentially thrive despite AI disruption. Their business models are considered resilient to technological changes affecting other industries. | SATS |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 14, 2026 | Emerald Wealth Partners – Focused Equity Strategy | 2.1% | 13.2% | 1179.HK, 8035.T, AHT.L, AMAT, AMZN, ASML, AVGO, BLK, CB, CSU.TO, DE, DEO, GOOGL, LMT, LSEG.L, MSFT, NOW, ORCL, SHEL, TMO | AI, China, Quality, semiconductors, technology, Trade Policy, value | AI dominated 2025 with massive data center investment announcements including OpenAI's $300 billion commitment and Meta's five-gigawatt Hyperion data center. The manager sees AI driving demand for semiconductor tools and custom chips, positioning companies like Applied Materials, ASML, and Broadcom to benefit from the infrastructure buildout. Semiconductor companies were top performers with Applied Materials up 59.6% and ASML up 55.8%. The manager emphasizes the bright prospects for chip design tools given silicon requirements for AI deployment, while also initiating Broadcom for its custom chip capabilities serving cloud hyperscalers. Trump announced the highest tariffs since the 1930s, with effective rates settling around 17% after negotiations. This triggered initial market corrections but companies adapted by flexing supply chains, with macroeconomic consequences remaining benign on inflation and GDP fronts. China had a strong year with the Hang Seng up 32% as investors warmed to signals that regulatory tightening was over. Chinese tech companies demonstrated ability to deploy AI efficiently at lower costs despite GPU restrictions, while valuations became attractive after years of consolidation. The manager focuses on high-quality compounders trading at discounts after being left out of the AI rally. They target companies generating strong free cash flow with high ROIC that can redeploy capital effectively, finding opportunities in unloved sectors and geographies like Swiss stocks at multi-year valuation lows. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Oakmark International Fund | 8.8% | 0.0% | DEO, KER FP, PRNDY | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Oakmark Global Fund | 7.5% | 0.0% | 3626 JP, AKZOF, DEO, KER FP, STJ LN | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Aristotle International Equity Fund | 10.5% | 13.3% | 3064 JP, 9433 JP, BN CN, DEO, RTO | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Sep 1, 2024 | Fundsmith Equity Fund | -2.0% | 7.1% | DEO, EL, IDXX, META, MTD, NVO | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 27, 2025 | RGA Investment Advisors | - | - | AMZN, DBX, DEO, UBER | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 23, 2024 | The London Company Income Equity | 10.4% | 14.6% | APD, BLK, CVX, DEO, NSC, SCHW | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 13, 2025 | Fundsmith Equity Fund | - | 8.9% | AAPL, ADP, ATCOA SS, BF/B, DEO, IDXX, META, MKC, NKE, NVDA, NVO, OR FP, PM, TXN | - | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2026 | Substack | Winter Gems | Diageo plc | Beverages | Distillers & Vintners | Bull | London Stock Exchange | competitive position, Diageo, Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Spirits, Supreme Court, tariff, trade environment, UK, US market | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Alan Galecki | Diageo | Consumer Staples | Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries | Bear | NYSE | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Hoeft | Dodge & Cox | $185.3B | $955,613 | 0.00% | 11,077 | -120 | -1.07% | 0.0018% |
| Tom Russo | Gardner Russo & Quinn | $9.3B | $2.8M | 0.03% | 129,805 | +129,805 | +100.00% | 0.0053% |
| Mark A. Hillman | Hillman Value Fund | $158.9M | $2.2M | 1.40% | 25,705 | -4,137 | -13.86% | 0.0042% |
| Sarah Ketterer | Causeway Capital Management LLC | $7.3B | $41.9M | 0.58% | 485,288 | +18,422 | +3.95% | 0.0797% |
| Paul Tudor Jones | Tudor Investment Corp | $53.4B | $4.0M | 0.01% | 46,500 | -28,500 | -38.00% | 0.0076% |
| Ray Dalio | Bridgewater Associates | $27.4B | $13.6M | 0.05% | 157,763 | +157,763 | +100.00% | 0.0259% |
| Israel Englander | Millennium Management LLC | $233.2B | $4.7M | 0.00% | 54,100 | -169,231 | -74.12% | 0.0089% |
| Jeremy Grantham | GMO LLC | $39.1B | $9.7M | 0.02% | 111,920 | +57,570 | +105.92% | 0.0184% |
| Terrence Murphy | Clearbridge Investments | $124.9B | $48.1M | 0.04% | 556,998 | -195,682 | -26.00% | 0.0914% |
| Cliff Asness | AQR Capital Management | $190.6B | $445,753 | 0.00% | 5,167 | -911 | -14.99% | 0.0008% |
| Oliver Murray | Brandes Investment | $13.1B | $26.0M | 0.20% | 301,596 | +295,004 | +4475.18% | 0.0495% |
| Mario Gabelli | GAMCO Investors | $10.4B | $14.6M | 0.14% | 168,935 | -24,305 | -12.58% | 0.0277% |
| Wallace Weitz | Weitz Investment Management Inc | $1.7B | $2.1M | 0.12% | 23,800 | -4,500 | -15.90% | 0.0039% |
| Warren Buffett | Berkshire Hathaway | $274.2B | $19.6M | 0.01% | 227,750 | +227,750 | +100.00% | 0.0374% |
| Bob Wyckoff | Tweedy Browne CO LLC | $1.2B | $11.2M | 0.90% | 129,808 | +2,813 | +2.22% | 0.0213% |