| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 7, 2024 | Headwaters Capital Management, LLC | 8.8% | 21.4% | ASGTF, CLMB, EYE, FICO, MEDP | Biotechnology, Buybacks, Commercial real estate, mid cap, Rate Cuts, small caps, software | Manager discusses small cap outperformance potential following Fed rate cuts, noting historical patterns where small caps benefit from easing cycles. Cheap valuations and faster earnings growth outlook for 2025 support continued outperformance opportunity. | ASGTF |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 10, 2024 | The Bristlemoon Global Fund | 6.8% | 7.4% | 0700.HK, 9988.HK, APP, EYE, META, PAR, PDD | Advertising, AI, China, Concentration, gaming, growth, Stimulus, technology | AppLovin's AXON 2.0 AI-powered ad targeting algorithm has driven exceptional growth, with software revenues growing 75% year-over-year. The neural network utilizes recent AI breakthroughs to improve ad targeting beyond previous capabilities. AXON 2.0's targeting improvements allow AppLovin to deliver superior return on ad spend outcomes at scale. | APP |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 9, 2026 | The Bristlemoon Global Fund | -6.2% | 0.0% | ADBE, APP, ASML, EYE, FICO, FND, GOOGL, HD, LOW, NKE, PRTG, SBUX, SNPS, UBER | AI, growth, Housing, Restaurants, semiconductors, software, technology, value | The fund has benefited from AI winners like AppLovin, which applies machine learning to improve ad algorithms with 72% revenue growth and 89% EBITDA growth. The manager views AI as creating opportunities through the Jevons paradox, where lower content creation costs increase demand for editing tools like Adobe. PAR Technology is positioned as an AI beneficiary through its unified platform strategy enabling Coach AI functionality. ASML is highlighted as a monopoly in the semiconductor industry during an AI boom. The manager outlined bear case arguments and explained why they were misguided, with the stock appreciating from €600 to over €900 per share in a quarter as other investors agreed with their thesis. The fund holds multiple software positions including PAR Technology, Adobe, and others. PAR is viewed as benefiting from restaurant technology consolidation, with potential McDonald's partnership validation. Adobe is seen as an AI beneficiary rather than victim, trading at 15x earnings despite double-digit revenue growth. PAR Technology represents a play on restaurant technology consolidation, with potential tier-1 client wins including McDonald's. The manager believes even large tech-forward restaurants are realizing POS software is too complex to maintain internally, favoring best-of-breed vendors like PAR with unified platform strategies. Floor & Decor represents a category killer business model in hard surface flooring with 75,000 square foot warehouse stores carrying 2,350+ SKUs versus 630-680 at competitors. The company has grown comparable store sales at 11% annually over 14 years, with strong unit economics and store rollout potential to 500 locations. The manager extensively analyzes mortgage rate dynamics affecting Floor & Decor's housing-dependent business. They expect mortgage spread normalization from current 300+ basis points back toward historical 168 basis point average, potentially reducing rates to 5.5-6.0% range and unlocking housing transaction velocity. | FND 215A JP BCG LN ADBE PAR ASML NA |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | ClearBridge Investments Small Cap Growth Strategy | 0.0% | 0.0% | ALGM, ANF, BJ, CVGW, CYRX, ENV, EYE, FOUR, FOXF, FTAI, HLNE, INTA, KVYO, MPWR, OS, PJT, TREX, VRNS, WTFC, ZETA | Biotechnology, consumer, Fed Cuts, financials, growth, Rotation, small caps, software | Small cap stocks snapped an unprecedented losing streak versus large caps in Q3, with the Russell 2000 Growth Index up 8.41%. The rotation was initially catalyzed by higher Trump election odds and cooling inflation data supporting Fed rate cuts. Historically rate cuts have been positive for small caps, and with earnings growth for smaller caps set to eclipse large caps over the next two years, coupled with historic lows in relative valuations, conditions are aligning for better asset class performance. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Meridian Contrarian Fund | 6.9% | 0.0% | AMSC, AXS, BEPC, CACI, CCJ, CRC, CRNC, EYE, FCNCA, PRGO, SGH, THC, VICI | contrarian, healthcare, Renewable Energy, small cap, turnaround, value | Fund employs a contrarian value strategy seeking out-of-favor companies with depressed valuations and visible catalysts for sustainable improvement. The process screens for companies with multiple quarters of earnings declines and identifies those poised for earnings rebounds through turnaround plans or management changes. | BEPC AMSC THC PRGO CRNC EYE |
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| 2023 Q2 | Jun 30, 2023 | ClearBridge Investments Small Cap Growth Strategy | 0.0% | 0.0% | AEL, ALGM, AZPN, BE, BJ, BWXT, CHGG, EYE, FIGS, FOXF, HAIN, IART, IAS, MPWR, PD, PEN, SGRE, SGRY, SILK, SPT, STAA, TREX, TRUP, XPO | Biotechnology, growth, Quality, semiconductors, small caps, software, underperformance | The Strategy focuses on small cap growth investing and was impacted by a lower-quality small cap rally during the quarter. The manager discusses Russell index rebalancing pressure affecting small cap performance and notes that sticking to investment discipline has historically led to relative performance recovery. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Apr 28, 2023 | Headwaters Capital Management, LLC | 8.8% | 21.4% | EYE, FND | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 13, 2024 | ClearBridge Investments Small Cap Growth Strategy | 0.0% | 0.0% | BLKB, CHX, EYE, FOUR, FOXF, IBP, LSCC, MIRM, MPWR, NARI, NVDA, SILK, SMCI, STAA, TREX, VRNS, WHD, WING, WMT | AI, Biotech, growth, healthcare, industrials, M&A, small cap, technology | Generative artificial intelligence captured significant attention with OpenAI's ChatGPT driving massive investment in rival models and infrastructure build in data centers and GPU-heavy AI servers. Public market capital chased AI beneficiaries while selling perceived disrupted businesses, with most significant winners in large cap universe. | IBP MIRM BLKB NARI |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Meridian Contrarian Fund | National Vision Holdings, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | Specialty Retail | Bear | NASDAQ | Healthcare services, Optical Retailer, pandemic recovery, Specialty retail, technology implementation, turnaround | View Pitch |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Short Thesis | Bristlemoon Capital | National Vision Holdings Inc | Consumer Discretionary | Health Care Facilities (Optical Retail & Eye Care) | Bear | NASDAQ | Competition, Labor, Margins, Optical retail, Reimbursement | View Pitch |
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