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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 23, 2026 | Barometer Capital Management Inc. | 0.0% | 0.0% | AEM.TO, BBD-B.TO, BVN, CAT, CLS.TO, CPX.TO, FTT.TO, GOOGL, HWM, K.TO, LRCX, MS, NA.TO, POW.TO, RTX, RY.TO, SAN, SE, TTWO, TVE.TO | AI, Canada, Copper, defense, energy, financials, Precious Metals, semiconductors | AI infrastructure remained a pillar of market leadership despite some consolidation in December. The market continued to distinguish between AI-enablers where demand remained strong and more cyclical parts of the chip complex, reinforcing the durability of the infrastructure buildout theme. Semiconductors exposed to AI maintained strength as semiconductor capital spending remained supported by AI-driven demand for advanced chips. Defense spending stayed elevated amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, supporting backlog strength and long-cycle earnings durability for aerospace and defense companies. RTX and Howmet extended gains as commercial aerospace demand remained strong and defense spending supported long-cycle revenue visibility through backlogs. Precious metals experienced renewed volatility during the quarter, with gold and silver weakening sharply into the end of October after an extended run higher. The pullback created opportunity as the manager re-engaged at lower levels when the market stabilized and the broader macro backdrop remained supportive for hard assets. Gold miners delivered strong returns throughout the year despite some weakness in final days of December. Copper prices surged into year-end amid rising demand tied to electrification, infrastructure, and data-center buildouts, alongside persistent supply constraints. This supported miners levered to the copper theme, with materials exposure contributing positively through companies like Hudbay Minerals and Rio Tinto benefiting from strength in copper and base metals. The portfolio benefited from exposure to global power demand themes, with Caterpillar continuing to benefit from robust demand in its energy & transportation business increasingly tied to expanding global power needs, particularly the build-out of AI data centers requiring reliable on-site generation capacity. Nuclear energy remained supported by structural tailwinds including rising global demand for reliable baseload power. Financials added to returns with banks demonstrating strong earnings power and shareholder return capacity. Morgan Stanley benefited from a supportive backdrop for capital markets activity and wealth management momentum, while Canadian banks continued to demonstrate resilient profitability and capital strength supporting shareholder return expectations. | TVE CN LRCX CAT |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 13, 2026 | Mawer International Equity Fund | -1.8% | 18.4% | 000660.KS, 0700.HK, AJG, APH, ATR, BA.L, BNS.TO, COR, CSU.TO, DHR, FTT.TO, GOOGL, MFC.TO, MMC, MSFT, PNG.V, RY.TO, TD.TO, TOI.TO, WAT | AI, defense, equities, global, gold, Quality, semiconductors, Valuations | AI remained the dominant market narrative, yet the year's shift from a focus on computing power to concerns about data centre profitability and power supply raised bubble concerns. The combination of industrial-scale spending, still-unproven economics, and higher valuations increases the risk that expectations get ahead of reality. Amphenol benefited from robust demand for AI-related interconnect products, which now account for over a third of its revenue. Gold remained well supported against the backdrop of easier global policy and unresolved geopolitical and trade risks. The firm narrowed their long-standing underweight to gold stocks in a measured way as geopolitical uncertainty, de-dollarization, fiscal indiscipline, central bank gold purchases, and falling interest rates created a more supportive backdrop. They focused on gold-related companies with differentiated, relatively lower-risk business models. Defense contractors such as the UK's BAE, Italy's Leonardo, and France's Thales experienced pullbacks in the fourth quarter on the possibility of a diplomatic breakthrough in the Russia-Ukraine war. However, geopolitical events early in the year helped defense company shares more-than-offset the declines seen in the fourth quarter. Kraken Robotics also benefited from increased government defence spending. High-bandwidth memory leader SK Hynix nearly doubled in the quarter thanks to explosive demand for its products. Other AI-linked semiconductor companies were rewarded for continued fundamental strength, such as TSMC and Kokusai Electric. European equities were supported by semiconductor stocks among other factors. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 12, 2026 | QV Investors Inc. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 005930.KS, 0700.HK, BABA, CAT, CNI, DG, FTT.TO, GOOGL, MU, NVDA, TPZ.TO, UNP | AI, commodities, Dollar, financials, gold, international, Market Concentration, value | AI narrative shifted from Magnificent 7 to hardware providers building data centers. Memory chip providers like Micron and Samsung surged 240% and 120% respectively. Industrial businesses like Caterpillar and Finning benefited from AI-related capital spending for power generation equipment. Gold prices rose 64% as global central banks bolstered reserves and investors sought store of value amid geopolitical concerns and US deficit levels. Precious metals had their best year since 1979, contributing significantly to Canadian market returns. European financials rose 65.7% in 2025 as positive interest rates re-ignited profitability. Canadian bank stocks rose 43.4% as falling rates caused yield curve steepening. Over five years, European financials returned 111.5% versus S&P 500's 82.3%. Manager emphasizes opportunities in defensive areas like healthcare and consumer staples trading at historically low multiples. European cyclicals and smaller cap companies globally trade at low earnings multiples with depressed margins, offering reasonable returns with conservative assumptions. Industrial metals moved to new highs following precious metals surge. Manager sees opportunity in companies that manufacture raw materials into value-added products and pass through cost increases. Commodities rising alongside capital expenditure and fiscal stimulus. | TPZ CN FTT CN DG 005930 KS |
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