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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 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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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 23, 2026 | FCL Capital | 0.0% | 4.1% | 0700.HK, 1211.HK, 6367.T, AAPL, FCX, GLEN.L, HBM.TO, HDB, KGH.WA, KWEB, MSFT, NVDA, SCCO, TSLA | AI, Brazil, Copper, crypto, emerging markets, Energy Transition, technology, value | FCL has built a position in copper miners as an indirect play on AI, energy transition, and urbanization. The fund views copper as undervalued relative to its role in data centers, electric vehicles, and renewable energy infrastructure, while copper mining stocks trade at traditional commodity multiples despite exposure to revolutionary trends. The letter discusses AI's massive energy requirements for data centers, estimating 500-700 thousand tonnes of copper demand by 2028-2030. FCL sees AI as driving fundamental changes in commodity demand while noting that direct AI investments trade at expensive valuations compared to indirect plays through commodities. Renewable energy systems are highly copper-intensive, requiring much more copper per unit of capacity than fossil fuel generation. Wind turbines need 8 tonnes of copper per MW offshore and 2.5-3 tonnes onshore, while solar requires 2-5 tonnes per MW, driving substantial copper demand growth. FCL revisits their 2017 crypto thesis, highlighting tokenization of real-world assets and prediction markets as the next evolution. They see tokenization enabling 24/7 global trading of traditionally illiquid assets, while prediction markets like Polymarket demonstrate superior forecasting ability compared to traditional polling. Brazilian investors have developed a false belief in risk-free returns through CDI investments due to high interest rates. FCL argues this creates a paradox where avoiding risk actually increases long-term purchasing power risk, as CDI has delivered near-zero returns in USD terms over the past decade. The fund emphasizes valuation disparities between expensive US tech stocks and cheaper alternatives in emerging markets and commodities. They highlight that copper miners trade at traditional multiples despite exposure to AI and energy transition themes, presenting attractive risk-adjusted opportunities. | 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 | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 18, 2026 | Titan Wealth | - | - | ADBE, AEM, AMD, AU, BKR, CAT, COIN, DIS, GLEN.L, GOOGL, IBKR, LLY, LMT, MELI, MOS, MU, NFLX, ORCL, PHG, RELX, SE | AI, commodities, defense, emerging markets, Geopolitical, global, infrastructure, technology | AI is described as not just a sector theme but a foundation for broad economic transformation that will reshape how businesses operate, products are developed, and services are delivered. The technological momentum is reflected in market behavior with strong equity gains driven by optimism about ongoing earnings growth and innovation-driven expansion. Semiconductor companies benefited from AI spending throughout 2025, with specific mentions of AMD benefiting from OpenAI's compute and chip commitments, and Micron Technology providing exposure to high-bandwidth memory as a bottleneck in chip development. Defense positioning includes exposure to missiles, air defense and space through companies like Lockheed Martin, supported by large order backlogs providing strong long-term visibility amid heightened geopolitical tensions. Gold exposure through miners like AngloGold Ashanti and Agnico Eagle Mines contributed meaningfully to returns as stronger precious metal prices translated into higher cash generation for miners, with positioning for sustained tensions around currency debasement. Energy transition themes are reflected through infrastructure investments and companies positioned for the global push toward renewable energy, including exposure to energy services and LNG infrastructure where long-term dynamics look positive. Cryptocurrency exposure through Coinbase reflects positioning for financial deregulation and disintermediation, with stablecoins expected to become a preferred transfer mechanism following regulatory developments like the GENIUS Act passage. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 16, 2026 | Massif Capital | 9.6% | 50.0% | 1211.HK, BHP, ENVX, EQNR, EQX.TO, GLEN.L, GLO.TO, GMIN.V, Gold, HBR.L, KGHM, LITM, LRV.AX, LUN.TO, LYB, MGN.V, MMA.V, RIO, VALE, VAR.OL | commodities, Copper, energy, geopolitics, gold, inflation, Mining, real assets | Portfolio exposure narrowed from 16% to 10% in single position (Equinox Gold). Manager believes gold serves as monetary hedge amid central bank independence concerns and persistent inverse relationship with dollar. Central bank accumulation from emerging markets expected to continue. Largest theme at 29% allocation across core positions. Structurally tight physical market with mine supply disruptions exceeding 6% of global output. Treatment charges collapsed to negative levels signaling constrained concentrate availability. Policy-driven stockpiling creates upside convexity. 16% portfolio allocation expecting price volatility as base case. Market characterized by visible surplus yet episodic geopolitical premiums. Focus on companies with proven economics at mid-cycle prices and flexible capital programs rather than directional oil price bets. Manager challenges assumptions about demand destruction and rapid substitution in energy. Views transition as energy addition rather than replacement, raising near-term energy intensity. Supply governed by decline rates rather than responsiveness. Policy creating regional cost asymmetries and oligopolies in heavy industry. Geopolitics now shapes supply chains, governs capital access, and determines project feasibility. Political alignment increasingly influences risk premia and monetization. Persistent inflation driven by labor constraints, energy dynamics, and geopolitical fragmentation challenges embedded assumptions from post-2009 regime. Higher real-rate environment appears durable rather than transitory, altering risk-return arithmetic. | GLO CN LAR LUN CN MMA CN EQNR NO HBR LN VAR NO GMIN CN EQX CN |
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