| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q1 | May 17, 2025 | VH Standard Asset Management | - | - | ALTM, ALTR, APO, AZPN, BECN, BRDG, COF, DFS, DNB, EDR, ESGR, HCP, HEES, HHH, HRI, JNPR, JWN, K, PDCO, PLYA, RDFN, RDUS, SWTX, TURN, WBA | Capital markets, M&A, Merger Arbitrage, risk management, volatility | The manager expects M&A activity to pick up significantly, leading to increased overbids and excess returns. Current environment shows minimal overbids, quiet go-shops, and subdued optimism, but historical patterns suggest this will revert to more competitive conditions similar to the 1980s merger boom. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | May 10, 2024 | Choice Equities Capital Management | -1.8% | 5.5% | CROX, HEES, PAR, SHAK, URI | earnings growth, Equipment Rental, infrastructure, Restaurants, small caps, technology | The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act allocates more than $1 trillion over ten years, complemented by the Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act. Construction spending in manufacturing reached $225 billion in 2023, more than doubling the 2015 peak. This represents a threefold increase compared to historical infrastructure programs when adjusting for inflation. | HEES PAR SHAK CROX |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 18, 2024 | Liberty Park Capital Management | -4.1% | -4.1% | ASPN, BELFB, BLN.TO, COHR, ENS, ENVX, HEES, HQI, INTT, ITI, KRNT, LMB, LUNA, NVEE, POWL, PWFL, RELL, SWIM, TGLS, TWI | Industrial, Long/Short, small caps, technology, value | Markets rallied to start the year thanks to AI enthusiasm, with AI-related transceivers at Coherent growing over 100% quarter-over-quarter. However, AI enthusiasm has moderated as the fund moved into Q2 2024. | BLN.TO LUNA |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | abrdn U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund | -3.7% | -3.7% | AZEK, COHU, CORT, HEES, JHX, LOB, LRN, MWA, REVG, SHOO, URI, VERX, WERN, WK | infrastructure, M&A, Quality, small caps, tariffs, Trade Policy, water | Trump administration announced new trade policy with 10% tariffs on all imports plus additional country-specific tariffs, followed by 90-day moratorium on additional tariffs except China while negotiations proceed. Significant market volatility resulted from concerns about macroeconomic slowdown and higher inflation. | REVG MWA WK SHOO VERX LRN HEES CORT |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 29, 2024 | Choice Equities Capital Management | -1.8% | 5.5% | AMZN, DIS, DISH, FOX, FUBO, GOOGL, HEES, META, MGNI, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, OEC, PAR, ROKU, WBD | Ad Tech, AI, Concentration, small caps, Streaming, technology, value | AI enthusiasm morphed into an outright AI vortex during Q2, with possibilities around AI use cases and productivity enhancements captivating public imaginations and creating an arms race mentality in corporate boardrooms. Four large hyperscalers intend to spend approximately $200B this year on AI chips, with the market capitalizing these large capital flows and rewarding recipients like Nvidia with higher trading multiples. | MGNI |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 25, 2024 | Liberty Park Capital Management | 7.1% | 2.5% | BELFB, BLBD, BLN, CGNX, COHR, ENVX, ETD, HEES, INTT, ITI, KRNT, LMB, LWLG, NVEE, PRIM, RELL, SWIM, TGLS, THRY, WEAV | AI, Long/Short, small caps, technology, turnaround, value | The manager believes the current AI hype cycle is coming to an end as investors notice actual revenue from AI is minimal relative to enormous capital equipment investment. OpenAI forecasts only $3.4 billion in 2024 revenue while over $100 billion has been spent on data center capex in the past 12 months. The AI industry needs time to digest this massive investment. | KRNT |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 18, 2024 | ClearBridge Investments Small Cap Growth Strategy | 0.0% | 0.0% | BPMC, CHX, DH, FN, GLBE, HEES, ICLR, INTA, MODN, MPWR, MSFT, MSTR, NVDA, PCVX, ROAD, SMCI, TREX, VRNS, WIX, XPRO | AI, Concentration, growth, semiconductors, small caps, software, technology, underperformance | AI overhang is creating challenges for software budgets and mindshare diversion to AI hardware development versus other software priorities. Early enthusiasm around generative AI has benefited infrastructure providers supporting advanced computing requirements. As the cycle matures, businesses with durable recurring revenue models should outperform. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | abrdn U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund | -7.5% | -3.2% | ATKR, ATMU, BOOT, CORT, EAT, FIVN, FROG, HEES, ONTO, PRFT | AI, Fed, Quality, rates, small caps, technology, value | Small caps trade at a significant discount to large caps and are positioned to benefit from market broadening beyond the Magnificent Seven. Corporate balance sheets flush with cash often trigger M&A activity benefiting smaller companies. Higher quality small caps have structural advantages in elevated rate environments. | FROG ATMU CORT |
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| 2023 Q1 | Apr 18, 2023 | Liberty Park Capital Management | 7.1% | 2.5% | ALTR, ATI, HEES, INTT, ITI, KRNT, LBRT, LSTR, LUNA, THRY, TITN, TWI, ZEUS | Banking Crisis, infrastructure, Long/Short, small cap, technology, value | The manager expresses concern about banking system stress following Silicon Valley Bank's failure and expects more bankruptcies among unprofitable tech companies and banks with underwater loan portfolios. They worry about contagion risk and disorderly unwinds as stuff starts to break. | HITI |
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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 | abrdn U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund | H&E Equipment Services | Industrials | Trading Companies & Distributors | Bull | NASDAQ | acquisition target, Construction Equipment, Equipment Rental, industrial services, M&A | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Choice Equities Capital Management | H&E Equipment Services Inc. | Industrials | Trading Companies & Distributors | Bull | NASDAQ | consolidation, construction, Equipment Rental, IIJA, Industrials, infrastructure, multiple expansion, Pricing power, Sun Belt, Value | View Pitch |
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