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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 10, 2025 | FPA Crescent Fund | 8.4% | 8.1% | 7974.T, ADI, AMRZ, AMZN, C, CMCSA, GLEN.L, GOOGL, HEIO.AS, HOLN.SW, ICLR, IFF, META, NXPI, SAF.PA, TEL | Defensive, global, risk management, SMID Cap, value, volatility | Valuations remain above average, partly justified by lower-than-average interest rates. US companies continue to trade more expensively relative to their historical average and when compared to those based outside the US. Large-capitalization stocks, particularly those that are growthier, have captured the minds and wallets of investors and now trade at unusually high valuations. | View | |
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 15, 2025 | Upslope Capital Management | 8.9% | 3.4% | 8697.T, CHG.L, CME, DPLM.L, DSFIR.AS, EVR, FCN, HOLN.SW, HSY, MKTX, QQ.L, SAND.ST, SMIN.L, SPX.L, TDY | defense, Europe, Exchanges, Hedging, Industrial, Long/Short, value, volatility | The fund holds defense contractors including Chemring and Teledyne Technologies, with Chemring being a top contributor during the quarter. The manager notes accelerating sector tailwinds and describes the cyclical boom in defense markets. | EVR FCN SMIN.L EVR FCN SMIN LN |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jun 30, 2025 | Oakmark International Fund | 12.6% | - | 6273.T, 9434.HK, ABI.BR, ASML, ASRNL.AS, BABA, BAYN.DE, BXB.AX, CON.DE, CPG.L, HEN3.DE, HOLN.SW, MC.PA, SCHP.SW, WLN.PA | Asia, Automation, Banking, Europe, insurance, international, semiconductors, value | ASML represents a dominant position in lithography equipment with an effective monopoly in EUV technology. The company benefits from structural demand growth driven by AI and data centers, despite recent customer capex cuts creating attractive entry valuations. | 6273.T ASR.AS ASML |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 10, 2024 | FPA Crescent Fund | 3.7% | 12.8% | 3659.T, 9988.HK, ADI, AMZN, AON, AVGO, C, CHTR, CMCSA, FERG, GBLB.BR, GOOGL, HLF, HOLN.SW, IFF, JDEP.AS, JEF, KMX, META, TEL | global, Opportunistic, Quality, value | JDE Peet's is the second largest coffee business in the world, currently navigating challenges including effects of war on Russian business, pandemic impact on out-of-home demand, and massive inflation in coffee prices. Management has struggled with these challenges leading to CEO replacement. | JDEP.AS |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | FPA Crescent Fund | -0.2% | -0.2% | ADI, AON, C, CMCSA, FERG, GLEN.L, GOOG, GOOGL, HEIO.AS, HOLN.SW, ICLR, IFF, JEF, KMI, META, TEL | energy, global, Natural Gas, Valuations, value | The fund spoke to generally high stock valuations, particularly in the US, and took advantage of higher prices by reducing and selling some positions. With fewer appealing opportunities to redeploy capital, the fund's net exposure decreased significantly. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | FPA Crescent Fund | 1.1% | 14.0% | 003550.KS, AAPL, AMZN, C, CINF, CMCSA, COST, GLEN.L, GOOGL, HEIO.AS, HOLN.SW, IRM, JDEP.AS, JEF, META, MSFT, NVDA, SHW, TSLA, WSO | contrarian, Exposure, global, momentum, risk, valuation, value | Momentum stocks have led the market, particularly in 2024. According to Morgan Stanley, momentum ruled more than any other factor, with high momentum stocks outperforming low momentum by +28% year-on-year as of Dec 11th, a two standard-deviation event. The current momentum run is one of the top momentum runs since 1995. | 003550.KS CMCSA GLEN.L HEIO.AS |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 31, 2025 | FPA Crescent Fund | 5.5% | 14.1% | 7974.T, ADI, AMZN, C, CMCSA, FERG.L, GLEN.L, GOOGL, HOLN.SW, IFF, KMX, META, PRX.AS, RI.PA, SAF.PA, TEL, WFC | consumer, financials, global, technology, value | Alphabet continues to enhance its existing search offering with new AI features that have been well-received and are continually evolving. Recent concerns include competitive threats in search, stemming from competing AI models, as well as antitrust scrutiny in the US and Europe. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 30, 2024 | FPA Crescent Fund | 3.7% | 12.8% | ADI, AMZN, AON, AVGO, C, CHTR, CMCSA, FBIN, GOOGL, HLF, HOLN.SW, IFF, JDEP.AS, JEF, KMX, META, RI.PA, SATS, TEL, VYX | Diversified, global, Long/Short, Opportunistic, risk management, value | JDE Peet's stock has declined over the past twelve months despite largely stable earnings. Record-high coffee bean prices and headwinds from the company's Russia business have led investors to view the glass as half-empty. The fund is hopeful that new management will prove up to the task of making entrepreneurial and cost-efficient investments to reinvigorate growth and put JDE Peets in a position to benefit from its position as the world's second-largest consumer coffee company. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 15, 2025 | Upslope Capital Management | 8.8% | 12.5% | 8697.T, BIO, CHG.L, CME, DPLM.L, EVR, FCN, GOOGL, HOLN.SW, HSY, IMXI, INTC, KDEF, MKTX, SAND.ST, SMIN.L, SRT.DE, STE, TDY, WST | AI, defense, healthcare, Long/Short, Quality, risk management, valuation | Elevated and rising geopolitical tensions globally and in Asia-Pacific should drive sustained defense investment for years. Korean defense industry maintains significant relative cost advantages versus US and European peers while being cheaper, faster and compatible with NATO standards. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 13, 2026 | Upslope Capital Management | 2.0% | 14.8% | 6954.T, 8697.T, BAH, BIO, CCK, CME, DPLM.L, FCN, GOOGL, HOLN.SW, HSIC, HSY, INTC, MKTX, SAND.ST, SMIN.L, STE, TDY | AI, Automation, defense, healthcare, industrials, Japan, Long/Short, mid cap | Manager exited European defense stocks for the first time since early 2022, citing full valuations and expectations that the Ukraine conflict may wind down. However, maintains exposure through Booz Allen Hamilton and Korea Defense ETF, noting long-term secular tailwinds from rising geopolitical risks and defense spending. AI is described as everywhere, particularly on buyside analyst desktops, contributing to faster market pace and gambling-like behavior. Manager sees AI moving into the physical world as a catalyst for industrial automation companies like Fanuc, which is positioned to benefit from AI's expansion beyond digital applications. Fanuc holds ~50% market share in CNCs and is a leading factory robotics player, positioned to benefit from AI moving into the physical world and rising trade barriers boosting global reshoring. The company serves general industrial, automotive, electronics, and aerospace end markets with global diversification. Portfolio includes Japan Exchange Group benefiting from ongoing Japanese equity market structure reforms and corporate governance improvements. Fanuc represents exposure to leading Japanese industrials with fortress balance sheets and global market leadership in automation. | HSIC 6954 JP CCK BAH |
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| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Vanguard International Value Fund | -5.4% | 6.3% | 005490.KS, 005930.KS, 0700.HK, 1398.HK, 1821.HK, 2331.HK, 2688.HK, 6146.T, AIR.PA, ASML, BABA, BBDC4.SA, BP, CFR.SW, HOLN.SW, HSBA.L, MC.PA, MLCO, NOVOB.CO, PBR, ROG.SW, RYA.L, SHEL, TSM, ZEEL.NS | Developed Markets, Diversified, emerging markets, international, value | The fund employs fundamental, value-oriented investment process seeking undervalued stocks from non-U.S. markets. Investment advisors use fundamental research to construct portfolios of undervalued stocks in developed and emerging markets. ARGA's investment philosophy is based on the belief that investors overreact to short-term developments, leading to opportunities to generate gains from investing in good businesses at great prices. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 31, 2024 | FPA Crescent Fund | 3.7% | 12.8% | ADI, AMZN, AON, C, CHTR, CMCSA, ENT.L, GOOGL, HOLN.SW, IFF, JEF, KMX, META, MSFT, NVDA, TEL | Concentration, growth, large cap, Quality, risk management, value | The fund emphasizes value investing philosophy, noting that value managers have struggled significantly over the past decade with Value underperforming Growth by substantial margins. Many investors have capitulated and fired their Value managers, with some converting to Growth strategies. | KMX CHTR C HOLN.SW |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 14, 2025 | Upslope Capital Management | -5.1% | -5.1% | 8697.T, ATR, CHG.L, CME, CRL, DPLM.L, HOLN.SW, HSY, MKTX, QQ.L, SAND.ST, SPX.L, TDY, VFC | defense, Europe, Long/Short, mid cap, Onshoring, Trade Policy, volatility | The fund maintains significant exposure to defense contractors including Teledyne, Chemring, and QinetiQ, positioned to benefit from accelerated defense spending driven by the war in Ukraine and changing geopolitical landscape. These companies are well-positioned for long-term growth in defense budgets. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 31, 2024 | FPA Crescent Fund | 3.7% | 12.8% | AMZN, AVGO, FE, GOOGL, HOLN.SW, IFF, META | Concentration, global, large cap, Quality, technology, Valuations | A small number of mega-cap companies drove stock prices last year. The Magnificent Seven stocks ended the year with an aggregate market cap of almost $12 trillion, more than the U.K., Canadian, and Japanese stock markets combined. Their 111% return in 2023 accounted for approximately 75% of the 26.3% total return in the S&P 500. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | FPA Crescent Fund | Holcim Ltd | Materials | Construction Materials | Bull | SIX Swiss Exchange | aggregates, Building materials, Cement, construction materials, dividend, infrastructure, Share Buybacks, spin-off, Switzerland | View Pitch |
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