| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 22, 2025 | Third Avenue Value Fund | 9.4% | 12.7% | 1418.T, 5233.T, 6856.T, 7270.T, 8283.T, BIRG.L, BMW.DE, BZU.MI, CKH.L, CMCL.L, CRE.L, DB, EZJ.L, HCC, IFP.TO, ORI, SFOR.L, TDW | Copper, diversification, Japan, Reinsurance, small caps, valuation, value | Manager emphasizes price-conscious investing approach, seeking securities at meaningful discounts to business value. Criticizes current U.S. mega-cap valuations and advocates for diversification away from expensive stocks toward undervalued opportunities. | CDRE.L CRE LN |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 14, 2024 | Aegis Value Fund | 0.0% | 3.1% | AAPL, AMZN, ARG.TO, BCYP, CSCO, DLAPF, GOOGL, HLDR, IFP.TO, IPCO.TO, MEG.TO, META, MSFT, MTRX, NGS, NVDA, ORE.TO, PRU.AX, SEPBTF, TSLA | energy, gold, inflation, Mining, oil, small cap, value | Oil supply appears temporarily supplemented by inventory liquidations with US Strategic Petroleum Reserve drained nearly half. US shale production growth structurally leveling off as new drilling primarily offsets decline rates. Global exploration hindered by fossil fuel divestment and sanctions on Russia may constrain exports. | PRU.AX OGC.TO NGS |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 7, 2024 | Third Avenue Value Fund | 1.2% | 0.0% | 6856.T, BIRG.L, BMW.DE, BZU.MI, C6B.SI, CAPS.TO, DB, EZJ.L, G13.SI, HBR.L, HCC, IFP.TO, LUN.TO, MBG.DE, ORI, SFOR.L, SUBC.OL, TDW, VAL | Banking, Buybacks, contrarian, Copper, dividends, Europe, value | Fund focuses on buying significantly undervalued, well-financed businesses run by honest and competent people. Manager emphasizes price-conscious, fundamental value investing approach that has become less competitive due to industry shift toward growth strategies. | HBR.L BOIG.L |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 30, 2024 | Smead International Value Fund | 0.7% | 11.6% | BAWG.VI, CVE.TO, FRO, G.MI, IFP.TO, MEG.TO, OXY, PNDORA.CO, ROG.SW, TGA.JO, UCG.MI, WFG.TO, WHC.AX | Banking, energy, inflation, international, rates, value | The fund holds significant positions in energy companies including Meg Energy, Cenovus Energy, and Occidental Petroleum. Coal companies faced pressure from weakened demand factors including China's economic growth and increased coal and gas stock availability. | ROG.SW |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 17, 2026 | Aegis Value Fund | 0.0% | 67.1% | ARREF, ARX.TO, ASTL.TO, ATH.TO, BOCH, CVE.TO, CYL.AX, EFX.TO, EQX.TO, HNRG, IFP.TO, IPCO.TO, KMR.L, MEG.TO, NGS, ORE.TO, PD.TO, VET.TO | commodities, Dollar, energy, gold, Mining, Precious Metals, small cap, value | Gold rocketed up 64.6% in 2025 as global sentiment soured on the dollar amid government fiscal profligacy and untenable debt levels. Investors shifted towards precious metals as a safe haven for wealth preservation, with global ETF demand soaring and China buying gold hand-over-fist. Gold overtook US Treasuries as the primary reserve asset in central banks worldwide. Precious metals mining stocks soared with the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index increasing 176.5% and NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index climbing 158.28%. The Fund's 23.4% allocation to 22 precious metals mining positions delivered 35.01 percentage points of Fund returns. Despite recent gains, the sector remains substantially undervalued vis-à-vis the market. WTI crude prices dropped 19.9% in 2025, delivering oil's worst year since 2020. OPEC incrementally increased production quotas by 2.9 million barrels/day amid trade tensions while Chinese demand growth moderated. The oil-to-gold ratio is now at historic lows outside the 2020 pandemic, suggesting oil assets may be undervalued debasement safe-havens. Hyperscalers are investing nearly $1.5 trillion in capex over the next 24 months for data-center construction. Data centers will grow to represent 12% of all US energy use by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023. This creates investment opportunities in electricity and natural gas producers as reliable power generation becomes a key bottleneck. Natural gas pricing was flat with spot Henry Hub prices edging up just 1.46% from a year ago. However, natural gas appears to have fully recovered from its glut as substantial North American LNG export capacity came online and data-center electricity requirements increased demand for natural gas generation. The dollar index delivered a nearly 10% decline over the year as investor sentiment towards the dollar weakened considerably. Factors included federal debt topping $38 trillion, a more dovish Federal Reserve, increasing American tariffs, and dollar weaponization through financial system sanctions. | ASTL CN CVE CN CYL AU ORE CN EQX CN |
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| 2025 Q3 | Nov 23, 2025 | Robotti Value Investors | - | - | IFP.TO, NVDA, WFG.TO | AI, cash flows, Concentration, fundamentals, Lumber, technology, valuation, value | Manager discusses how AI has not rendered fundamental investing obsolete, arguing that while AI excels at information processing, value investing thrives in gray areas where human judgment matters more than data density. The current AI boom has created extraordinary market concentration reminiscent of the dot-com era. | IFP CN |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 21, 2025 | Third Avenue Value Fund | 11.9% | - | 7270.T, AC.TO, BCC, BIRG, BMW.DE, BZU.MI, CBG.L, CSTCF, DB, EZJ.L, HCC, HEI, IFP.TO, LUN.TO, MBG.DE, ORI, ROG, S4C.L, UGPA3.SA | Banking, contrarian, Copper, Europe, Forecasting, Mining, value | Copper prices have benefited from increasingly tight global supplies, a weak U.S. dollar, breakdown of trust in global trading norms, and operational disruptions at several large copper mines. These dynamics have benefited holdings like Capstone Copper and Lundin Mining, with rising gold prices also helping copper miners that produce gold as a byproduct. | AC ROG BOISE DBK OR HBR LUN CS |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 16, 2023 | Smead International Value Fund | 0.7% | 11.6% | BAWG.VI, BKT.MC, BMW.DE, CVE.TO, FRO, GOOS.TO, IFP.TO, MEG.TO, NXT.L, OXY, P911.DE, PAH3.DE, PNDORA.CO, SMWH.L, TGA.L, UCG.MI, VOW3.DE, WFG.TO, WHC.AX | Banking, Coal, Currency, energy, interest rates, international, value | The fund views rising interest rates as a major risk affecting all asset classes, not just bonds. They believe the 30-year Treasury hitting 5% creates significant interest rate risk that most investors underestimate. The fund seeks to avoid this risk through specific positioning choices. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 22, 2026 | Third Avenue Value Fund | 7.4% | 35.2% | 0001.HK, 2603.TW, 6951.T, 6955.T, BIRG.L, BMW.DE, BZU.MI, CMA, CS, DB, HBR.L, HCC, IFP.TO, LUN.TO, SFOR.L, SSUB.OL, SUBCY, TDW, VAL | Banking, Copper, energy, Europe, Mining, Resource Conversion, value | Fund holds significant positions in copper miners Lundin Mining and Capstone Copper, viewing copper as indispensable to modern economies with exceptional supply challenges. Manager believes copper demand growth has evolved from Chinese construction to renewables, electric transportation, and data center construction, while supply increases remain elusive due to aging mines, declining ore quality, and decade-plus timelines for new projects. Warrior Met Coal was the single largest contributor to Fund performance during the quarter, benefiting from early completion of Blue Creek metallurgical coal mine eight months ahead of schedule. The completion portends far higher coal production, much lower capital spending, and likely return to significant cash distributions to shareholders. Manager discusses the materials-intensive nature of renewable energy infrastructure, noting the irony that mining companies producing materials for solar panels, wind turbines, electrical grids, and batteries were deemed global pariahs while renewable energy companies were market darlings. The build out of data centers and electrical infrastructure has become entwined with copper consumption growth. Fund holds offshore oil and gas service providers and one upstream producer, believing more offshore spending is required to maintain current production levels. Manager notes U.S. onshore production growth has slowed significantly due to lower drilling activity, exhaustion of Tier 1 acreage, and water challenges, potentially leading to future production declines that would enhance the importance of long-life offshore production. Manager highlights a profound divergence in U.S. sanctions activity, noting recent seizure of dark fleet oil tankers, arrest of Nicolas Maduro, U.S. claim of control over Venezuela's energy industry, and sanctions on Russia's largest oil producers. This marks a departure from decades of avoiding sanctions that would impact energy flows, with gunboat diplomacy and military embargos returning. Manager emphasizes resource conversion activity including share buybacks as a key component of their investment approach for undervalued, well-financed companies. The Fund focuses on companies where management teams can create shareholder value through buybacks, recapitalizations, special dividends, asset disposals, spin-offs, acquisitions, or sale of the business. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 15, 2024 | Smead International Value Fund | 0.7% | 11.6% | CVE.TO, FRO, G.MI, IFP.TO, MEG.TO, OXY, PNDORA.CO, SCR.TO, UCG.MI, WFG.TO | banks, energy, Europe, Government Spending, inflation, technology, value | The fund is focused on the reserve life of oil and gas assets in places like Canada with investments like MEG Energy, Cenovus and Strathcona. In a world that is far less interested in investing in energy compared to AI, they believe that the assets' lives need to match the current long lead time capital cycle. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Robotti Value Investors | 0.0% | 0.0% | IFP.TO, IIIN, MT | cyclicals, Lumber, market inefficiency, Steel, value, volatility | The U.S. steel industry demonstrates market inefficiency with public companies trading at large discounts to intrinsic value while being acquired at significant premiums. Recent M&A activity shows Cleveland Cliffs bidding $35 for US Steel trading at $22, Nippon Steel bidding $55 (150% premium), and Stelco acquired at 87% premium. The manager invested in ArcelorMittal, focusing on its EAF technology and attractive valuation. | IFP.TO MT |
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| 2023 Q3 | Apr 10, 2023 | Van Der Mandele Arar Fund | -5.9% | 0.5% | AWE.L, BFIT.AS, ESTE, IFP.TO, JXN, ONEW, PR, STLA | Autos, energy, Europe, rates, semiconductors, small caps, value | Manager emphasizes finding stocks with low P/E ratios and attractive balance sheets, particularly in the value segment of the market. Stellantis highlighted as trading at P/E under 3 despite solid fundamentals. | STLA |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 27, 2025 | Aegis Value Fund | - | 9.4% | AE, ARGT.TO, ASTL.TO, BOCH, CYL.AX, EQX.TO, GMIN.TO, GQC.TO, HNRG, IFP.TO, KMR.L, MAI.TO, MEG.TO, NCAU.TO, NGS, ORE.TO, PD.TO, PRU.AX, SEPL.L | Canada, commodities, energy, gold, inflation, materials, small caps, value | Energy sector holdings significantly outperformed peers, delivering 6.33 percentage points to fund returns. Natural Gas Services Group climbed 67% as capital expenditures began generating cash flows. Precision Drilling was the largest new position, purchased at attractive valuations with strong Canadian fundamentals and improving pipeline infrastructure. | ORE.TO MAI.TO IFP.TO PD.TO HNRG SEPL.L NGS |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 16, 2024 | Smead International Value Fund | 0.7% | 11.6% | BAWG.VI, CVE.TO, FRO, GOOS.TO, IFP.TO, IWG.L, MEG.TO, OXY, PNDORA.CO, SCR.TO, UCG.MI, WFG.TO | banks, Change, Europe, Geopolitical, oil, value | America transformed into an OPEC-sized producer of oil and gas products over the last 20 years. American producers decided to quit drilling new holes in spring 2020, leading to explosive returns for investors as stock buybacks and dividends rained in from operating cash flow. Oil and gas producers are now being rational with their capital allocation. | BAWG.VI |
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| 2024 Q4 | Jan 14, 2025 | Smead International Value Fund | -6.2% | 4.7% | 7270.T, BARC.L, BG.VI, BRBY.L, CVE.TO, FRO, G.MI, GLEN.L, IFP.TO, MEG.TO, PNDORA.CO, ROG.SW, SCR.TO, UCG.MI, VOW3.DE, WFG.TO, WHC.AX | Autos, banks, Buybacks, energy, Europe, Japan, value | The letter extensively discusses share buybacks as a key investment strategy, comparing them to Pac-Man gobbling up shares. UniCredit reduced shares outstanding by 19.4% through buybacks, and Japanese companies including Subaru are implementing their first-ever buyback programs. | 7270.T UCG.MI |
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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 | Robotti Value Investors | Interfor Corporation | Materials | Forest Products | Bull | TSX | Cyclical, Forest Products, Housing, Lumber, materials, North America, Replacement Cost, Sawmills, turnaround, Value | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Aegis Value Fund | Interfor Corporation | Materials | Forest Products | Bear | TSX | acquisition, Canada, Cyclical, debt burden, Forest Products, Housing Construction, Lumber, materials, mortgage rates, turnaround | View Pitch |
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