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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 7, 2025 | GoodHaven Capital Management | - | -5.9% | BLDR, BRK/A, JEF, TVK CN | dislocation, Intrinsic Value, long-term, Quality, volatility | The letter highlights market volatility driven by tariffs and geopolitical shocks as a source of opportunity rather than risk. Management emphasizes owning high-quality businesses trading below intrinsic value and using downturns to add to positions. Long-term compounding and downside protection remain central. | TVK |
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| 2021 Q2 | Jun 30, 2021 | McElvaine Value Fund | - | -28.2% | GUD CN, JEF, MXG CN, TOU CN | - | View | ||
| 2020 Q2 | Jun 30, 2020 | McElvaine Value Fund | - | -15.6% | GUD CN, JEF, MXG CN, TOU CN | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Dec 31, 2025 | Clark Street Value | - | - | BHR, BRSL, FI, FSP, FWRD, FWRD. GDEN, GLIBA, GRBK, IOR, JEF, LNW, MCHB, MLCI CN, MREO, NLOP, NSTS, SEG, SOHOO, TURN | Capitalreturns, catalysts, distressed, specialsituations, value | The year-end review reflects a contrarian, special-situations-driven value approach amid significant underperformance versus the S&P 500. The portfolio focuses on distressed equities, REIT liquidations, take-privates, and idiosyncratic balance sheet mispricings where catalysts such as sales processes, buyouts, or capital returns can unlock value. Value investing is framed as lumpy and uncomfortable, with long-term success dependent on patience, downside analysis, and selective conviction rather than benchmark alignment. | TURN SOHOO LNW JEF FI GDEN FWRD BHR |
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| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Moerus Capital Management LLC | - | 16.0% | 1821 HK, 1910 HK, 83 HK, AAL LN, BMA, DESP, EFX CN, JEF, NVDA, TDW, TURSG TI | - | View | ||
| 2021 Q4 | Dec 31, 2021 | McElvaine Value Fund | - | 40.6% | 2728 HK, GUD CN, JEF, MXG CN, TOU CN | - | View | ||
| 2020 Q4 | Dec 31, 2020 | McElvaine Value Fund | - | 6.3% | 1 HK, 2728 HK, JEF, MXG CN, TOU CN, WCP CN | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 30, 2024 | FPA Crescent Fund | 3.7% | 12.8% | JDE GR, JEF | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 30, 2026 | Moerus Capital Management LLC | 4.8% | 40.4% | 1200.HK, CMW.AX, DC.TO, DOUG, EXOR.MI, JEF, JSE.L, LTM, NTCO3.SA, STAN.L, TARS, TSGYO.IS, VAL, VALT.L, WED.TO | Banking, contrarian, emerging markets, international, Mining, Recovery, value, volatility | The Fund focuses on deeply discounted opportunities where overly pessimistic expectations are priced in, creating upside potential when outcomes prove merely benign. Examples include Valterra Platinum, Midland Holdings, and LATAM Airlines, all purchased when expectations were at their nadir. The manager believes there is less competition for deep value, out-of-favor opportunities due to attrition among value investors and style drift toward Growth strategies. Valterra Platinum, the world's largest producer of Platinum Group Metals, was purchased when expectations were rock-bottom due to EV adoption concerns. The platinum market entered its third consecutive year of supply deficit in 2025, with producers cutting higher-cost production and auto manufacturers walking back EV ambitions. Platinum prices surged from depressed levels, driving significant gains. LATAM Airlines Group was purchased in 2023 shortly after emerging from bankruptcy when stigma and pandemic effects repelled investors. The company had a much-improved financial profile, competitive position, and cost structure post-bankruptcy with meaningfully reduced debt and operating costs. Performance was driven by passenger volume recovery and impressive business results leading to increased profitability and share repurchases. Türkiye Sigorta was added in 2023 when general investor flight from Turkey occurred amid unorthodox economic policies and 85% inflation. The insurance environment was painful with dramatically rising claims costs, but created opportunity to invest in a high-quality business at heavily discounted prices. Performance improved as policies reset at higher prices and the Turkish Central Bank adopted orthodox monetary policy. Midland Holdings, the leading Hong Kong residential property broker, was purchased when shares had sunk to extremely depressed levels amid an ailing local residential market hurt by higher interest rates and economic issues. The company's cash made up roughly 70% of market cap at purchase, with nascent signs of improvement in the Hong Kong residential market exceeding minimal expectations. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 30, 2026 | Baron Focused Growth Fund | 12.3% | 22.3% | ABNB, ACGL, BIRK, CHH, CSGP, DEI, DUOL, FDS, FIGS, GWRE, H, IBKR, IDXX, IOT, JEF, LVS, LYV, MSCI, MTN, ONON, RRR, SHOP, SPOT, TOL, TSLA, VRSK | AI, consumer, Electric Vehicles, growth, healthcare, real estate, Space, technology | The fund discusses concerns about AI introduction into the economy and its impact on subscription-based software companies. AI competition has hurt valuations of platform investments like Spotify, CoStar, and Guidewire, though it hasn't impacted their financial performance. The fund holds X.AI Holdings Corp., formed through merger of X and xAI, which has developed competitive AI model Grok. The consumer remains quite resilient despite concerns about higher inflation, interest rates, and tighter labor market. Consumer-oriented investments including FIGS, Hyatt Hotels, and On Holding showed strength in the quarter. The fund sees continued resilience in consumer demand for health care apparel and premium products. SpaceX is generating significant value with rapid expansion of Starlink broadband service, deploying vast satellite constellation with substantial user growth. The company has established itself as leading launch provider with reusable technology and is making tremendous progress on Starship rocket. SpaceX represents the fund's largest position at 19.2% of net assets. Tesla remains a core holding representing 8.1% of net assets as an electric vehicle leader. The fund views Tesla as a disruptive growth company with large underpenetrated addressable markets, well financed with significant equity stakes by founder-led management giving further conviction in the investment. | DUOL CSGP SPOT ONON H FIGS GWRE |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 29, 2026 | FPA Crescent Fund | 3.1% | 17.7% | ADI, AMZN, AVTR, BDX, C, CHTR, CMCSA, CRM, GOOGL, HEIA.AS, IFF, JEF, KMX, META, MSFT, NOW, NTDOY, ORCL, SAF.PA, SAP, SNOW, TEL, WDAY | AI, global, healthcare, Quality, small caps, technology, value | The fund emphasizes being value aware, focusing on cases where both quality and value intersect. They avoid speculative areas where reward for taking risks is insufficient relative to potential returns. The strategy has generated equity-like returns while placing equal importance on capital preservation and appreciation over 30 years. The fund is actively investing in small to mid-cap global securities, believing the investment community is casting its gaze away from these market constituents that offer asymmetric risk-reward for those willing to look forward three to five years. Recent purchases demonstrate their commitment to this thesis. The fund discusses AI extensively through Microsoft's transformation and growth prospects. They analyze how AI/cloud developments transformed Microsoft's business model and examine the massive revenue growth required for current AI valuations to make sense, questioning whether Microsoft can add revenue equivalent to multiple major software companies combined. | MSFT |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 24, 2026 | Miller Howard Investments Income-Equity Strategies | 15.6% | 15.6% | ABBV, C, COP, CSCO, EMN, ETR, GILD, GPS, GSK, HRB, HRL, JEF, JNJ, JPM, MPLX, MTB, PAYX, RF, STT, VICI, VZ | AI, dividends, income, productivity, value | AI represents a transformative technology that could drive step-change improvements in economic productivity. The manager believes AI's greatest impact will come from companies using it as an input to improve operations rather than those selling AI products. Many dividend-paying companies in labor-intensive industries could benefit significantly from AI adoption through process automation and efficiency gains. The portfolio focuses on high dividend yields approximately 3x the S&P 500, with strong dividend coverage ratios and projected dividend growth. Six companies increased dividends in the quarter, led by MPLX with a 13% increase. The strategy emphasizes collecting high and rising dividends while compounding real cash returns through disciplined reinvestment. The portfolio trades at significant discounts to the broad market, with P/E ratios 40-42% below the S&P 500. The manager believes many steady-growing companies are overlooked by markets focused on AI winners, creating opportunities in businesses with lower assumed margins and productivity that could benefit from AI adoption. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 13, 2026 | GoodHaven Capital Management | 0.0% | 7.1% | BAC, BLDR, BRK-B, DVN, EXOR.MI, GOOG, JEF, LEN.B, TVK.TO, VNOM | concentrated, energy, financials, Housing, Quality, technology, value | Secular tailwinds in the shift towards digital advertising. Largest firms have significant network effects and competitive advantages, with high barriers-to-entry. Companies trading at significant discount to intrinsic value. Strong balance sheets and capital levels indicate enduring competitive advantages. Attractive businesses to take advantage of recovery cycles. Accelerating demographic changes in the US producing strong underlying housing growth. More capital light business models minimize big boom and busts, and increase returns on invested capital. Broader pricing strength supportive of suppliers. Industry capital allocation discipline with emphasis on accelerated cash distributions to shareholders. Favorable demand-supply dynamics after industry consolidation and strategic players. | MKL |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Jan 27, 2026 | Fund Letters | Pearu Põld | Jefferies Financial Group Inc | Financials | Investment Banking & Brokerage | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Creditmarkets, Cycles, Investmentbanking, Mna, valuation | View Pitch |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Moretus Research | Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | Other | - | Neutral | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
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