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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Sep 3, 2025 | VH Standard Asset Management | 8.1% | 7.1% | BASE, BERY, BPMC, BRDG, COOP, DFS, ESGR, GMS, GTLS, HES, JNPR, JWN, LFCR, RDFN, SGOV, SPTN, STR, SWTX, TURN, X | Antitrust, Cash, Deregulation, M&A, Merger Arbitrage, Regulatory | The manager notes a significant pickup in M&A activity within the biotech-pharma-healthcare industry recently, which has provided deal flow for the portfolio. Johnson & Johnson's $15 billion acquisition of Intra-Cellular received no regulatory scrutiny, exemplifying the more permissive environment. | View | |
| 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 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Peterson Investment Fund | 8.8% | 8.8% | BABA, BOX, BRK.B, CVX, EBAY, GOOG, HOG, JNJ, JWN, ORCL, OXY, STX, T, UNH | AI, China, dividends, long-term, Options, technology, value | Portfolio positioned at forefront of AI revolution with Alphabet and Alibaba driving breakthrough innovations. Advanced AI technologies transforming analysis through proprietary AlphaOne platform. AI Agents represent next evolution in automation, fundamentally reshaping industries. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 27, 2025 | VH Standard Asset Management | - | -3.9% | ALTM, ALTR, AXNX, CDMO, CTLT, ESGR, GBNY, HCP, HES, INST, IPG, JNPR, JWN, MRNS, PDCO, PTVE, RCM, SMAR, SRCL, SRDX | Antitrust, Deal Flow, M&A, Merger Arbitrage, Regulatory, Trump | The fund experienced significant losses from the CPRI transaction failure in October, with the judge ruling against the merger based on novel antitrust theories about affordable luxury handbags. Despite this setback, the manager notes 33 deals completed between October and year-end with only 4 failures, indicating continued M&A activity in the sector. | View |
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