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Letters With This Ticker

Quarter	Letter Date	Fund Name	QTD	YTD	Tickers	Keywords/Themes	Theme Commentary	Pitches	Letter
2025 Q2	Jul 22, 2025	Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund	1.3%	4.0%	BAC, CHTR, F, GS, GTN, KSS, OGN, RIG, SABR, TOL, UVSP	Corporate Bonds, Credit Risk, duration, Fed policy, fixed income, Treasury, Yield Spreads	The Fed cut rates by 25 basis points in September despite upgrading GDP estimates and predicting inflation will remain above target. The manager questions whether this was data-driven or politically motivated, noting it's historically rare to cut rates when core CPI is at 3% absent a market crisis. Markets expect two more cuts by year-end with fed funds settling at 3% by end of 2026.		View
2026 Q1	Apr 30, 2026	Voya MI Dynamic Small Cap Fund	-	-	CLF, KSS, MWA, PGNY, TPH, TROX	energy, financials, Geopolitical, growth, healthcare, small caps, technology, value		MWA TPH TROX PGNY CLF KSS	View
2026 Q1	Apr 21, 2026	Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund	0.1%	0.1%	BAC, GOOGL, GS, IRM, JPM, KSS, PNC, USB	Corporate Bonds, credit, duration, fixed income, inflation, private credit, Treasuries			View
2025 Q3	Oct 21, 2025	Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund	1.7%	5.7%	BAC, CHTR, F, GS, GTN, KSS, OGN, RIG, SABR, TOL, UVSP	credit, duration, Fed policy, fixed income, inflation, rates, Treasuries	The Fed cut rates by 25 basis points in September despite upgrading GDP estimates and predicting inflation will remain above target. The manager questions whether this was data-driven or politically motivated, noting it's historically rare to cut rates when core inflation is at 3% absent a market crisis. Markets expect two more cuts by year-end with fed funds settling at 3% by end of 2026.	SABR SABR	View
2025 Q4	Jan 23, 2026	Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund	0.9%	6.7%	ADT, CNSL, COTY, F, GTN, KSS, OGN, SABR, SPR, USB, UVN	Corporate Bonds, credit, duration, Fed policy, fixed income, inflation, Treasuries, Yield Spreads	Consumer Price Index is approximately 25% higher since COVID pandemic, the highest rise in nearly forty years. Inflation has outpaced wage growth, creating affordability issues. The manager believes inflation will trend higher rather than moving toward the Fed's 2% target. Early warning signs of credit stress in private credit markets with collapses of subprime issuers and private debt markdowns. Goldman Sachs reports 15% of private credit borrowers cannot cover interest costs. The manager questions whether these are isolated events or signs of broader trouble ahead. Fed cut rates by 1.75% since September 2024 with third consecutive reduction in December. The manager believes the market may be underestimating the ultimate neutral fed funds rate and that the last 18 years of unconventional monetary policy may have skewed perceptions of normal rates.		View
2024 Q2	Jul 30, 2024	Oaktree Capital Management	0.0%	0.0%	AAPL, GOOGL, KSS, MSFT	CLO, credit, Dual Economy, high yield, rates, Refinancing, wealth	The dual economy creates challenges for credit markets as wealth concentration allows generous capital markets despite elevated rates. Many highly levered companies have postponed problems by refinancing debt, but if rates stay elevated and the economy weakens, companies with unstable capital structures may find it challenging to keep kicking the can down the road.		View

Pitches With This Ticker

Date	Pitch Type	Author	Company	Industry	Sub Industry	Bull / Bear	Stock Exchange	Keywords	Action
May 1, 2026	Fund Letters	Voya MI Dynamic Small Cap Fund	Kohl's Corp.	Department Stores	Department Stores	Bear	New York Stock Exchange	Consumer Discretionary, Department Store, retail, turnaround, Value	View Pitch
Apr 29, 2026	Seeking Alpha	Seeking Alpha	Kohl's Corporation	Retail	Department Stores	Neutral	New York Stock Exchange	consumer spending, Cost control, Department Stores, Free Cash Flow, Kohl's Corporation, Middle East Conflict, operating margins, Q4 2025, sales growth, tariff refunds	View Pitch
Apr 21, 2026	Seeking Alpha	Seeking Alpha	Kohl's Corporation	Retail	Department Stores	Bear	New York Stock Exchange	consumer sentiment, Cost management, debt level, Department Stores, dividend yield, Energy Prices, Kohl's Corporation, Net Sales Decline, retail, Short squeeze	View Pitch
Jan 23, 2026	Twitter / X	@jupiters_string	Kohl’s Corporation	Consumer Discretionary	Broadline Retail	Bull	New York Stock Exchange	Article, Estate, Inventories, Kohl, Liquidation, Real, Real Estate, Valuing Real	View Pitch
Aug 13, 2025	Seeking Alpha	Seeking Profits	Kohl's Corporation	Consumer Discretionary	Department Stores	Neutral	NYSE	—	View Pitch
Aug 13, 2025	Seeking Alpha	Redfox Capital Ideas	Kohl's Corp.	Consumer Discretionary	Department Stores	Bear	NYSE	—	View Pitch
Aug 7, 2025	Seeking Alpha	Caleb Harbert	Kohl's Corporation	Consumer Discretionary	Department Stores	Bull	NYSE	—	View Pitch

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