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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 2, 2025 | Baron Global Advantage Fund | 22.6% | 11.0% | ARGX, BILL, CPNG, CRWD, DDOG, ENDV, GLOB, ILMN, LOAR, MELI, NET, NU, NVDA, PDD, SHOP, SNOW, TSLA, TSM, TTAN, ZS | AI, E-Commerce, global, growth, semiconductors, technology, volatility | AI infrastructure buildout is durable with NVIDIA maintaining leadership. Scaling laws have expanded beyond pre-training to post-training and test-time scaling, driving GPU demand. AI workloads will be supported by large language models in datacenters, unlocking trillions in value across intelligence-bottlenecked industries. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Nov 8, 2025 | Baron Asset Fund | -4.3% | 0.1% | ACGL, ALNY, APH, CHH, COIN, COR, CSGP, DAY, DKNG, DUOL, FDS, FICO, FND, GWRE, IDXX, IT, LOAR, MORN, MPWR, MTD, NET, ONON, PLTR, PWR, RBLX, STUB, VRSK, VRT, VST | aerospace, AI, growth, mid cap, Quality, technology, underperformance, valuation | The Fund discusses AI as a primary driver of market strength and data center capital spending growth. AI is creating both opportunities and challenges, with companies seeking guidance on AI risks and opportunities. The Fund believes AI should provide a tailwind for research companies like Gartner as businesses need help understanding AI implications. | STUB |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 21, 2025 | Artisan Partners Small Cap Fund | 8.7% | 4.8% | 4350 JP, ALAB, ASND, CGNX, CWAN, IBP, INSM, LOAR, LSCC, MDGL, MOD, MTSI, SN, WAY, WING | AI, Biotech, Health Care, industrials, small caps | The fund posted strong absolute but weaker relative returns as speculative small-cap stocks led markets. Managers emphasized profit-cycle investing, focusing on companies with durable growth such as Modine, Lattice Semiconductor, and Insmed. Key themes include AI-related infrastructure, biotech innovation, and cyclical recovery in housing and industrials. | OLLI CGNX MTSI TWST INSM MOD LSCC OLLI CGNX MTSI TWST INSM MOD LSCC |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 26, 2026 | Baron Discovery Fund | 0.2% | 11.0% | ALKT, CWAN, CWST, DKNG, DT, ESTA, EXAS, FROG, GCI, GTLB, INDIE, LLYVA, LOAR, MRCY, PRMB, RGEN, S, SITM, TREX, VRNS, WAY | AI, defense, growth, healthcare, Quality, small caps, software | The fund discusses AI as a transformative force requiring careful alignment of goals with humanity's interests. They view AI advancement as creating massive capital investment opportunities, particularly in datacenter buildout, while acknowledging concerns about AI's impact on software competitive advantages. The fund maintains significant exposure to enterprise software companies, particularly cybersecurity and systems software. They believe complexity of enterprise integration protects established players from AI disruption, with companies like Dynatrace, Varonis, and SentinelOne offering defensive moats through proven resilience and security. The fund focuses on innovative healthcare companies including molecular diagnostics (Exact Sciences), medical devices (Establishment Labs), and healthcare IT (Waystar). They see opportunities in companies improving patient outcomes through technology and automation in healthcare processes. The fund holds defense companies benefiting from increased defense budgets, including allocations for unmanned vehicles and missile defense systems. They trimmed positions after meaningful valuation increases but maintain defense as a core holding area. | CWST GLIBA PRMB LLYVA VRNS INDI FROG CAS WAY CWAN ESTA EXAS |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | TimesSquare Capital Management U.S. Small Cap Growth Strategy | 6.2% | 0.0% | ADUS, BJ, BOOT, CERT, CWAN, EME, EWCZ, FORM, FROG, INSM, LOAR, MODG, MTDR, MYRG, OS, PCVX, SVV, WH, WHD, WMT | Biotechnology, consumer, energy, growth, healthcare, industrials, small cap, technology | AI remains a dominant trend with many companies seeing greater risks of underspending and being left behind rivals. Companies are setting their IT budgets for 2025 with AI considerations. The technology continues to drive corporate spending decisions across sectors. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Lord Abbett Developing Growth Fund | 6.4% | 21.1% | ADMA, CAVA, CYBR, FIX, FROG, GKOS, LOAR, PIPR, RXST, SG, TMDX, VRNS, ZETA | AI, Biotechnology, Cloud, growth, healthcare, infrastructure, small cap, technology | The fund identifies generative artificial intelligence as one of their favorite investment areas that appears ready to re-accelerate growth in 2024 and beyond. They view the emergence of generative AI as creating ample opportunities across the market cap spectrum. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 27, 2024 | Baron Small Cap Fund | 9.6% | 14.5% | ASGN, BWIN, CHRT, DAY, DKNG, ENDV, EWCZ, EXPO, FND, GDOT, GWRE, IBP, INSP, KNSL, LOAR, PLNT, SITE, SPT, TREX, VRT | Cloud, consumer discretionary, Data centers, healthcare, industrials, Rotation, small cap, technology | Vertiv Holdings Co, a leading provider of critical digital infrastructure for data centers, is positioned to benefit from AI-driven growth in data center spend. The company reported very strong results with orders up 60%, highlighting strong demand for its products in data center cooling and power management. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Nov 29, 2025 | Fund Letters | Alex Umansky | Loar Holdings Inc. | Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Bull | NYSE | Aerospace, aftermarket, compounding, M&A, Pricingpower | View Pitch |
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