| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 25, 2025 | Baron Discovery Fund | 14.7% | 7.6% | ALKT, BASE, CW, CYBR, DAY, DKNG, DT, EXAS, GWRE, INSP, IRT, KTOS, LLYVA, MAC, MEG, MRCY, NOVT, PAR, RH, TEM, WYNN | AI, Cloud, cybersecurity, defense, growth, small caps, sports betting, technology | The fund is positioned across multiple defense companies benefiting from increased funding and demand for advanced military technologies. Companies like Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Karman Holdings are well positioned for accelerated multi-year growth in areas such as hypersonic technology, drone engines, missile defense, and space launch components. | WYNN INSP CLWR KARH MEG KTOS |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 15, 2025 | Smead Value Fund | -2.4% | -5.4% | AMGN, AXP, BRK-A, CSCO, CVE, DHI, DVN, EBAY, INTC, JPM, LEN, MAC, MRK, MSFT, NVR, OXY, SPG | energy, Homebuilders, Long Term, underperformance, value | The fund positions itself as a value-oriented strategy, drawing parallels to Warren Buffett's underperformance during the dot-com bubble. The managers emphasize their focus on neglected companies while money flows into popular growth stocks and the Magnificent Seven. | View | |
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 30, 2024 | Smead Value Fund | 5.1% | 11.1% | AMGN, APA, AXP, DHI, JPM, LEN, MAC, MRK, OVV, OXY, SPG, UHAL, WBD | energy, Euphoria, Homebuilders, large cap, Psychology, value | The fund focuses on investing at much lower P/E multiples in industries that have avoided euphoria. They believe caution is warranted when euphoric greed is dominant in the stock market, making this a good reason to fear stock market failure and seek value opportunities. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Baron Discovery Fund | 6.1% | 16.0% | AXON, CDNA, CWAN, CYBR, DAY, DKNG, EXAS, FND, GTLS, GWRE, IRT, KTOS, LLYVA, MAC, MEG, PAR, RDDT, S, TTAN, VRNS | contrarian, growth, REITs, small caps, software, technology, value | Axon highlighted the 2025 launch of an AI bundle oriented around its innovative Draft One product which automates the process of report writing for public safety officers. This represents a significant expansion opportunity as Axon continues to find new areas of growth and pulls ahead of competition. | BC.MI IRT TTAN MAC PAR CHT |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 19, 2025 | Smead International Value Fund | 9.1% | 28.5% | AMGN, APA, AXP, BAWG.VI, BMPS.MI, CVE.TO, DHI, FRO, LEN, MAC, MEG.TO, MRK, NVR, PNDORA.CO, SCR.TO, SPG, UCG.MI, UMG.AS, WFG.TO | Banking, energy, Europe, Mergers, oil, Scale, value | The fund owns MEG Energy which has been subject to a bidding war between Cenovus Energy and Strathcona Resources. Cenovus expects $400 million in annual cost savings from combining with MEG, representing about 45% of MEG's market cap. The oil business is seeing significant value creation through mergers and acquisitions as companies seek to scale operations. | UCG MEG SCR CVE |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 19, 2025 | Smead Value Fund | 10.7% | 4.7% | AMGN, APA, AXP, CACC, COP, CSCO, CVE, DHI, FANG, INTC, LEN, MAC, MRK, MSFT, NVR, OXY, SPG, TGT, UHAL, UNH | AI, commodities, energy, Homebuilders, technology, value | Energy positions delivered meaningful contributions despite WTI crude oil averaging around $65 per barrel. At current levels near $60 WTI, few bullish factors are reflected in market pricing while companies make disciplined acquisitions and maintain strong balance sheets. | MRK SPG DHI APA |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 17, 2023 | Warden Capital | 0.0% | 9.1% | CUBE, MAA, MAC, PLD, TGT | Cap Rates, Commercial Property, inflation, interest rates, Office, real estate, REITs, retail | The manager discusses the interplay between fundamental performance and interest rates across CRE sectors. Higher rates are impacting all sectors, but higher yielding sectors should see less impact. Quality assets are expected to revert towards replacement values over the long term. | View | |
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 15, 2024 | Smead Value Fund | 5.1% | 11.1% | AMGN, APA, AXP, BAC, DHI, LEN, MAC, MRK, NVR, OVV, OXY, SPG, WBD | commodities, contrarian, Euphoria, Homebuilders, oil, value | Home builders continued to show they are meeting an economic need and aren't the heavily cyclical companies they were in the past. D.R. Horton, Lennar and NVR rose sharply as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | Smead Value Fund | 0.3% | 5.1% | AMGN, APA, AXP, CVE, DHI, EBAY, FANG, HD, LEN, MAC, MRK, OXY, SPG, UHAL | contrarian, energy, healthcare, Homebuilders, long-term, Market Extremes, S&P 500, value | The fund maintains a concentrated value approach designed to maximize long-term returns. The managers position themselves as contrarians, being greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy. They believe deeply out of favor parts of the index like healthcare, energy and homebuilders could receive money coming out of growth stocks. Higher rates have continued to weigh on the homebuilder space as well as an increase in inventory. The fund regards homebuilders' capacity to maintain construction activity throughout the cycle as a key competitive strength, with less resilient competitors likely to exit the market during prolonged cyclical downturns. | View | |
| 2023 Q2 | Jul 21, 2023 | Warden Capital | 0.0% | 9.1% | MAC, PEB, PK, PLD, SLG, VNO | Banking, Capital markets, inflation, productivity, real estate, REITs | Manager discusses stabilization of capital markets after banking crisis, with liquidity slowly returning to CMBS markets. Focuses on various CRE sectors including office, retail, hospitality, industrial, and multifamily with detailed analysis of fundamentals and valuations. | View | |
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 15, 2024 | Smead Value Fund | 5.1% | 11.1% | AMGN, APA, AXP, BAC, DHI, JPM, LEN, MAC, MRK, OVV, OXY, QCOM, SPG, WBD | Concentration, energy, Euphoria, financials, Homebuilders, value | The fund maintains its value discipline and eight criteria despite underperformance against popular growth stocks. The manager expects to be well rewarded when the current euphoria episode ends, as has happened following other difficult popular markets. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 14, 2025 | Smead Value Fund | -3.1% | -3.1% | AMGN, APA, AXP, DHI, DVN, EBAY, LEN, MAC, MRK, NVR, OVV, OXY, SPG, TGT | energy, Homebuilders, Overvaluation, Quality, REITs, Scarcity, value | The fund emphasizes buying quality, well-selected common stocks at attractive valuations during a period when stocks are historically overpriced and overly popular. The manager believes investors are expecting what worked for the last ten years will work for the next ten years, creating opportunities for value-oriented approaches. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Jan 18, 2024 | Warden Capital | 0.0% | 9.1% | MAC, NXRT, PK, PLD, VNO | Commercial real estate, inflation, rates, REITs, value | CRE values have declined significantly due to rate hikes, with most asset classes at or below 2014 levels. Construction costs are 30-70% higher than 2015, creating supply constraints that should drive value appreciation over the next several years as replacement costs exceed current pricing. | ASIC|CWAN|INSP|KRMN|KTOS|MAC|MEG|RH|WYNN AFM CN|B4B GR|BLU SJ|COH SJ|HCI|KO|KSPI|MGROS TI|MTN SJ|NE|NPK SJ|OCE SJ|PPI|PRX NA|SAHOL TI|SES|WINE LN AXGN|MIR|NPKI|PACK|TPB|VNOM |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 16, 2024 | Smead Value Fund | 5.1% | 11.1% | APA, AXP, BAC, COP, DHI, DVN, FITB, HD, JPM, LEN, MAC, MTB, NVR, OVV, OXY, PFE, SPG, TGT, UHAL, WAL | banks, consumer, energy, Homebuilders, inflation, value | Home builders were weighed down by rapidly rising mortgage rates and recessionary fears that reemerged fears of a 2008-like housing crisis. The fund focused on supply demand dynamics rather than emotional fears and was handsomely rewarded with strong performance from D.R. Horton, Lennar, and NVR. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 15, 2025 | Warden Capital | - | 8.5% | ANF, AVGO, BRK-A, ILPT, MAC, NVDA, PK, SPOT, SPWH, VNO | AI, rates, real estate, small caps, tariffs, technology, value | Manager analyzes massive AI capex spending (~$220B) versus minimal end-user revenues (~$15B), questioning ROI sustainability. Deepseek's 30x cheaper pricing model threatens industry economics. Compares current situation to 2000 tech bubble with potential for capital overspending. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 14, 2025 | Smead Value Fund | -5.7% | 4.8% | AMGN, APA, AXP, BAC, DHI, JPM, LEN, MAC, MRK, NVR, OVV, OXY, SPG | AI, banks, contrarian, energy, Euphoria, Housing, REITs, value | The fund practices contrarian value investing, with their portfolio trading at 13-times earnings versus 22.75-times on the S&P 500. They believe the market will eventually reestablish reasonableness and favor their undervalued positions over the current growth momentum. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Baron Discovery Fund | The Macerich Company | Real Estate | Retail REITs | Bull | NYSE | CEO transition, Class A properties, Mall Real Estate, REIT, Supply-Demand Imbalance, turnaround, valuation discount | View Pitch |
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