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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2024 Q2 | Aug 2, 2024 | Alger Small Cap Focus Fund | 6.4% | 5.9% | AGYS, CABA, KRUS, MAR, NTRA, RGEN, WING | AI, Cloud, Genomics, growth, healthcare, small caps, technology | AI is at an inflection point, potentially enabling significant increases in productivity. Growing confidence in AI capabilities boosted large cap technology stocks during the quarter. The fund sees AI as creating attractive investment opportunities. | RGEN KRUS CABA AGYS NTRA WING |
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| 2023 Q2 | Aug 1, 2023 | Tall Oak Capital Advisors | - | - | ADBE, ASML, ATVI, BRK.A, BSX, CAT, CCO, CDNS, CNQ.TO, EQIX, FERG, IFC.TO, JNJ, LLY, LRCX, MA, MAR, MCD, MSFT, PEP, UNH | AI, diversification, Energy Transition, infrastructure, Quality, rates, value | Artificial Intelligence is garnering significant attention for its potential impact in the near term. The fund holds positions in leading semiconductor equipment companies like LAM Research and ASML Holdings, crucial players in supplying cutting-edge chips needed to drive the AI future. They believe the true core competence lies in the picks and shovels - the companies supplying the essential equipment and software. | CDNS ASML LRCX FERG AD8 AU|ARB AU|BAP AU|CAT AU|DHG AU|PME AU|PNI AU|RDX AU|TNE AU |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | -4.5% | -4.5% | ABT, AMZN, ARES, CRM, CWK, ENS, FI, GOOGL, ISS.CO, ITRN, JLL, LYV, MAR, MEDP, MSFT, PRG, SW.PA, SWK, SWKS, TPG | Facilities Management, real estate, small cap, tariffs, value, volatility | Market volatility returned during the first quarter, creating opportunities for the firm to execute their dual investment discipline. The firm welcomes volatility as it provides opportunities to purchase stable value businesses at lower prices with larger margins of safety. Price to value ratios improved across all strategies during the quarter. | SODEXO.PA GOOGL MSFT AMZN CRM PRG ITRN ISS JLL SWKS TPG SWK MEDP |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Large Cap | -2.1% | -2.1% | ABT, AMZN, ARES, CRM, CWK, ENS, FI, GOOGL, ISS.CO, ITRN, JLL, LYV, MAR, MEDP, MSFT, PRG, SW.PA, SWK, SWKS, TPG | healthcare, large cap, real estate, technology, value, volatility | Market volatility returned during the first quarter, creating opportunities to execute dual investment discipline by purchasing stable value businesses at lower prices with larger margins of safety. The firm welcomes volatility as it provides opportunities to improve price to value ratios across all strategies. | SODEXO.PA GOOGL MSFT AMZN CRM PRG ITRN ISS JLL SWKS TPG SWK MEDP |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | -4.1% | -4.1% | ABT, AMZN, ARES, CRM, CWK, ENS, FI, GOOGL, ISS.CO, ITRN, JLL, LYV, MAR, MEDP, MSFT, PGHN.SW, PRG, SW.PA, SWK, SWKS, TPG | Asset Management, real estate, tariffs, technology, value, volatility | Market volatility returned during the first quarter, creating opportunities for the firm to execute their dual investment discipline. The manager welcomes volatility as it provides opportunities to purchase stable value businesses at lower prices with larger margins of safety. Price to value ratios improved across all strategies during the quarter. | SW PRG ITRN ISS JLL SWKS TPG SWK MEDP |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Vulcan Value Partners – Focus Plus | -6.0% | -6.0% | ABT, AM, AMZN, CRM, CWK, ENS, FI, GOOGL, ISS.CO, ITRN, JLL, LYV, MAR, MEDP, MSFT, PGHN.SW, PRG, SW.PA, SWK, SWKS, TPG | Cloud, concentrated, large cap, technology, value, volatility | Market volatility returned during the first quarter, creating opportunities to execute dual investment discipline by purchasing stable value businesses at lower prices with larger margins of safety. The firm welcomes volatility as it provides opportunities to improve price-to-value ratios across all strategies. | SODEXO.PA SWKS PRG ITRN ISS JLL TPG SWK MEDP |
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| 2025 Q4 | Mar 6, 2026 | Aristotle Core Equity Fund | 3.1% | 18.2% | AAPL, AMZN, APG, AVGO, COIN, GH, GM, GOOGL, JPM, MAR, META, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, ORCL, ORLY, PFGC, TMO, TT, V | AI, earnings, Fed policy, growth, healthcare, large cap, technology, Trade | Artificial intelligence continued to be a major theme with more than 300 S&P 500 companies mentioning AI on their earnings calls during the fall. This enthusiasm helped propel mega-cap tech stocks higher and drive market gains. However, scrutiny increased around AI-related revenue circularity, massive scale of AI-related capital spending, and durability of longer-term returns on investment. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Renaissance Investment Management – Large Cap Growth | - | - | AAPL, ABBV, ANET, AVGO, BJ, BRO, CPRT, ECG, FERG, GOOGL, HON, MAR, MCK, MCO, NOW, ORLY, PWR, SHW, UBER | growth, large cap, Policy Uncertainty, Quality, semiconductors, technology, valuation | Artificial intelligence semiconductors drove strong demand for companies like Broadcom despite sector underperformance. AI inferencing represents a growth opportunity, though Chinese low-cost AI models created market headwinds for semiconductor stocks in the quarter. | ABBV CPRT |
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| 2023 Q4 | Feb 21, 2024 | Eagle Capital Management | 10.2% | 38.1% | AMZN, AON, BAYRY, C, CHTR, CMCSA, COF, COP, ELV, GE, GOOGL, GS, HLT, IAC, LBRDK, MAR, META, MSFT, NFLX, OXY | energy, fiscal policy, inflation, Long Term, technology, value | After prolonged poor industry performance, structural supply/demand dynamics are attractive. Energy stocks trade at historically wide free-cash-flow-yield advantage to overall market. Geopolitical risks may cause energy price spikes, yet sector weighting is near all-time lows as percentage of overall market. | View | |
| 2023 Q3 | Nov 14, 2023 | Tall Oak Capital Advisors | - | - | ADBE, BABA, BRK-A, BSX, CAT, CCO.TO, CNQ.TO, COST, EQIX, GOOGL, LLY, MA, MAR, MCD, MSFT, NVO, PEP, SLB, SU.TO, UNH | Defensive, dividends, energy, fixed income, healthcare, Quality | Growing demand for nuclear energy as a clean power source driven by climate change concerns and energy security. Uranium consumption has surged past pre-Fukushima levels with supply concentrated among state-owned enterprises. Small Modular Reactors expected to bolster long-term demand. | ALLY CCO.TO |
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| 2024 Q3 | Oct 28, 2024 | Parnassus Growth Equity Fund | 3.3% | 21.0% | AAPL, ABNB, ADYEY, AKAM, AMAT, AMZN, CHTR, CMG, CSGP, DHR, GOOGL, INTU, MAR, MELI, MSCI, MSFT, NVDA, PCOR, SHW, V | consumer, Esg, financials, growth, healthcare, large cap, Quality, technology | The fund maintains exposure to payment processing companies like Adyen and Visa, with Adyen reporting solid quarterly results that exceeded expectations following a period of volatility. The fund continues to favor names with exposures to payment processing among other end markets in the Financials sector. | CSGP MELI CMG |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 10, 2023 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | 8.1% | 16.5% | AMAT, DEO, FWRD, ISS.CO, ITRN, LRCX, MAR, MLKN, SEE, SMRT, TXN, UNH | Concentration, discount, healthcare, Hotels, Quality, semiconductors, Spirits, value | Vulcan focuses on purchasing high-quality businesses trading at substantial discounts to intrinsic value. The firm emphasizes companies with sustainable competitive advantages and superior returns on capital. Price-to-value ratios are at historically attractive levels across their strategies. | DEEPSEEK AAPL|MSFT|NFLX|NVDA|UNH TXN AMAR DEO |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 10, 2023 | Vulcan Value Partners – Focus Plus | 5.6% | 18.6% | DEO, ISS.CO, ITRN, MAR, MLKN, SEE, SMRT, TXN, UNH | Concentration, free cash flow, large cap, Margin Of Safety, Quality, value | Diageo is a global spirits and beer producer with over 200 brands. The spirits segment generates more than 80% of revenue and has been taking share from beer and wine. The premiumization trend has been a tailwind driven by an expanding global middle class and preference for higher quality spirits. | DEEPSEEK AAPL|MSFT|NFLX|NVDA|UNH TXN AMAR DEO |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 10, 2023 | Vulcan Value Partners – Focus Plus | 5.9% | 18.7% | AMAT, DEO, FWRD, ISS.CO, ITRN, LRCX, MAR, MLKN, SEE, SMRT, TXN, UNH | healthcare, Hospitality, large cap, Quality, semiconductors, Spirits, value | The firm focuses on purchasing high-quality businesses trading at substantial discounts to intrinsic value with sustainable competitive advantages. They target companies with pricing power, strong margins, and high returns on invested capital across multiple strategies. | DEEPSEEK AAPL|MSFT|NFLX|NVDA|UNH TXN AMAR DEO |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 10, 2023 | Vulcan Value Partners – Large Cap | 8.2% | 17.6% | AMAT, DEO, FWRD, ISS.CO, ITRN, LRCX, MAR, MLKN, SEE, SMRT, TXN, UNH | Competitive Advantage, large cap, Margin Of Safety, Quality, value | The firm focuses on purchasing securities with substantial margin of safety in terms of value over price, targeting companies trading well below fair value. They emphasize reducing portfolio price-to-value ratios through disciplined buying and selling decisions. | DEEPSEEK AAPL|MSFT|NFLX|NVDA|UNH TXN AMAR DEO |
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| 2023 Q3 | Oct 10, 2023 | Vulcan Value Partners – Small Cap | 9.1% | 9.4% | AMAT, DEO, FWRD, ISS.CO, ITRN, LRCX, MAR, MLKN, SEE, SMRT, TXN, UNH | concentrated, discount, large cap, Quality, small cap, value | Vulcan focuses on purchasing high-quality businesses at substantial discounts to intrinsic value with sustainable competitive advantages. The firm emphasizes price-to-value ratios and margin of safety as key investment criteria. They recently reopened Small Cap and All Cap strategies due to historically attractive price-to-value ratios. | DEEPSEEK SMRT EDELWEISS ITRN MLKN AAPL|MSFT|NFLX|NVDA|UNH TXN AMAR DEO |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 27, 2026 | Buckley Capital | 2.6% | 21.4% | ALL, BFIT, DAVE, FTAI, GE, HLT, HWM, IHG.L, IWG.L, LNW, LQDA, MAR, PRTH, RR.L, RTX, SAF.PA, UTHR, VRNA, WLFC | aerospace, Europe, Fintech, gaming, Inflection, small caps, turnaround, value | Light & Wonder represents a high-quality duopoly business with Aristocrat in slot machine manufacturing and distribution globally. The company has engineered a remarkable turnaround over the last 5 years, transitioning from an overlevered business losing market share to an appropriately levered company now growing market share substantially. Basic-Fit is the dominant low-cost gym operator in Western Europe and represents the largest position. The company built a highly standardized, low-cost gym model delivering attractive price-to-value for members and high incremental returns on capital. 2026 is expected to be the inflection year as clubs opened since 2023 have reverted to pre-pandemic performance. Willis Lease Finance is a niche leader in commercial aircraft engine leasing, specializing in midlife engines. The aerospace backdrop is exceptionally strong with supply chain bottlenecks, engine reliability issues, and record order backlogs driving years of elevated demand. New engine production is effectively sold out for years. Dave is a high-growth, profitable neobank offering mobile digital banking services and small-dollar advances to customers often ignored by traditional banks. The company's Extracash product drives majority of revenues and represents a better option than payday loans or bank overdraft fees for consumers. Liquidia recently pre-announced very strong results and is expected to generate around $600-700m in sales this year and $1bn next year. The main issue continues to be lack of resolution around the patent infringement court case with competitor United Therapeutics, but the position is fully hedged. Priority Tech Holdings is exceptionally well-positioned within the financial services and payments industry, benefiting from high profitability, strong free cash flow returns, and a predictable business model. Over 90% of the company's business is either recurring or reoccurring, providing high predictability. | LQDA DAVE IWG LN LNW PRTH WLFC |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Fundsmith Equity Fund | -2.0% | 7.1% | ADP, AMS.PA, COLOB.CO, IDXX, MAR, MC.PA, META, MSFT, NVO, OR.PA, OTIS, PM, SYK, V | consumer, global, healthcare, large cap, Quality, technology | The fund focuses on high quality businesses that can sustain high returns on operating capital employed with advantages that are difficult to replicate. These businesses do not require significant leverage to generate returns and have a high degree of certainty of growth from reinvestment of cash flows at high rates of return. The fund seeks businesses that are resilient to change, particularly technological innovation. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Sep 1, 2024 | Fundsmith Equity Fund | -2.0% | 7.1% | AAPL, ADBE, AMZN, BF.B, DEO, EL, FTNT, GOOGL, IBM, IDXX, MAR, META, MKC, MSFT, MTD, NVDA, NVO, OR.PA, PG, TSLA | AI, global, large cap, Pharmaceuticals, Quality, technology, value | Smith discusses the rise of AI as a driving force behind the Magnificent Seven stocks, particularly Nvidia. He notes AI is not entirely new, citing IBM's Watson from 2011 and Google's DeepMind acquisition in 2014. He questions whether early winners can be identified, drawing parallels to past technology developments where early leaders often failed to maintain dominance. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 14, 2025 | Fundsmith Equity Fund | -5.7% | -5.7% | ADP, BF-B, IDXX, MAR, MC.PA, META, MSFT, NVO, OR.PA, OTIS, PM, SYK, UL, V, WAT | equities, global, growth, healthcare, long-term, Quality, technology | The fund maintains stringent investment criteria focusing on high quality businesses that can sustain high returns on operating capital employed. These businesses have advantages that are difficult to replicate and do not require significant leverage to generate returns. | View | |
| 2025 Q1 | Apr 14, 2025 | Parnassus Core Equity Fund | -2.4% | -2.4% | AMD, AMZN, AZO, BCOM, BRO, CI, CRM, DE, DHI, GOOGL, ICE, MA, MAR, MSFT, NOW, NVDA, O, SNPS, VZ, WM | AI, Defensive, financials, industrials, large cap, Quality, semiconductors | The portfolio maintains positioning in AI beneficiaries including hyperscalers, semiconductor companies, and software companies that are building the computing foundation of the future. The fund added AMD and ServiceNow during the quarter to strengthen its AI theme exposure. Despite near-term volatility, the managers remain optimistic about long-term opportunities in AI infrastructure providers. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Aug 7, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Blue Chip Portfolios | Marriott International | Consumer Discretionary | Lodging | Bull | NASDAQ | — | View Pitch |
| Manager Name | Fund Name | Fund AUM | Invested Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares Owned | Shares Bought / Sold During Quarter | % Bought / Sold During Quarter | % of Shares Outstanding Owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Greenberg | Brave Warrior Advisors | $4.3B | $370,427 | 0.01% | 1,194 | +0 | +0.00% | 0.0004% |
| Terry Smith | Fundsmith | $17.1B | $1.2B | 7.21% | 3,979,927 | -248,371 | -5.87% | 1.3065% |
| Paul Tudor Jones | Tudor Investment Corp | $53.4B | $3.0M | 0.01% | 9,700 | -46,700 | -82.80% | 0.0032% |
| Steven Halverson | Private Capital Management | $1.0B | $313,032 | 0.03% | 1,009 | +1,009 | +100.00% | 0.0003% |
| Steven A. Cohen | Point72 Asset Management | $86.8B | $6.2M | 0.01% | 19,900 | -100 | -0.52% | 0.0065% |
| Lee Ainslie | Maverick Capital | $9.3B | $2.2M | 0.02% | 6,955 | +2,743 | +65.12% | 0.0023% |
| Ray Dalio | Bridgewater Associates | $27.4B | $1.9M | 0.01% | 6,161 | -35,160 | -85.09% | 0.0020% |
| Dmitry Balyasny | Balyasny Asset Management | $76.6B | $310,240 | 0.00% | 1,000 | -13,600 | -93.15% | 0.0003% |
| Israel Englander | Millennium Management LLC | $233.2B | $24.1M | 0.01% | 77,800 | -99,110 | -84.99% | 0.0255% |
| Terrence Murphy | Clearbridge Investments | $124.9B | $631,649 | 0.00% | 2,036 | +0 | +0.00% | 0.0007% |
| Cliff Asness | AQR Capital Management | $190.6B | $20.7M | 0.01% | 66,817 | -404 | -0.60% | 0.0219% |
| Bruce Kovner | Caxton Associates | $3.2B | $3.9M | 0.12% | 13,951 | +13,951 | +100.00% | 0.0041% |
| Panayotis Sparaggis | Alkeon Capital Management | $63.1B | $577.9M | 0.92% | 1,862,600 | +254,600 | +15.83% | 0.6114% |
| Paul Ruddock | Lansdowne Partners | $1.4B | $402,692 | 0.03% | 1,298 | -1,298 | -50.00% | 0.0004% |
| Rich Handler | Jefferies | $19.3B | $17.4M | 0.09% | 56,180 | +36,380 | +183.74% | 0.0184% |
| Richard Kayne & John Anderson | Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management | $37.3B | $51.9M | 0.14% | 167,391 | -4,853 | -2.82% | 0.0550% |