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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | Jul 21, 2025 | Sands Capital Select Growth Fund | 27.7% | 14.8% | AJG, AVGO, CVNA, NFLX, NVDA, RARE, RBLX, SHOP, TEAM, UBER, V | AI, growth, innovation, Platforms | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 17, 2026 | AMG GW&K Small Cap Core Fund | 3.5% | 7.2% | AEIS, AGIO, CIFR, CSWI, CVLT, DAVA, DSGX, FLYW, GMED, HUT, INTA, ITT, MTSI, PAR, QBTS, RARE, RBC, SATS, SF, SKY, SLG, SPXC, STRL, SUPN, THR, VIAV, WULF | healthcare, industrials, materials, Quality, small caps, technology, Trade Policy, value | The Russell 2000 Index delivered 12.8% returns for 2025 despite significant volatility, with a 23% drop by April followed by a 40% recovery. The small cap environment was characterized by narrow performance driven by low-quality, speculative stocks, with the top 25 contributors delivering over 50% of benchmark returns. The investment environment overwhelmingly favored lower quality stocks, with non-earners gaining 19.6%, negative equity stocks up 37.2%, and highest beta names advancing 26.1%. The fund's deliberate focus on higher-quality stocks with earnings support was a general headwind throughout the year. Artificial intelligence investment was a key area of market focus during 2025, though the fund questioned when investors would see returns from billions of dollars spent on AI infrastructure. The fund avoided speculative AI plays in favor of companies with more established fundamentals. Uncertain trade policy and the friction it added to the system was the biggest distraction during 2025. Companies now mostly have a sense of the rules of global trade and are adjusting, which could provide more stability going forward. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Dec 31, 2025 | AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund | 7.5% | 4.8% | ALGT, CGNX, COHR, EOLS, INSP, LTH, MAT, RARE, RNST, SIMO, U | AI Infrastructure, earnings recovery, Interest Rate Sensitivity, Semiconductor Exposure, Small Cap Growth | The letter discusses a strong rebound in U.S. small caps alongside continued economic growth and easing monetary policy expectations. Performance was driven by selective exposure to technology, semiconductors, and AI-related infrastructure, while healthcare and consumer discretionary detracted due to idiosyncratic risks. The manager expects falling interest rates, improving employment, and capital expenditure tailwinds to support a multi-year recovery in small-cap earnings. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 22, 2026 | Sands Capital Select Growth Fund | -5.4% | 15.5% | AMZN, APP, AVGO, CVNA, DASH, GOOGL, ICE, META, MSFT, NFLX, NU, NVDA, RARE, RBLX, SE, SHOP.TO, SPOT, SQ, TSM, V | AI, defense, energy, growth, infrastructure, Robotics, Space, technology | AI continues to reshape business models and drive market leadership, with infrastructure spending extending into 2027. The firm maintains meaningful exposure to AI enablers while monitoring bubble risks and debt-financed expansion. Demand for compute outpaces supply with scaling laws remaining intact. Defense technology entering structural growth phase driven by geopolitical risks and convergence of military and commercial innovation. Focus on autonomous systems, space sensing, and secure communications with companies playing mission-critical roles from modest revenue bases. Advances in AI compute power pushing robotics forward with near-term opportunities in logistics and warehouse environments. Amazon's fulfillment network demonstrates how systems can share data and work safely with people as hardware costs fall and software improves. Energy transition blending with new power demand from data centers and AI, straining grids and forcing aggressive infrastructure investment. Multiyear investment cycle expected across entire power value chain with opportunities in companies combining scale, speed, and technology. Cyberattacks becoming more frequent and sophisticated as attack surfaces grow with cloud migration and AI tool proliferation. Security now a core operating requirement and foundation for trust, with portfolio companies evolving to broader cloud-delivered platforms. Space becoming part of everyday life with satellites supporting internet, defense, and climate monitoring. Launch costs fallen 95% from Space Shuttle levels, making supply cheaper and expanding viable missions. Industry showing early signs of manufacturing scale and profitability. | PWR CRS DXCM VG AJG ORCL TEAM NOW MSFT SPOT NFLX SE RBLX AVGO AMZN TSM CVNA GOOGL |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Aug 8, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Edmund Ingham | Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | Health Care | Biotechnology | Neutral | NASDAQ | — | View Pitch |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Stephen Ayers | Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical | Health Care | Biotechnology | Bear | NASDAQ | — | View Pitch |
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