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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 13, 2026 | Eagle Capital Management, LLC | 0.0% | 17.5% | ASML, BAYRY, LSEGY, SAP, SHEL, TSM, TSMC | Agriculture, energy, international, semiconductors, software, technology, value | ASML operates as an effective monopoly in EUV lithography tools, supplying every major foundry producing leading-edge semiconductors. TSMC dominates pure play semiconductor foundry manufacturing with over 90% of advanced logic chips and is at the epicenter of AI infrastructure buildout. Both companies benefit from growing demand for complex silicon wafers driven by AI adoption. Bayer operates the world's largest crop science business with leading market share in the U.S. and South America. The company is working through legal issues related to glyphosate while agriculture is in a downcycle. Crop science R&D is likely to benefit from advances in AI, with Bayer having the broadest and deepest seed and trait data sets. London Stock Exchange Group operates critical financial market infrastructure and data businesses. The company has a near-monopoly in interest rate derivatives through London Clearing House and leads electronic fixed-income trading through Tradeweb. While AI disruption concerns exist for the data business, the company's data assets should benefit from broader distribution. SAP is the world's largest enterprise software application company with ERP systems serving as the backbone for much of the Fortune 500. The company is converting its massive installed base from on-premise to higher-value cloud subscriptions. Extraordinary switching costs result in retention rates well above 90%. Shell is one of the world's largest integrated energy companies with the largest LNG business globally. New leadership has prioritized shareholder returns and hydrocarbon cash flows. The company has bought back nearly 25% of its shares over the past four years while maintaining a 4% dividend yield. | TSM SHEL LN SAP GR LSEG LN BAYN GR ASML NA |
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| 2025 Q4 | Feb 11, 2026 | Latitude Global Fund | 0.0% | 21.0% | AI.PA, ASSA-B.ST, AZO, COR, DEO, DG.PA, DLTR, EIF.PA, GOOGL, ICE, JPM, MCK, RPRX, RYA.L, SHEL, TSCO.L, UNH, V | AI, Buybacks, Europe, growth, healthcare, infrastructure, retail, value | Lower-income Americans continue to feel the squeeze, and local stores like Dollar Tree present unbeatable value and convenience. Their investments in merchandising and distribution are key competitive advantages in a world of tariffs and potential inflation. The company's prospects are bright, especially if we do ever see a rise in unemployment, which tends to benefit discount stores. Healthcare stocks have broadly underperformed the market since the election of President Trump, due to a plethora of regulatory, pricing and tariff risks. However, the distribution model has proven its strong resilience, with companies having meaningfully reduced their dependence on drug pricing. They are in effect a toll road on the US healthcare system and the opposite of economic rent-seeking businesses. Covid, somewhat ironically given the cancellation of so many flights, impacted the industry positively, as around 10% of aircraft were withdrawn from the market due to bankruptcies. Moreover, post-Covid supply chain shocks at Boeing and Airbus mean that the fleet is not going to be replaced any time soon. Ryanair's cost advantage almost doubled from levels in 2019. Google would be best positioned in an AI world, given its vertically integrated model and its pedigree in AI. The AI revenue model is clearly highly uncertain and far from guaranteed, but the likely attributes of winners in this space are data, processing power and distribution. Google dominates all three. Investing in physical assets in a world with an infrastructure deficit, and the potential resurgence of inflation, is very appealing. The requirement for renewed infrastructure investment in Europe is in the early stages, and competition will remain low giving both Vinci and Eiffage a meaningful competitive advantage. Combining low valuations and high cash conversion, our companies will generate around a 7% of their market cap in free cash flow. We expect them to pay an average dividend of 2.6% and are committed to share buybacks of around the same level. This is a 5% annual tailwind to the portfolio's fundamental growth outlook over the coming years. | ICE JPM GOOGL RYAAY RPRX MCK AZO DLTR |
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| 2023 Q3 | Nov 10, 2023 | Eagle Capital Management, LLC | 0.7% | - | AAPL, COP, SHEL, V | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | Guinness Global Energy | 0.0% | 9.0% | BP, CNQ.TO, COP, CVX, FANG, SHEL, SU.TO, TTE, VLO, XOM | energy, Exploration, Gas, Integrated, oil, Production | The letter positions global energy equities as long-term beneficiaries of population growth, industrialization, and constrained fossil fuel supply, which together support structurally higher energy prices. Energy companies are viewed as a partial hedge against inflation given their linkage to real assets and commodity pricing. A disciplined, value-biased approach combines top-down energy market analysis with bottom-up stock selection in a concentrated portfolio of large, established energy producers. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | Harding Loevner Global Equity | 1.9% | 12.7% | 0700.HK, 1299.HK, 2308.TW, 300124.SZ, 300760.SZ, 4519.T, 6758.T, 6861.T, ABBV, ACN, ADBE, ALFA.ST, AME, AMZN, APH, ASML, ATCO-A.ST, ATD.TO, ATKR, AVGO, BKNG, CME, COMP.L, CSGP, D05.SI, DE, DHR, DPLM.L, EFX, ELV, EPI-A.ST, FN, GMAB, GOOGL, HDFCBANK.NS, HEI, HLN.L, HON, JNJ, META, MSFT, NFLX, NOC, NVDA, PGR, ROG.SW, SAP, SGSN.SW, SHEL, SLB, SU.PA, TMO, TSM, TTD, TW, V, VRTX, WMMVY | AI, global, international, semiconductors, technology, value | AI represents a capital-expenditure regime with two distinct camps: hyperscalers investing in computing capacity and physical enablers of the buildout. The US market is more dependent on AI continuing to surprise to the upside due to richer valuations and concentrated exposure. Global semiconductor ecosystem enables AI buildout, spanning chip foundries, memory-chip makers, and equipment manufacturers. International markets are more heavily tilted toward this manufacturing and infrastructure provider segment. International markets trade at roughly half the multiples of US stocks, offering more attractive valuations. Non-US markets start from cheaper valuations and possess more diverse growth opportunities unrelated to AI. | GOOG |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 14, 2026 | Emerald Wealth Partners – Focused Equity Strategy | 2.1% | 13.2% | 1179.HK, 8035.T, AHT.L, AMAT, AMZN, ASML, AVGO, BLK, CB, CSU.TO, DE, DEO, GOOGL, LMT, LSEG.L, MSFT, NOW, ORCL, SHEL, TMO | AI, China, Quality, semiconductors, technology, Trade Policy, value | AI dominated 2025 with massive data center investment announcements including OpenAI's $300 billion commitment and Meta's five-gigawatt Hyperion data center. The manager sees AI driving demand for semiconductor tools and custom chips, positioning companies like Applied Materials, ASML, and Broadcom to benefit from the infrastructure buildout. Semiconductor companies were top performers with Applied Materials up 59.6% and ASML up 55.8%. The manager emphasizes the bright prospects for chip design tools given silicon requirements for AI deployment, while also initiating Broadcom for its custom chip capabilities serving cloud hyperscalers. Trump announced the highest tariffs since the 1930s, with effective rates settling around 17% after negotiations. This triggered initial market corrections but companies adapted by flexing supply chains, with macroeconomic consequences remaining benign on inflation and GDP fronts. China had a strong year with the Hang Seng up 32% as investors warmed to signals that regulatory tightening was over. Chinese tech companies demonstrated ability to deploy AI efficiently at lower costs despite GPU restrictions, while valuations became attractive after years of consolidation. The manager focuses on high-quality compounders trading at discounts after being left out of the AI rally. They target companies generating strong free cash flow with high ROIC that can redeploy capital effectively, finding opportunities in unloved sectors and geographies like Swiss stocks at multi-year valuation lows. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 11, 2026 | Thornburg Global Opportunities Fund | 6.5% | 41.1% | 0027.HK, 005930.KS, 0700.HK, 300750.SZ, BABA, BIRG.L, BNP.PA, C, CACI, COF, FCX, GOOGL, LLY, META, NN.AS, ORA.PA, RELIANCE.NS, SAP.DE, SCHW, SHEL, T, TSCO.L, TSM, TTE | Digital Economy, financials, global, growth, semiconductors, technology, Trade Policy, value | The fund holds significant positions in semiconductor companies including Samsung Electronics, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Contemporary Amperex Technology. These technology firms were leading contributors to portfolio performance during Q4 2025, with the manager highlighting their role in the digital economy transformation. Financial intermediaries represent 20.5% of the portfolio, with the manager believing they should benefit from interest rates determined primarily by free market forces. Key holdings include Citigroup, Bank of Ireland, BNP Paribas, NN Group, Capital One, and Charles Schwab, which were significant contributors to Q4 performance. The portfolio includes major e-commerce platforms Alibaba Group, Tencent Holdings, and Meta Platforms, though these were among the most significant detractors from Q4 performance. The manager maintains exposure to firms tied to the digital economy despite recent underperformance. Energy investments comprise 6.9% of the portfolio, including positions in Shell PLC and Total Energies SE. The manager notes periodic fluctuation of investor confidence in industrial commodity sector businesses, with Total Energies contributing positively to Q4 performance. The manager explicitly discusses evolving U.S. trade policies and their impact on global trade flows, noting that winners and losers among multi-national producers of tradeable goods will become obvious in time. The current outlook for many global businesses remains uncertain due to new trade policies. | View | |
| 2023 Q1 | Sep 4, 2023 | Pzena Investment Management | 0.0% | 0.0% | ERIC, ING, NOK, RAND AV, RXL FP, SHEL | - | View | ||
| 2023 Q2 | Jul 31, 2023 | Third Point Offshore Fund | 1.1% | -3.0% | AMC, DHR, MSFT, NVDA, SHEL, UPST | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Harding Loevner International Equity | 5.1% | 5.1% | 6758 JP, ASML NA, HLN, SHEL, TSM | - | View | ||
| 2022 Q1 | Mar 31, 2022 | Third Point Offshore Fund | 1.1% | -3.0% | GLEN LN, PCG, SHEL | - | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Manika Premsingh | Shell plc | Energy | Oil & Gas Integrated | Neutral | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
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