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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 22, 2025 | Aristotle Small Cap Equity Fund | 3.3% | - | ACIW, AEIS, ALIT, BHLB, CHE, CMCO, DY, FLS, GRDN, HURN, IPAR, ITRI, JBGS, LQDT, MMSI, MNRO, MTSI, SMG, TKO, VRRM | growth, healthcare, industrials, small caps, technology, Telecommunications, value | Valuations remain compelling relative to large caps, with the Russell 2000 Index trading near multi-decade lows on a relative basis. Potential tailwinds include deregulation, lower corporate tax rate, increased M&A activity, continued reshoring of U.S. manufacturing, and infrastructure-related spending. | VRRM SMG IPAR GRDN FLS ALIT ACIW CHE MTSI DY CHE |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 22, 2025 | Aristotle Small/Mid Cap Equity | 4.6% | - | ACIW, AENE, ALIT, ASGN, BHLB, CHE, CIEN, CMCO, DLB, DY, FTAI, HOOD, IPAR, ITRI, JBGS, MMSI, MTSI, PRGO, SMG, VRRM | growth, industrials, positioning, SMID Cap, technology, value, volatility | MACOM Technology Solutions benefited from exposure to growing demand from Data Center and 5G end market applications. The company surpassed analyst expectations and raised forward guidance, with meaningful exposure to these growing markets along with domestic manufacturing footprint expected to drive additional shareholder value. | VRRM SMG PRGO IPAR FTAI DLB ALIT CHE ACIW MTSI DY CHE |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 17, 2024 | EdgePoint Global | - | - | AAL, ACQ.TO, BBWI, CC, CNK, CWK, CZR, DISH, FDC, FTR, HCA, MTL.TO, O-I, OR.TO, PHII, PRM, PSD.TO, SMG, TEVA, WDC | active management, Benchmarks, credit, fixed income, portfolio construction, risk management | Manager argues that using indexes as benchmarks creates perverse incentives similar to Goodhart's Law, where the measure becomes the target and ceases to be a good measure. Fixed income indexes weight companies by debt issuance size, meaning the most indebted companies get the largest weights, which is counterintuitive for credit investing. | View | |
| 2026 Q1 | Apr 16, 2026 | Ariel Fund | -1.5% | -1.5% | CG, GNRC, JHG, MAT, NCLH, NVST, SMG, SPHR | energy, Entertainment, Geopolitical, inflation, small caps, technology, value | View | ||
| 2026 Q1 | Apr 16, 2026 | Ariel Fund | -1.5% | -1.5% | CG, GNRC, JHG, MAT, NCLH, NVST, SMG, SPHR | consumer, energy, Entertainment, industrials, small caps, technology, value | View | ||
| 2024 Q4 | Dec 31, 2024 | Brandes Small Cap Value Fund | 5.8% | 24.8% | AOUT, ARLO, BSCAX, BSCMX, BSCRX, CAE, DII, ELAN, EPC, ERJ, EXE, FSTR, GHM, HBI, HXL, IMKTA, INVX, KMT, LNSR, MOG.A, MTX, NPK, NTGR, ORION, PAHC, PKE, RBBN, SMG, TKR, UTMD, WKC | aerospace, healthcare, industrials, Machinery, small caps, technology, value | The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through value investing in small-cap companies. The fund exhibits lower valuations than the Russell 2000 Index while offering exposure to companies with strong balance sheets and compelling growth prospects. The manager believes value stocks have attractive potential going forward. | TKR |
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| 2022 Q4 | Dec 31, 2022 | Madison Small Cap Fund | 5.7% | -24.4% | HAIN, SMG | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 17, 2025 | Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund | 4.1% | 0.3% | AL, AMAT, ANSS, ARW, CBRE, CHX, COLD, CTRA, DRI, GPN, HP, ICE, MAS, MUR, RGA, RJF, RSG, SF, SMG, ST, SWKS, ULTA, WWD | aerospace, AI, Commercial real estate, fundamentals, mid cap, Quality, Trade Policy, value | Trade tensions dominated headlines with Liberation Day tariffs affecting imports from China, Europe, and Canada causing significant market volatility. Markets initially dropped 19% following tariff announcements before recovering as policy reversals and bilateral negotiations helped stabilize conditions. Long-term implications of trade policy changes remain uncertain for supply chains and corporate profitability. | WWD US |
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| 2025 Q3 | Oct 14, 2025 | Madison Small Cap Fund | -1.6% | -6.6% | AXS, BOX, CIEN, CMN, CRL, CSL, EHC, ENTG, EXP, FORM, GMS, HAYW, HQY, HXL, KN, SAIA, SHAK, SMG, SMPL, WSC | aerospace, AI, Construction, Quality, small caps, underperformance, value | AI continues to be the dominant theme driving much of the Russell 2000's performance, particularly in technology stocks. The manager expresses skepticism about AI disruption fears in software, noting that 60% of AI answers are incorrect and 95% of enterprise AI projects are failing. They view fears about AI replacing critical software applications as vastly overblown. | CRL EXP HXL |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | Madison Small Cap Fund | -0.4% | -6.9% | AAON, AMPL, CCOI, CFLT, CIEN, EHC, ENTG, FORM, GTLB, MIR, POWI, PRMB, RVLV, SMG, VCEL, VFC, VIAV, WAL, ZION | AI, Consumer Staples, Quality, Risk Appetite, small caps, software, Speculation, underperformance | The AI capital spending boom drove strong performance in select technology stocks like Ciena and Confluent. However, the manager questions how long the AI capital spending cycle will last and whether investors will begin asking for returns on this investment. The fund avoided most speculative AI-related opportunities due to quality parameters. Software stocks faced significant pressure as investors feared AI-powered solutions would displace traditional applications. The manager fundamentally rejects this thesis, believing enterprises won't migrate mission-critical data to language models generating errors at 60% rates. They used the selloff to add GitLab and Amplitude at attractive valuations. Consumer Staples was the epicenter of underperformance as investors showed no appetite for defensive businesses in a pro-cyclical, speculative bull market. The sector now trades at historically steep discounts despite facing perceived challenges including input cost inflation, GLP-1 impacts, and tariff supply chain effects. The market demonstrated insatiable appetite for risk, with the best performing stocks being the most speculative companies with no profits or revenue but thematic AI linkage. This extended to biotechs, meme stocks, crypto, and mining stocks, while defensive businesses were deeply out of favor. Small caps continued underperforming large caps despite a strong year for the Russell 2000. The fund significantly underperformed due to the speculative nature of the rally favoring companies without profits or revenue. Quality businesses with durable moats can now be found at attractive prices again. | AAON GTLB VIAV AMPL VCEL MIR CIEN CCOI WAL |
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| 2024 Q3 | Sep 30, 2024 | Madison Small Cap Fund | 6.3% | 17.2% | BOX, CCOI, CIEN, CNM, CR, CSL, EHC, OSW, SMG, SUM, WK | Construction, Housing, industrials, small cap, software, technology | New investment in Workiva, a cloud-based software provider of compliance and regulatory reporting solutions used by 75% of Fortune 500 companies. The platform offers collaboration, data integration, and process management controls for financial and regulatory management systems. | WK |
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| 2025 Q1 | Mar 31, 2025 | Madison Small Cap Fund | -9.0% | -9.0% | AXS, BOX, CFLT, CMCO, CSL, EHC, HQY, OPCH, POWI, PRMB, RVLV, SHAK, SMG, SMPL, WK | Construction, consumer, financials, healthcare, small cap, tariffs, technology | Industrial economic activity remains depressed and the back half recovery expected in residential and non-residential construction now seems in jeopardy due to stubbornly high interest rates. The managers believe companies with depressed construction exposure are attractively valued but acknowledge these stocks may take longer to inflect upwards than previously anticipated. They continue to see opportunities in construction-related industries due to this unique cycle where many companies have strong balance sheets and higher than normal margin profiles. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Aristotle Small/Mid Cap Equity | ScottsMiracle-Gro | Materials | Chemicals | Bull | NYSE | balance sheet, Branded Products, Consumer products, Cyclical Recovery, Diversification Strategy, Lawn and Garden, margin expansion | View Pitch |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fund Letters | Aristotle Small Cap Equity Fund | ScottsMiracle-Gro | Materials | Chemicals | Bull | NYSE | balance sheet, Branded Products, Consumer products, Lawn and Garden, margin expansion, Market Leading, turnaround | View Pitch |
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