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Quarter	Letter Date	Fund Name	QTD	YTD	Tickers	Keywords/Themes	Theme Commentary	Pitches	Letter
2023 Q3	Sep 30, 2023	Baron FinTech Fund	1.1%	11.5%	ACGL, ACN, ADYEY, APO, CME, EFX, FICO, FIS, GPN, HLI, IBKR, INTU, LPLA, MA, MELI, MKTX, MORN, MSCI, NCNO, PGR, SPGI, SQ, TW, V	Capital markets, Fintech, growth, payments, software, technology	The fund focuses on competitively advantaged, growing fintech companies across all market capitalizations and geographies. Many fintech stocks have already gone through their own version of a recession with multiples near decade lows, but outlooks are more promising due to cost restructuring and focus on profitability.	ACGL MORN CARTRADE.NS INTU APO	View
2024 Q2	Jul 8, 2024	Manole Capital Management	0.0%	0.0%	FOUR, NVEI, SQ	Fed policy, Fintech, inflation, Interchange, M&A, payments	The manager discusses a $30 billion interchange settlement affecting Visa and Mastercard, with reduced fees primarily impacting card issuers rather than the networks. New merchant steering and surcharging rights are introduced, though implementation challenges are expected.		View
2025 Q2	Jul 21, 2025	Sands Capital Global Growth Fund	21.7%	14.4%	ADYEN.AS, AMZN, AXON, BAJFINANCE.NS, DASH, DOL.TO, DXCM, FLUT, GOOGL, HDFCBANK.NS, ICE, MELI, NFLX, NVDA, ONON, PNDORA.CO, SPOT, SQ, TITAN.NS, V	AI, E-Commerce, global, growth, semiconductors, software, Streaming, technology	Rapid progress in large language model capabilities remains the most important driver for AI businesses like NVIDIA. LLM performance has improved more than sevenfold over the past year, with key enablers including reasoning models, reinforcement learning without human feedback, and advances in pre-training. Microsoft reported a fivefold year-over-year increase in AI token processing, suggesting broader adoption across applications and users.	NET MELI AXON NFLX NVDA	View
2025 Q2	Jul 21, 2025	Sands Capital Select Growth Fund	27.7%	14.8%	AJG, AMZN, AVGO, CVNA, DASH, DXCM, ICE, META, MSFT, NFLX, NOW, NU, NVDA, RARE, RBLX, SE, SPOT, SQ, TSM, V	AI, Cloud, gaming, growth, semiconductors, Streaming, technology	AI infrastructure spending continues to drive demand with advances in computing power unlocking new capabilities and lower cost models. The portfolio benefits from businesses directly exposed to AI demand, those leveraging AI for efficiency gains, and companies using AI to improve products through personalization and cost reduction.		View
2025 Q2	Jul 21, 2025	Sands Capital Technology Innovators Fund	26.0%	12.9%	AMZN, APP, ASML, AXON, CPNG, CRWD, CVNA, DASH, DDOG, IOT, KVYO, MELI, META, MNDY, MSFT, NFLX, NOW, NU, NVDA, OKTA, PANW, RBLX, SE, SHOP, SPOT, SQ, TEAM, TSM, V	AI, Cloud, growth, innovation, semiconductors, software, technology	Artificial intelligence is extending both magnitude and duration of growth for businesses through personalized experiences, improved ad targeting, and margin upside via productivity gains in content moderation and software development. Early applications show AI can deepen user engagement and lower costs across multiple business functions.	GLBE AAPL SPOT PANW V OKTA TEAM NFLX NVDA	View
2024 Q2	Jul 12, 2024	Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund	8.6%	13.3%	ADYEY, ALGN, ALNY, BILL, BMRN, CPRT, CSGP, EFX, GWRE, KLAC, LULU, MPWR, MSCI, POOL, SQ, TER, TT, WDAY, WDC, WST	AI, growth, Housing, Life Sciences, mid cap, semiconductors, software, technology	The fund maintains an overweight position in semiconductors, which was the most significant contributor this quarter. Holdings include Teradyne, KLA Corporation, and Monolithic Power Systems, all benefiting from AI-driven demand. The fund re-initiated a position in Western Digital to participate in AI via an undervalued memory semiconductor stock.		View
2024 Q2	Jul 12, 2024	Parnassus Fixed Income Fund	4.8%	4.5%	ARE, AXP, CHRW, COF, D, DIS, GPN, MKC, MS, ORCL, SQ, XYL	Corporate Bonds, credit, duration, Esg, fixed income, rates	The fund added a new green bond issued by Dominion Energy during the quarter. Green bonds provide funding to help companies transition away from fossil fuels and into renewable energy sources, which the managers are excited to support as an attractive addition to the portfolio.		View
2024 Q2	Jun 30, 2024	Baron FinTech Fund	-2.3%	3.8%	ACGL, APO, EFX, FI, FICO, GPN, GWRE, HLI, IBKR, INTU, KKR, MA, MCO, MELI, PGR, SPGI, SQ, TW, V, VRSK, WISE.L	AI, Capital markets, Financial Services, Fintech, growth, private credit, technology	The fund focuses on competitively advantaged, growing fintech companies across seven investment themes including Tech-Enabled Financials, Information Services, Payments, Enterprise Software, Capital Markets, E-Commerce, and Digital IT Services. Despite sector underperformance relative to broader markets, fintech fundamentals remain strong with mid-teens earnings growth across the fund.		View
2025 Q1	Apr 5, 2025	Manole Capital Management	-	-	AAPL, AMZN, EBAY, GOOGL, JPM, META, NVDA, PYPL, SQ, TSM, V	AI, Digital, Fintech, Magnificent Seven, payments, rates, technology	AI spending by tech giants is significantly reducing free cash flow as companies like Alphabet and Meta plan massive capital expenditures. DeepSeek's announcement raised questions about AI infrastructure investments but was viewed as more panic than fundamental threat. The AI boom differs from the dot-com era due to real earnings and sustainable business models backing today's leaders.		View
2024 Q1	Apr 27, 2024	Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund	8.6%	13.3%	A, ADYEN.AS, ANSS, BALL, BMRN, CSGP, EFX, GWRE, KLAC, LRCX, LULU, MELI, NTR, PGR, PTC, SNPS, SQ, TEAM, TT, WDAY	AI, growth, healthcare, mid cap, semiconductors, software, technology	Artificial Intelligence helped lift earnings, particularly among technology stocks. The revolutionary potential of AI may drive a super-cycle in semiconductors, as AI technology will move from the data center to laptops and smartphones.		View
2024 Q1	Apr 27, 2024	Parnassus Fixed Income Fund	4.8%	4.5%	ARE, ARES, BAC, CHRW, CP, GPN, MKC, MS, ORCL, SQ, SYY, TFC, YUM	Corporate Bonds, duration, Esg, fixed income, rates	The fund maintains a 60% overweight allocation to corporate bonds versus the 25% benchmark weight, believing they provide the best long-term returns due to higher initial yields. Corporate bonds aided performance as tight spreads and strong economic growth supported healthy profitability and cash flows.		View
2026 Q1	Apr 26, 2026	VT Holland Advisors Equity Fund	-9.5%	-9.5%	AMZN, JET2.L, META, NFLX, NU, SQ, TSM, WISE.L	Compounding, Concentration, long-term, Owner-Managers, Sustainable Competitive Advantages		NFLX NU WISE.L META JET2.L	View
2024 Q1	Apr 15, 2024	Heartland Mid Cap Value Fund	8.2%	9.7%	COIN, DCI, FAF, HOOD, HSY, JBHT, PRGO, SOFI, SQ	Consumer Staples, financials, healthcare, industrials, mid cap, Quality, value	The fund implements a two-bucket value strategy seeking both quality value companies trading at decent bargains and deeply discounted deep value companies. The approach balances high-quality companies with strong fundamentals against deeply discounted securities with self-help catalysts.	PRGO HSY DCI	View
2024 Q1	Apr 15, 2024	Harding Loevner International Small Companies Equity	9.1%	4.8%	AAPL, ADBE, AMD, AMZN, CRM, GOOGL, INTC, META, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA, ORCL, PYPL, QCOM, SHOP.TO, SPOT, SQ, TSLA, TWLO, UBER	AI, cybersecurity, international, Japan, semiconductors, small caps, value	Generative AI is a powerful wave gaining momentum since ChatGPT's launch, with global spending on enabling chips expected to surge from $50B in 2023 to $100-400B over the next few years. Smaller companies like Pfeiffer Vacuum occupy important niches in the AI supply chain, manufacturing advanced vacuum pumps critical for semiconductor clean rooms where AI chips are produced.		View
2024 Q1	Apr 13, 2024	Vailshire Partners Hedge Fund	0.0%	0.0%	AAPL, ADBE, AMZN, AVGO, AZO, BRK.B, GOOGL, LLY, MA, MELI, MSCI, MSFT, NVDA, NVR, SHOP.TO, SQ, TPL, TSLA, TT, V	Bitcoin, crypto, liquidity, portfolios, SMA, technology	Manager maintains bitcoin price targets of $125,000 by Christmas 2024 and $475,000 by Q4 2025, viewing current conditions as supportive for the next major leg higher during summer months. Bitcoin proxies have provided significant performance advantages, with allocations ranging from 15-49% across different SMA strategies.		View
2025 Q1	Mar 31, 2025	Baron FinTech Fund	-1.4%	-1.4%	ACGL, APO, CME, FI, FICO, GLOB, GWRE, HOOD, KKR, LPLA, MA, MELI, MORN, PGR, PRI, SCHW, SPGI, SQ, TW, V	Capital markets, E-Commerce, Fintech, insurance, payments, software, trading	Strong performance from global payment networks Visa and Mastercard driven by accelerating payment volumes and defensive business models. Payment companies benefit from fee-based revenue tied to nominal payment volumes, providing protection against inflationary pressures.	TTAN HOOD SQ APO KKR TW PGR MELI	View
2025 Q1	Mar 31, 2025	Baron Global Advantage Fund	-9.5%	-9.5%	532978.BO, AFYA, ARGX, CPNG, DDOG, GLOB, MELI, NET, NVDA, PDD, SAIL, SHOP, SNOW, SQ, TSLA, TSM, WIX, ZOMATO.NS, ZS	AI, cybersecurity, E-Commerce, global, growth, semiconductors, tariffs, technology	AI represents the biggest disruptive change in the manager's career. Models continue to improve on the intelligence curve while costs decline, opening new markets and opportunities. NVIDIA's progress across hardware and software remains unmatched, with reasoning models requiring 100x more compute than previously thought.		View
2025 Q1	Mar 31, 2025	Sands Capital Global Growth Fund	-6.0%	-6.0%	ADYEN.AS, AMZN, AXON, BAJFINANCE.NS, BLDR, DASH, EVD.DE, GOOGL, IOT, IRTC, ISRG, MELI, NFLX, NOW, NVDA, SHOP.TO, SPOT, SQ, TSM, V	AI, E-Commerce, global, growth, payments, semiconductors, technology	AI remains a foundational driver of long-term growth despite first quarter volatility. The emergence of DeepSeek triggered concerns about AI infrastructure spending sustainability, but hyperscalers' capital expenditure guidance suggests the AI investment cycle remains strong. Evidence shows scaling laws remain intact and real-world applications are emerging across portfolio holdings in fraud detection, content creation, and workflow automation.		View
2025 Q1	Mar 31, 2025	Sands Capital Select Growth Fund	-10.1%	-10.1%	AMZN, APP, AVGO, AXON, DXCM, ICE, META, MSFT, NET, NFLX, NOW, NU, NVDA, RARE, SE, SPOT, SQ, TEAM, UBER, V	AI, Concentration, growth, large cap, semiconductors, software, technology	AI remains a foundational driver of long-term growth despite market volatility. The emergence of DeepSeek triggered concerns about AI infrastructure spending sustainability, but hyperscalers' capital expenditure guidance suggests the AI investment cycle remains strong. Evidence shows scaling laws remain intact and real-world applications are materializing across fraud detection, content creation, and workflow automation.		View
2025 Q1	Mar 31, 2025	Sands Capital Technology Innovators Fund	-10.4%	-10.4%	AAPL, AMZN, CPNG, CVNA, DASH, GOOGL, IOT, MELI, META, MSFT, NFLX, NOW, NU, NVDA, RBLX, SE, SHOP.TO, SQ, TEAM, TSM, V	AI, global, growth, semiconductors, software, technology	AI remains a foundational driver of long-term growth despite market volatility. Hyperscalers' capital expenditure guidance suggests the AI investment cycle remains strong. Innovations like DeepSeek are likely to expand demand by enabling more domain-specific model development. Evidence shows scaling laws remain intact and better performance is leading to real-world applications across fraud detection, content creation, and workflow automation.		View
2025 Q4	Mar 2, 2026	Baron Global Opportunity Fund	6.5%	27.5%	ADYEN, AMZN, ARGX, ASML, BILL, CPNG, CRWD, DDOG, GDS, ILMN, MELI, NET, NU, NVDA, SHOP, SNOW, SQ, TSM, WIX, ZS	AI, Cloud, E-Commerce, global, growth, innovation, semiconductors, technology	AI represents the dominant investment theme with companies adapting to disruptive change. The pace of innovation is unprecedented with LLMs becoming more intelligent, costs declining 10x per year, and agentic AI task duration doubling every 6-7 months. Portfolio companies are categorized as AI infrastructure builders, providers, early adopters, and beneficiaries of productivity gains. E-commerce platforms benefit from AI adoption in recommendation engines, advertising algorithms, and customer support optimization. Companies like Amazon, MercadoLibre, Coupang, and Shopify are leveraging AI to improve conversion rates and reduce service costs while expanding into new markets and verticals. Semiconductor companies, particularly TSMC and NVIDIA, are benefiting from AI demand with TSMC raising revenue guidance to mid-30s% growth. NVIDIA continues evolving from graphics cards to leading AI infrastructure company, while TSMC maintains 90% market share in leading-edge manufacturing with ability to raise prices. Cybersecurity companies are using AI in core algorithms to better identify anomalies and block malicious traffic. CrowdStrike is seeing reacceleration in growth with new Falcon Flex offering, while Netskope continues gaining SASE market share with strong competitive win rates. Biotechnology investments focus on companies with differentiated technologies and expanding addressable markets. Argenx continues strong performance with Vyvgart sales exceeding expectations, while BillionToOne disrupts prenatal and oncology diagnostics with innovative QCT technology achieving superior accuracy. Cloud infrastructure companies are positioned to benefit from AI buildout with AWS aggressively investing in capacity and offering full-stack AI solutions. The data gravity of existing customers provides competitive advantages while companies expand AI inference and development platforms.		View
2024 Q4	Feb 26, 2025	Crypto Native Capital	26.7%	-	CLSK, COIN, HUT, IBIT, MARA, MSTR, RIOT, SQ, TSLA	Bitcoin, Blockchain, crypto, Digital assets, ETFs, Institutional, regulation	The fund focuses on cryptocurrency investments with Bitcoin ETFs marking crypto's mainstream adoption. Bitcoin has the strongest moat in crypto through decentralization and trust, while smart contract platforms like Ethereum and Solana face ongoing competition requiring constant innovation.		View
2023 Q4	Dec 31, 2024	Vailshire Partners Hedge Fund	0.0%	0.0%	AAPL, ADBE, AMZN, AZO, FNV, GOOGL, LMT, MA, MELI, MSCI, MSFT, MSTR, NVDA, NVR, OCSL, SHOP.TO, SQ, TPL, TSLA, TT, V	Bitcoin, fixed income, inflation, liquidity, Stagflation, technology	Bitcoin has entered a bull market with potential spot ETF approval and upcoming halving event. Manager believes bitcoin is historically the best performing asset class during bull markets and has been steadily increasing bitcoin proxy holdings.	MSTR OCSL	View
2024 Q4	Dec 31, 2024	Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund	-2.5%	10.6%	A, CSGP, DDOG, EFX, FTNT, GWRE, IDXX, JBHT, KLAC, MELI, MTD, ODFL, PCOR, PGR, POOL, ROK, SHW, SQ, TEAM, TT	Automation, Freight, growth, industrials, mid cap, Quality, semiconductors, technology	The fund maintains a key thematic overweight in semiconductors, identifying innovative, competitively advantaged, market-share gainers that can deliver strong performance over the coming years. Holdings include KLA Corporation, a semiconductor process control solutions provider affected by the industry's cyclical downturn and geopolitical risks including U.S.-China export restrictions.		View
2024 Q4	Dec 31, 2024	Sands Capital Select Growth Fund	8.8%	24.3%	AAPL, AMZN, DASH, DDOG, DXCM, ICE, META, MSFT, NFLX, NOW, NU, NVDA, RARE, RBLX, SE, SHOP.TO, SPOT, SQ, TEAM, V	AI, growth, innovation, long-term, software, technology	AI has rapidly evolved from a conceptual novelty to a transformative tool reshaping industries since ChatGPT's launch in late 2022. Portfolio companies like AppLovin, ServiceNow, and Axon Enterprise are leveraging AI to enhance their core offerings and create value for customers. The firm owns many businesses that enable AI at the infrastructure layer, such as NVIDIA, which remains the architectural leader.		View
2024 Q4	Dec 31, 2024	Sands Capital Global Growth Fund	5.3%	15.7%	6861.T, ABNB, ADYEN.AS, AMZN, ASML, AXON, DASH, DOL.TO, DXCM, FLUT, GOOGL, MELI, NFLX, NKE, NVDA, PNDORA.CO, SHOP.TO, SPOT, SQ, V	AI, global, growth, innovation, long-term, technology	AI has rapidly evolved from a conceptual novelty to a transformative tool reshaping industries. Sands Capital owns businesses that enable AI at the infrastructure layer like NVIDIA and those finding specific use cases like Axon Enterprise and ServiceNow. AppLovin built an AI advertising placement platform that reaccelerated its video game ad business.		View
2024 Q4	Dec 31, 2024	Sands Capital Technology Innovators Fund	9.0%	37.7%	AAPL, AMZN, CPNG, DASH, GOOGL, IOT, MELI, META, MSFT, NFLX, NOW, NU, NVDA, RBLX, SE, SHOP.TO, SQ, TEAM, TSM, V	AI, Cloud, global, growth, innovation, semiconductors, technology	AI has rapidly evolved from a conceptual novelty to a transformative tool since ChatGPT's launch in late 2022. Portfolio companies like NVIDIA remain architectural leaders in AI infrastructure, while others like AppLovin, ServiceNow, and Axon Enterprise are finding specific use cases to create value for customers through AI-enabled products and services.		View
2024 Q4	Dec 31, 2024	Contrarius Global Equity Fund	5.1%	3.6%	SQ	contrarian, Fintech, payments, technology, value	The payments landscape has undergone significant transformation driven by technological advancements, changing consumer behaviors including contactless payments, and regulatory developments. Digital payments have surged as ecommerce adoption continues to grow. The payments space is ripe for disruption as existing Western payment systems have remained essentially unchanged for decades and are complex and costly for merchants and consumers.	SQ	View
2023 Q4	Dec 31, 2023	Baron Global Advantage Fund	14.7%	25.3%	3690.HK, AAPL, ADYEN, AMZN, ARGX, ASML, BILL, BJFNF, CPNG, CRWD, DAVA, DDOG, EPAM, FVRR, GLOB, GOOGL, INPST, MELI, META, MSFT, NET, NVDA, SHOP, SNOW, SQ, TSLA, WIX, ZI, ZS	AI, Cloud, cybersecurity, Digitization, E-Commerce, global, growth, technology	GenAI is creating an inflection point that benefits many portfolio companies beyond just NVIDIA. Enterprises are accelerating digitization trends to benefit from GenAI, with less than 10% of companies having mature data and AI capabilities. This trend should be a tailwind for businesses that enable or benefit from digitization such as cybersecurity, infrastructure monitoring, and data platforms.		View
2022 Q4	Dec 31, 2022	Aquamarine	-	-21.0%	1211 HK, AXP, BAC, BRK/A, CDLX, CVNA, GOOG, IEX IN, MKL, NESN SW, OXY, RACE IM, ROKU, SNOW, SQ, TSLA	-			View
2023 Q4	Nov 1, 2024	Ithaka US Growth Strategy	0.2%	0.0%	AAPL, ADBE, ALGN, AMZN, CRM, EW, ISRG, MA, MSFT, NOW, NVDA, SQ, TTD, V, VEEV	Concentration, growth, large cap, Quality, technology			View
2025 Q3	Oct 20, 2025	Sands Capital Global Growth Fund	-2.0%	12.2%	ADYEY, AMZN, ASML, AXON, DASH, DXCM, GOOGL, HDB, ICE, ISRG, MELI, NET, NFLX, NVDA, SHOP, SPOT, SQ, TEAM, TSM, V	AI, E-Commerce, global, growth, semiconductors, Streaming, technology	Artificial intelligence remained a key market theme, bolstered by strong business results and continued innovation. The portfolio benefits from AI-related demand through holdings like NVIDIA, which delivered strong datacenter growth, and Taiwan Semiconductor, which continues to benefit from AI infrastructure buildout. Google has moved quickly to develop high-quality AI products to counter competitive threats.	TEAM DEXCOM INTU NFLX AXON GALD SHOP GOOGL NVDA	View
2025 Q3	Oct 20, 2025	Sands Capital Select Growth Fund	6.3%	22.1%	AMZN, APP, AVGO, CVNA, DASH, DXCM, GOOGL, ICE, META, MSFT, NFLX, NU, NVDA, RARE, RBLX, SE, SPOT, SQ, TSM, V	AI, Cloud, growth, large cap, semiconductors, software, technology	AI investment cycle remained dominant with hyperscalers raising 2026 capex forecasts by over $80 billion to above $430 billion industry-wide. Evidence of improving monetization emerged, particularly at Meta Platforms where AI-powered tools drove stronger engagement and advertising returns. Oracle announced contracts to deliver over $500 billion in computing power over the next five years.		View
2025 Q3	Oct 20, 2025	Sands Capital Technology Innovators Fund	8.4%	22.4%	AMZN, APP, CPNG, CVNA, DASH, DUOL, IOT, MELI, META, MSFT, NFLX, NU, NVDA, RBLX, SE, SHOP.TO, SPOT, SQ, TSM, V	AI, global, growth, innovation, semiconductors, software, technology	AI represents a paradigm shift bringing disruption, with the market overstating risks for software while creating meaningful opportunities for incumbents to use AI as a business accelerant. The AI investment cycle continues to gather momentum with demand for AI infrastructure and services exceeding supply.	SNOW MNDY DUOL RBLX APP TSM NVDA MNDY DUOL RBLX APP TSM NVDA	View
2025 Q4	Jan 24, 2026	Greystone Capital	0.3%	2.8%	APG, BEL, DR.TO, FC, FOUR, KITS.TO, LMB, LNF.TO, LSPD.TO, NRP, SQ, SYZ, TOST, VYX	Buybacks, Coal, concentrated, E-Commerce, payments, small caps, value	Natural Resource Partners continues to benefit from global coal consumption reaching record highs of 8.8 billion tons in 2025. The royalty business model provides exceptional durability through various pricing environments while avoiding ongoing capital expenditures and high operating costs. KITS Eyecare represents a vertically integrated direct-to-consumer eyecare model with strong unit economics. The company has achieved product/market fit with favorable CAC/LTV ratios and continues to take share from traditional optometry and less integrated online competitors. Shift4 Payments operates as an integrated end-to-end payments business with deep industry knowledge across hospitality, restaurant, and stadium verticals. The company owns the gateway layer and full payment stack, enabling higher margins and stronger customer retention than commodity payment processors. Medical Facilities Corp has repurchased over 20% of shares outstanding through tender offers and open market purchases, reducing total shares by nearly 40% over four years. Management demonstrates disciplined capital allocation focused on maximizing per-share value.	FOUR DR CN APG KITS CN NRP	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	View
2025 Q4	Jan 22, 2026	Sands Capital Technology Innovators Fund	6.2%	14.7%	AMZN, APP, ASML, AVGO, AXON, CPNG, CVNA, DASH, DDOG, DUOL, GOOGL, IOT, MELI, META, MSFT, NFLX, NOW, NU, NVDA, PANW, PLTR, RBLX, SE, SHOP.TO, SPOT, SQ, TEAM, TSM, V	AI, defense, global, growth, innovation, Robotics, semiconductors, technology	AI continues to transform industries and drive market leadership, with infrastructure buildout continuing despite concerns about bubble-like excesses. The firm maintains meaningful exposure to AI enablers including semiconductors and digital advertising while staying disciplined on valuation and business quality. Semiconductor demand continues to outpace supply with visibility for AI-related spending extending into 2027. The portfolio maintains selective exposure focused on leading-edge logic chips and custom AI chip design services, with companies like TSMC and Broadcom positioned as key beneficiaries. Defense technology is entering a structural growth phase driven by rising geopolitical risk and convergence of military and commercial innovation. Focus areas include autonomous systems, space sensing, secure communications, and software that connects these pieces. Advances in AI compute power are pushing robotics forward with near-term opportunities in logistics and warehouse environments. The focus is on companies that make robots reliable, safe, and economically compelling rather than just headline-grabbing. Energy transition is blending with new power demand from data centers and AI infrastructure, creating a multiyear investment cycle across the entire power value chain. Opportunities emerging in companies that combine scale, speed, and technology to address grid complexity. Cyberattacks have become more frequent, costly, and sophisticated as more activity moves to the cloud and AI tools spread. Security is now a core operating requirement and foundation for trust with customers, regulators, and partners. Space is becoming part of everyday life with satellites supporting internet, defense, navigation, and climate monitoring. Costs are falling, tools are easier to use, and demand is rising, creating growing businesses with steady long-term revenue potential.	PLTR AVGO GOOGL MSFT NFLX NU SHOP KVYO CVNA TSM	View
2025 Q4	Jan 18, 2026	Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund	-0.8%	9.2%	ALC, APP, BILL, BLDR, DASH, GWW, HLT, HUBB, INSM, MORN, MPWR, ODFL, PWR, ROK, SN, SQ, TEAM, TER, WCN, WDAY	AI, growth, industrials, mid cap, portfolio, semiconductors, technology	The ongoing AI megatrend boosted demand for memory and storage while industry supply growth remained constrained. Holdings in Information Technology sector were dominant contributors through exposure to AI, primarily through semiconductor companies. The fund continues to see accelerating demand for AI models and cloud computing with no signs of slowdown. Semiconductor companies were primary beneficiaries of AI demand. Teradyne is starting to win new sockets and gain market share after investing in AI-semiconductor testers. KLA benefited from AI infrastructure build-out with strong earnings growth. The fund increased exposure to high-quality industrial businesses with potential for cyclical upturn. Added Quanta Services for AI data center build-out, Hubbell for electrical grid upgrades, Old Dominion for freight cycle recovery, and Waste Connections for secondary market focus.	MTD ROK KLA TER SNDK	View
2023 Q4	Jan 15, 2025	Longriver Investment Partners	9.3%	10.0%	0700.HK, 600519.SS, 9988.HK, AHT.L, AMD, AMZN, BRK-B, EVO.ST, GAW.L, HD, HDB, KNSL, META, NFLX, NTES, PDD, SHOP, SQ, TSM, VTY.L, X	China, efficiency, global, Homebuilders, real estate, technology, value	2023 was remarkable for how decisively corporate leaders confronted bloat, with Meta's Year of Efficiency as the poster child. Zuckerberg reduced headcount by almost a quarter and operating expenses by fifteen percent, leading to exploding margins. Amazon under Jassy is also focusing on efficiency by reducing headcount, shutting down middling projects, and creating new business models like Amazon 3PL.	VTY.L AHT.L AMZN	View
2023 Q3	Sep 30, 2023	Manole Capital Management	0.0%	0.0%	ADYN, AFRM, FI, INTU, MA, PYPL, SQ	Banking, credit, Federal Reserve, Fintech, interest rates, payments, PayPal, technology	Extensive analysis of the digital payments industry, focusing on PayPal's valuation opportunity and competitive positioning against Visa, Mastercard, and emerging players like Stripe and Adyen. Manager views payments as a secular growth business benefiting from the ongoing decline in cash usage globally.		View
2023 Q2	Jul 20, 2023	Ithaka US Growth Strategy	0.2%	0.0%	AMZN, CDNS, ISRG, MELI, MSFT, NOW, NVDA, PODD, PYPL, SQ, TSCO, TTD	AI, Cloud, growth, large cap, semiconductors, technology, US	Generative AI dominated earnings calls with 70% of portfolio companies mentioning it. The technology requires enormous resources suggesting value will accrue to platform providers and hardware manufacturers. While debate exists between dreamers and naysayers, the massive investment being deployed significantly increases adoption probability.	PYPL ARGX BB\|DAVA\|DDOG\|GLOB\|ILMN\|LOAR\|MELI\|NET\|NU\|NVDA\|TSM PODD AAPL\|MSFT\|NFLX\|NVDA\|UNH AMZN AAPL\|MSFT\|NFLX\|NVDA\|UNH	View
2023 Q2	Jun 30, 2023	ClearBridge Investments All Cap Growth	0.0%	0.0%	ABBV, ABNB, AES, CLH, CP, CVS, EQT, GILD, META, MRVL, ORCL, PFE, SQ, VMC	AI, financials, Recession, small caps, technology, value	Artificial intelligence furor and speculation that benefits will accrue to mega cap incumbents explains much of the tech rally. Time will tell whether AI aids mega cap tech or helps unseat them, but market indicators point to a harder road for their outperformance going forward.	CLH AIR FP\|ICLR\|LIN\|MRVL\|NOW\|TSM	View
2023 Q1	Apr 18, 2023	Ithaka US Growth Strategy	0.2%	0.0%	AAPL, BURL, CRM, DXCM, INTU, ISRG, MSFT, NOW, NVDA, PYPL, QCOM, SNOW, SQ	AI, Cloud, concentrated, growth, large cap, semiconductors, technology	NVIDIA benefited from tremendous excitement surrounding advanced chatbots, specifically ChatGPT, and the likelihood this would necessitate the purchase of a large number of Nvidia's products far into the future. Microsoft's stock appreciated on excitement surrounding the company's investments in OpenAI and potential opportunities to take search market share away from Google.	DXCM SNOW ISRG AAPL\|MSFT\|NFLX\|NVDA\|UNH CRM AAPL\|MSFT\|NFLX\|NVDA\|UNH	View
2025 Q1	Apr 14, 2025	Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund	-10.0%	-10.0%	A, APP, ARES, BILL, BLDR, BR, CMG, CTAS, DDOG, EFX, FTNT, GWRE, HLT, HOOD, ICLR, JBHT, KLAC, MELI, NTRA, ODFL, ORLY, ROST, SQ, TER, TTD, VRSK, WDAY, WST	AI, growth, Housing, industrials, Logistics, mid cap, semiconductors, technology	DeepSeek's emergence as a Chinese AI challenger triggered sharp selloffs in AI software and infrastructure stocks. The market faced concerns about slowing AI capex spending, affecting momentum-led growth stocks significantly.		View
2023 Q4	Jan 31, 2024	Manole Capital Management	0.0%	0.0%	AAPL, AFRM, AMZN, AXP, BRK-A, GOOGL, KO, META, MSFT, NVDA, PYPL, SHOP, SQ, TSLA	consumer, E-Commerce, Fintech, inflation, payments, rates, technology	Manager focuses on FINTECH businesses as their core investment strategy, analyzing how these companies perform in the current economic environment. They model revenue growth, operating margins, and cash flow for their FINTECH portfolio companies. The letter emphasizes their bottom-up fundamental research approach to understanding FINTECH business prospects.		View
2023 Q4	Jan 15, 2024	Vision Capital	0.0%	0.0%	0700.HK, 3690.HK, ABNB, ADBE, ADYEN.AS, AMZN, ANET, CRM, CRWD, DDOG, DLO, ESTC, FVRR, GOOGL, HUBS, JD, LULU, MA, MDB, MELI, META, MNDY, MSFT, NET, NOW, NU, NVDA, OKTA, PAYC, PLTR, PYPL, SHOP, SQ, STNE, TEAM, TSLA, TTD, V, VEEV, WDAY, WISE.L, ZS	AI, Compounding, E-Commerce, growth, long-term, payments, SaaS, technology	Vision Capital maintains significant exposure to e-commerce companies including Amazon, MercadoLibre, Shopify, JD.com, Fiverr, Airbnb, and Meituan representing approximately 20% of the portfolio. The manager views these as top dogs supported by long-term tailwinds in the digital commerce transformation.	LULU AAPL\|MSFT\|NFLX\|NVDA\|UNH	View
2023 Q2	Jan 7, 2023	Manole Capital Management	0.0%	0.0%	AAPL, AMZN, BAC, COF, GOOGL, INTU, JPM, MA, META, MSFT, NVDA, PACW, PNC, PYPL, SCHW, SQ, SYF, USB, V, WFC	Banking, credit, Digital Wallets, Federal Reserve, Fintech, inflation, payments, technology	Manager discusses digital wallets, P2P payments, and how fintech companies like PayPal and Square are trying to become online banks. Emphasizes transaction-based businesses with recurring revenue as preferred investments over traditional credit-sensitive banks.		View

Pitches With This Ticker

Date	Pitch Type	Author	Company	Industry	Sub Industry	Bull / Bear	Stock Exchange	Keywords	Action
Apr 13, 2026	Fund Letters	Baron FinTech Fund	Block, Inc.	Information Technology	Transaction & Payment Processing Services	Bull	NYSE	Cash App, Ecosystem, financial services, innovation, Point of Sale, Rule of 40, small business	View Pitch
Apr 13, 2026	Fund Letters	Contrarius Global Equity Fund	Block Inc	Information Technology	Data Processing & Outsourced Services	Bull	NYSE	AI, Bitcoin, buy now pay later, Data Analytics, digital payments, disruption, Ecosystem, Fintech, founder-led, machine learning, Mobile Banking, network effects, Peer-to-Peer Payments, Small Business Lending	View Pitch
Aug 7, 2025	Seeking Alpha	Stone Fox Capital	Block, Inc.	Other	-	Neutral	NYSE	—	View Pitch
Aug 7, 2025	Seeking Alpha	Yiannis Zourmpanos	Block, Inc.	Other	-	Bull	NYSE	—	View Pitch

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