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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 10, 2026 | Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund | 8.0% | 64.8% | 015760.KS, 3690.HK, BHP, CMCSA, CNC, CVE.TO, GLEN.L, Gold, MOH, NAK, NG, PDN.AX, RGLD, RRC, SDF.DE, SEA.TO, SQM, TPK.L, TWE.AX, VALE | diversification, global, materials, Mining, Precious Metals, undervaluation, value | Gold prices rose 65% in 2025, with precious metals miners performing strongly. The fund trimmed gold positions significantly from 15% to 9% of the portfolio due to strong performance, rolling gains into platinum and industrial metals where more upside is seen. Platinum group metals producers were among the largest contributors for the second consecutive quarter. South African companies Valterra and Impala had strong returns of 20.7% and 26.4% respectively, with substantial upside potential remaining relative to risk-adjusted intrinsic value estimates. After over a decade of underperformance, value stocks had a strong fourth quarter with Russell 1000 Value up 3.3% versus 1.2% for growth. The manager believes the market is beginning to recognize value, emphasizing buying good companies for less than they are worth. Conglomerates performed well with Cresud up 48.7% and LG Corp up 9.1%. The manager notes conglomerates are complex and difficult to analyze, frequently ignored by the market, providing significant opportunities for fundamental bottom-up analysis. | IMP SJ VAL SJ |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 27, 2026 | Baron Emerging Markets Fund | -1.3% | 30.1% | 000660.KS, 005930.KS, 0700.HK, 1024.HK, 300750.SZ, BABA, BAJFINANCE.NS, BAP, BEL.NS, BHARTIARTL.NS, HDFCBANK.NS, NU, RELIANCE.NS, SQM, TSM, ZLAB | AI, Banking, China, emerging markets, geopolitics, India, semiconductors, technology | The fund maintains significant exposure to AI-related investments, particularly through semiconductor companies like TSMC and SK hynix that benefit from AI chip demand. The manager discusses the ongoing AI data center arms race with $550 billion expected to be spent in 2026, while noting some concerns about sustainability of competitive advantages and funding environment. Strong focus on semiconductor investments across Taiwan, Korea, and China, with holdings in TSMC, Samsung Electronics, and SK hynix. The manager believes in long-term growth driven by AI, 5G, automotive, and IoT applications, while noting recent volatility around China semiconductor trade policies. The fund maintains exposure to Chinese technology and e-commerce companies despite fourth quarter volatility. The manager expects improved US-China trade relations and technology flow resumption, believing global investors underestimate China's emerging AI and technology ecosystem capabilities. Large overweight position in India despite flat performance in 2025. The manager believes India is poised for an earnings upgrade cycle supported by infrastructure spending recovery, tax relief, and GST 2.0 implementation, positioning for catch-up with other EM markets. Added positions in South African banks (Absa Group, FirstRand) and Latin American digital banking (Nu Holdings) based on favorable banking cycles, improving loan growth, and digital disruption opportunities in underbanked markets. Investments in sustainability themes including Korean shipbuilding companies (HD Korea Shipbuilding, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries) and energy storage (Contemporary Amperex Technology) that benefit from global decarbonization trends. | NU FSR SJ ABG SJ BABA 005930 KS 000660 KS TSM |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 15, 2026 | Baillie Gifford -Emerging Markets | 5.7% | 40.7% | 000333.SZ, 000660.KS, 005380.KS, 005930.KS, 0700.HK, 2318.HK, 2454.TW, 2939.TW, 300750.SZ, AXSB.NS, B3SA3.SA, BABA, FM.TO, IMP.JO, KMB.NS, MELI, NPN.JO, RELIANCE.NS, SE, SQM, TSM | AI, China, commodities, emerging markets, growth, semiconductors, South Korea, technology | China's high-level economic policy framework places significant emphasis on artificial intelligence, computing infrastructure, semiconductors, and smart manufacturing. The continued evolution of the AI investment cycle drove positive momentum, with notable strength in Korea. Memory semiconductor companies like Samsung and SK Hynix benefited from soaring demand for high-performance AI memory. Strong operational performance at Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix contributed to fund returns. Samsung is projected to regain the number one position in the global DRAM market, driven by soaring demand for high-performance AI memory and sharp rise in conventional DRAM prices. SK Hynix reported 62% year-over-year growth in profits and all capacity is fully booked for 2026. China offers the clearest example of how policy direction, innovation capacity and sheer scale can combine to reshape global industries. The 15th Five-Year Plan emphasizes AI, computing infrastructure, semiconductors, and smart manufacturing. Despite tariffs and trade tensions, the combination of high-quality businesses and compelling valuations remains hard to ignore. The commodities sector has been in focus with combination of US easing cycle and political will for a weaker dollar being very positive for gold and broader precious metals complex. Lithium saw easing upstream cost pressures and robust downstream battery-storage demand supporting sharp price recovery. Copper market shows structurally tight supply with planned supply expected to meet only 70% of projected 2035 demand. Latin American e-commerce and fintech platform MercadoLibre detracted from performance for the second quarter in a row, though the manager maintains a differentiated view based on long-term investment horizons. The company recorded its 27th straight quarter of 30% or higher revenue growth. Korean e-commerce leader Coupang faced challenges from a major data breach despite continuing strong growth. South Korea was one of the world's best-performing markets this year, buoyed by regulatory and governance reforms raising hopes for improved shareholder returns through the 'Value Up' program. Memory semiconductor space showed strong operational performance with significant upgrades to earnings forecasts, making valuations still attractive in global context despite rapid share price appreciation. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Aug 7, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Dilantha De Silva | Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. | Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Bull | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
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