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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
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| 2025 Q4 | Mar 1, 2026 | iMGP Small Company Fund | 1.3% | 0.0% | AAP, AMKR, APPF, MANH, NVDA, PRM, RBC, UAMY | AI, Biotech, defense, growth, healthcare, Quality, small caps, technology | AI remained a significant driver throughout 2025, with AI-related stocks recovering after initial volatility from Chinese competitor DeepSeek and becoming the dominant theme again in late 2025. The market saw broadening beyond AI with materials performing well, but AI continues to be a desired area driving investment decisions. Biotech companies rallied over 25% in the fourth quarter, driven by a series of high-profile biotech acquisitions by large pharma buyers. The managers generally avoid biotech stocks due to their highly binary nature, though they participate through investments in companies that sell products and services to biotech customers. Defense spending themes emerged through specific investments like Antimony Corporation, which won a $245 million five-year sole source contract to rebuild the U.S. antimony supply for military use, taking advantage of export restrictions from China. RBC Bearings' Aerospace and Defense business was particularly strong. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | NCG Micro Cap Growth Strategy | 6.4% | 11.9% | AAOI, AGX, AII.TO, ALKT, AMPX, AMSC, ATEC, AVPT, AXGN, BLND, INOD, INTA, PHAT, PL, PSNL, TATT, TCMD, UAMY, UTI | active management, Biotechnology, growth, Microcap, Quality, small caps, underperformance | The firm emphasizes investing in high-quality growth companies with proven business models and sustainable growth drivers. They note that quality factors worked against active managers in 2025, with low-quality stocks significantly outperforming. The S&P 600 Growth Index, which requires profitability and has market cap constraints, returned only 5.4% versus Russell 2000/Microcap Growth at 13% and 22% respectively. Biotech was a significant area of outperformance that the firm avoided, contributing approximately 8 points to the Russell Microcap Growth Index's 21.84% return. The firm maintains low or no exposure to biotech, viewing many business models as unproven despite strong recent performance. This sector constituted almost all of the relative underperformance from their microcap strategy. The firm sees improving conditions for small cap performance, with earnings growth turning positive in 2025 and expected to accelerate in 2026. Small caps historically benefit during Fed rate-cutting cycles and continue to trade at a relative discount to large caps. Combined with an improving fundamental backdrop, they believe there's opportunity for this discount to narrow. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | NCG SMID Cap Growth Strategy | 3.6% | 8.1% | ADPT, AII.TO, ATEC, AXGN, BETA, BLND, CELH, COHR, ELF, INOD, KVYO, MTSI, PCOR, PEGA, PHAT, PI, QTWO, TOL, TTAN, UAMY, UTI, WULF | Biotechnology, growth, healthcare, Quality, small caps, technology | The firm emphasizes investing in high-quality growth companies with proven business models and sustainable growth drivers. They believe quality factors worked against active managers in 2025, as low-quality stocks with negative earnings significantly outperformed. The firm maintains their focus on quality despite near-term headwinds. Small cap earnings growth turned positive during 2025 and is expected to stay positive and potentially accelerate in 2026. Small caps continue to trade at a relative discount to large caps, and the firm believes there is opportunity for this discount to narrow with an improving fundamental backdrop. Biotech was an area of outsized strength in 2025, contributing approximately 8 points to the Russell Microcap Growth Index return. However, the firm maintains low or no exposure to biotech as they view many business models as unproven with high expectations that may fail to materialize. | View |
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