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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | Aug 7, 2025 | Moerus Capital Management LLC | 15.9% | 20.2% | 1200 HK, 1821 HK, BBD, CCO CN, EFX CN, TDW, TPK LN, VAL | asset value, deep value, downside protection, Mean reversion, Replacement cost | The commentary highlights deep value opportunities in neglected global markets where asset values materially exceed market prices. Management stresses hard assets, replacement cost, and downside protection in inflationary or uncertain regimes. Mean reversion and corporate actions are key return drivers. | TDW VAL TPK LN BBD |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jul 1, 2024 | Night Watch Investment Management | -2.9% | 10.3% | AERO SW, VAL | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 20, 2024 | Praetorian Capital Management | -2.3% | 4.9% | AMRK, JOE, SII, TDW, U-U CN, VAL | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q3 | Oct 1, 2024 | Night Watch Investment Management | -2.9% | 10.3% | LEG, SEG, VAL, XFAB FP | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 30, 2026 | Moerus Capital Management LLC | 4.8% | 40.4% | 1200.HK, CMW.AX, DC.TO, DOUG, EXOR.MI, JEF, JSE.L, LTM, NTCO3.SA, STAN.L, TARS, TSGYO.IS, VAL, VALT.L, WED.TO | Banking, contrarian, emerging markets, international, Mining, Recovery, value, volatility | The Fund focuses on deeply discounted opportunities where overly pessimistic expectations are priced in, creating upside potential when outcomes prove merely benign. Examples include Valterra Platinum, Midland Holdings, and LATAM Airlines, all purchased when expectations were at their nadir. The manager believes there is less competition for deep value, out-of-favor opportunities due to attrition among value investors and style drift toward Growth strategies. Valterra Platinum, the world's largest producer of Platinum Group Metals, was purchased when expectations were rock-bottom due to EV adoption concerns. The platinum market entered its third consecutive year of supply deficit in 2025, with producers cutting higher-cost production and auto manufacturers walking back EV ambitions. Platinum prices surged from depressed levels, driving significant gains. LATAM Airlines Group was purchased in 2023 shortly after emerging from bankruptcy when stigma and pandemic effects repelled investors. The company had a much-improved financial profile, competitive position, and cost structure post-bankruptcy with meaningfully reduced debt and operating costs. Performance was driven by passenger volume recovery and impressive business results leading to increased profitability and share repurchases. Türkiye Sigorta was added in 2023 when general investor flight from Turkey occurred amid unorthodox economic policies and 85% inflation. The insurance environment was painful with dramatically rising claims costs, but created opportunity to invest in a high-quality business at heavily discounted prices. Performance improved as policies reset at higher prices and the Turkish Central Bank adopted orthodox monetary policy. Midland Holdings, the leading Hong Kong residential property broker, was purchased when shares had sunk to extremely depressed levels amid an ailing local residential market hurt by higher interest rates and economic issues. The company's cash made up roughly 70% of market cap at purchase, with nascent signs of improvement in the Hong Kong residential market exceeding minimal expectations. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 22, 2026 | Third Avenue Value Fund | 7.4% | 35.2% | 0001.HK, 2603.TW, 6951.T, 6955.T, BIRG.L, BMW.DE, BZU.MI, CMA, CS, DB, HBR.L, HCC, IFP.TO, LUN.TO, SFOR.L, SSUB.OL, SUBCY, TDW, VAL | Banking, Copper, energy, Europe, Mining, Resource Conversion, value | Fund holds significant positions in copper miners Lundin Mining and Capstone Copper, viewing copper as indispensable to modern economies with exceptional supply challenges. Manager believes copper demand growth has evolved from Chinese construction to renewables, electric transportation, and data center construction, while supply increases remain elusive due to aging mines, declining ore quality, and decade-plus timelines for new projects. Warrior Met Coal was the single largest contributor to Fund performance during the quarter, benefiting from early completion of Blue Creek metallurgical coal mine eight months ahead of schedule. The completion portends far higher coal production, much lower capital spending, and likely return to significant cash distributions to shareholders. Manager discusses the materials-intensive nature of renewable energy infrastructure, noting the irony that mining companies producing materials for solar panels, wind turbines, electrical grids, and batteries were deemed global pariahs while renewable energy companies were market darlings. The build out of data centers and electrical infrastructure has become entwined with copper consumption growth. Fund holds offshore oil and gas service providers and one upstream producer, believing more offshore spending is required to maintain current production levels. Manager notes U.S. onshore production growth has slowed significantly due to lower drilling activity, exhaustion of Tier 1 acreage, and water challenges, potentially leading to future production declines that would enhance the importance of long-life offshore production. Manager highlights a profound divergence in U.S. sanctions activity, noting recent seizure of dark fleet oil tankers, arrest of Nicolas Maduro, U.S. claim of control over Venezuela's energy industry, and sanctions on Russia's largest oil producers. This marks a departure from decades of avoiding sanctions that would impact energy flows, with gunboat diplomacy and military embargos returning. Manager emphasizes resource conversion activity including share buybacks as a key component of their investment approach for undervalued, well-financed companies. The Fund focuses on companies where management teams can create shareholder value through buybacks, recapitalizations, special dividends, asset disposals, spin-offs, acquisitions, or sale of the business. | View | |
| 2024 Q4 | Jan 12, 2025 | Praetorian Capital Management | -14.8% | -10.6% | AMRK, JOE, SII, TDW, VAL | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q2 | Jul 21, 2024 | Praetorian Capital Management | -2.3% | 4.9% | AMRK, JOE, NVDA, SII, TDW, VAL | - | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 | Twitter / X | @siyul | Valaris Limited | Energy Equipment & Services | Oil & Gas Drilling | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | backlog, Brazil, Dayrate, Drillship, OffshoreDrilling, Petrobras, Shell, Utilization | View Pitch |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Twitter / X | @TommyDeepwater | Valaris Limited | Energy | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Deepwater, Drillships, Offshore, offshore drilling, oilfield services, Rigs, Valaris, Warm | View Pitch |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Fund Letters | Amit Wadhwaney | Valaris Limited | Energy | Oil & Gas Drilling | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Drilling, energy, Offshore, Supplydemand, turnaround | View Pitch |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Fund Letters | Will Riley | Valero Energy Corporation | Energy | Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | Bull | NYSE | buybacks, capital discipline, cashflow, dividends, efficiency, Margins, refining | View Pitch |
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