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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 9, 2025 | ClearBridge Investments Dividend Strategy | - | - | AVGO, LHX, XOM | diversification, dividends, income, inflation, valuation | The letter stresses dividend growth and valuation discipline in an environment of high market concentration and elevated multiples. ClearBridge favors high-quality companies capable of compounding dividends above inflation while managing downside risk. Diversification and income resilience are positioned as defensive advantages. | AVGO XOM LHX |
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| 2024 Q1 | May 2, 2024 | Madison Dividend Income Fund | 10.1% | 9.5% | XOM | - | View | ||
| 2024 Q1 | Apr 20, 2024 | Alpha Wealth Funds – The Insiders Fund | 0.0% | 1.2% | AXON, CRK, DVN, ET, HR, MSFT, MU, ORCL, XOM | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 25, 2026 | The D. E. Shaw Group | - | - | AAPL, AMZN, AVGO, BRK-B, CVX, GE, GOOGL, IBM, JNJ, JPM, META, MSFT, NVDA, PG, TSLA, WFC, XOM | active management, AI, Concentration, market structure, Mega Cap, portfolio construction, risk management, technology | Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence have helped drive notably strong performance in a handful of mega cap stocks. The concentration in tech and AI-related companies has contributed to the current market dynamics where the ten largest S&P 500 constituents account for more than 40% of the index's weight. The document extensively analyzes how market concentration affects portfolio risk characteristics and active management strategies. It discusses the implications for risk models, beta distributions, and the challenges concentration poses for traditional risk management approaches in equity portfolios. The analysis focuses on how equity market concentration impacts the fundamental law of active management, transfer coefficients, and breadth of investment opportunities. It examines the structural changes in capital markets that affect managers' ability to generate alpha and express investment views effectively. | View | |
| 2023 Q4 | Dec 31, 2023 | Contrarius Global Equity Fund | 10.4% | 20.2% | MSFT, XOM, ZM | - | View | ||
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 2, 2025 | LRT Capital Management | - | -0.2% | ABG, CAAP, CCI, CHE, CHTR, CIGI, CM, DRI, FN, GPI, IESC, PBR, RLI, SNEX, SSD, TD, TRV, TTC, UNH, XOM | Hedges, Long/Short, Quality, Shiller PE, small caps | LRT focuses on a systematic long/short approach anchored in high-quality companies trading amid extreme market valuations. The manager highlights elevated index multiples and the opportunity created when quality factors lag speculative leadership. Quality remains compelling as valuation discipline and downside control matter more in late-cycle conditions. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 7, 2026 | ClearBridge Investments Dividend Strategy | 0.0% | 0.0% | AAPL, ADP, APD, AVGO, GOOGL, ITX.MC, KO, LHX, META, MMC, MSFT, NESN.SW, NVDA, ODFL, ORCL, TEL, TMUS, UL, UNP, XOM | AI, Concentration, diversification, dividends, large cap, semiconductors, technology, value | AI will radically change lives, labor markets and the economy, but investors already ascribe trillions of dollars of value to AI-related enterprises while aggregate AI-related revenues are minimal relative to embedded expectations. The landscape is evolving too swiftly to conclude today's favored players will be ultimate winners, with fundamental questions remaining about LLM commoditization and revenue sustainability. The strategy's average holding has grown its dividend at 10% over the last 12 months with similar growth expected in coming years. The fund maintains focus on dividend-paying companies as part of its core investment approach and diversification strategy. The ClearBridge Dividend Strategy trades at a significant discount to the broader market with a P/E ratio of 19.8x versus 24.7x for the S&P 500. The managers value securities based on free cash flow yields and gravitate toward those with asymmetric risk-reward profiles. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 27, 2026 | Gate City Capital | 2.7% | 15.4% | 1211.SR, ALCO, APP, BTU, DSP, EVC, HTLD, IPI, JAKK, MOS, TTD, XOM | Agriculture, energy, Media, Precious Metals, real estate, small caps, value | Gold and silver prices have continued their meteoric rise as large investors including central banks seek alternatives to U.S. Treasuries to preserve wealth. Silver prices rose nearly 150% in 2025, with both gold and silver reaching record highs. The inability of mining companies to increase production to meet elevated demand has led to soaring prices. The fund holds significant positions in fertilizer companies including Mosaic and Intrepid Potash. Mosaic is a market leading producer of potash and phosphate fertilizers in North America and the largest producer in Brazil. Intrepid produces potash from three U.S. solution mines and also mines Trio fertilizer, with potential for market share gains after competitor exits. Peabody Energy was the fund's top contributor in 2025, benefiting from strengthened domestic thermal coal prices as data center build-out strains the U.S. power grid. Metallurgical coal prices have increased substantially after a soft contracting season. Peabody's low-cost Centurion mine in Australia is ramping up production. Entravision was the fund's top performer in Q4, owning 49 television stations and 44 radio stations targeting Hispanic audiences. The company also operates a rapidly growing Advertising Technology & Services segment through Smadex subsidiary. Deregulation in broadcast television and radio should encourage industry consolidation. Alico continues as the fund's largest position, owning nearly 50,000 acres in Florida previously devoted to citrus farming. The company is undergoing strategic transformation, converting 75% of citrus acres to other agricultural purposes and 25% to higher and better use opportunities including residential and commercial developments. Heartland Express contributed positively as the extended three-year slowdown in U.S. trucking market shows signs of abating. Supply of available trucks has decreased as orders for new equipment have fallen sharply, while stricter enforcement of Commercial Drivers Licenses has decreased available drivers. Demand rose in holiday season with spot rates reaching multi-year highs. | ALCO JAKK IPI MOS HTLD BTU EVC |
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| 2025 Q4 | Jan 24, 2026 | Miller Howard Investments | - | - | AAPL, AMZN, BAC, BRK-B, GOOG, GOOGL, JNJ, JPM, META, MSFT, NVDA, PG, TSLA, WMT, XOM | Concentration, dividends, Indices, Magnificent 7, nuclear, SMRs, value | The US is on the cusp of a nuclear renaissance driven by rising electricity demand, policy support, and emerging technologies like small modular reactors. Nuclear capacity could quadruple by 2050, though regulatory, economic, and execution risks remain significant challenges. Miller/Howard maintains strict dividend focus across portfolios, avoiding Magnificent 7 stocks in income-oriented strategies. The firm emphasizes high current income and growth of income as core differentiators in an increasingly concentrated market. Index reconstitutions have compromised style integrity by adding growth-oriented Magnificent 7 stocks to value indices. This creates concentration risk and challenges traditional value investing principles based on lower valuations and higher dividend yields. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 24, 2026 | Miller Howard North American Energy Fund | 1.0% | 6.1% | CHRD, CNQ, CVE, CVX, EQT, GPOR, HES, LBRT, MPC, OKE, OXY, PBA, PSX, RRC, SM, SU, VLO, XOM | Data centers, dividends, energy, Natural Gas, North America, oil, Refiners | Pressure pumpers are seeing growing interest in supplying power to data centers under long-term contractual arrangements. Mobile generation equipment can be deployed within weeks at competitive efficiency levels. Liberty Energy announced a positive 1GW data center power generation project by year-end 2027. Natural gas prices rallied sharply amid a cold start to winter in the US, supported by strong LNG exports and rising data center power demand. The portfolio reduced natural gas price exposure by selling EQT Corp and trimming Range Resources Corp. Oil prices drifted lower on a near-term supply glut and closed the quarter in the mid-$50/bbl range. Adjusted for inflation, prices are near century lows. At current prices, E&Ps are expected to further rein in production with US supply likely to decline in 2026. The portfolio increased Valero and Phillips 66 on strong refinery dynamics. Marathon Petroleum had a rare refinery earnings miss on operational items believed to be one-time, with favorable 2026 capex guidance. The portfolio currently offers an indicated yield of 3.2% that is well supported down to roughly $45/bbl oil, with potential for significantly larger variable capital returns at higher commodity prices. Suncor Energy raised its dividend 5.3% amid strong buybacks. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 21, 2026 | Guinness Global Energy | 0.0% | 9.0% | BP, CNQ.TO, COP, CVX, FANG, SHEL, SU.TO, TTE, VLO, XOM | energy, Exploration, Gas, Integrated, oil, Production | The letter positions global energy equities as long-term beneficiaries of population growth, industrialization, and constrained fossil fuel supply, which together support structurally higher energy prices. Energy companies are viewed as a partial hedge against inflation given their linkage to real assets and commodity pricing. A disciplined, value-biased approach combines top-down energy market analysis with bottom-up stock selection in a concentrated portfolio of large, established energy producers. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 20, 2026 | Madison Dividend Income Fund | -0.2% | 8.3% | AAPL, AMZN, AVGO, BLK, CME, CVX, GOOGL, HON, JNJ, MDT, META, MS, MSFT, NEE, NVDA, TSLA, UNP, XOM | defensives, dividends, income, large cap, Quality, value | The fund focuses on high-quality, above-average dividend yield stocks with sustainable competitive advantages. Portfolio holdings increased dividends by 6% on average over the past year, well above inflation rates. The fund's absolute portfolio dividend yield of 2.53% compares favorably to 1.12% for the S&P 500. Many dividend paying companies are historically cheap compared to the broad market. The relative yield of the Dividend Income Fund was 2.25x the S&P 500 at year-end, at the very high end of historical ranges. The equal weight S&P 500 is trading at just half the valuation level of the S&P 500. The fund maintains a high-quality portfolio with strong balance sheets that could protect on the downside in a market correction. 94% of fund holdings are rated A- or better by Standard & Poor's, which compares favorably to the S&P 500 at 35% and the Russell 1000 Value at 22%. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Jan 15, 2026 | Columbia Dividend Opportunity Fund | 2.8% | 15.9% | ABBV, ALB, BAC, BLK, BRX, C, CSCO, DRI, GOOGL, GPC, GPS, GS, HD, IBM, IP, JNJ, JPM, LUV, MCD, MO, MRK, MU, PM, QRVO, SBUX, SWKS, T, UDR, XOM | AI, Banking, dividends, financials, Lithium, technology, value, Yield | The fund focuses on companies with historically consistent and increasing dividends, though dividend stocks generally underperformed during the quarter as investors favored speculative companies over defensive characteristics. The manager maintains a positive view on dividend-paying stocks as an out-of-favor segment largely devoid of speculative activity. The market remained supported by ongoing enthusiasm about the artificial intelligence theme, though there was a brief stretch of concern in November about a possible AI bubble. The manager sees potential for improved relative performance if excitement surrounding AI begins to cool. The quarter was characterized by broadening market leadership away from mega-cap technology companies, contributing to relative strength in the value style. The fund's investment universe offers fundamentally sound companies trading with attractive yields and reasonable valuations. A new position in mandatory convertible securities of lithium producer Albermarle made a sizable contribution as lithium prices rose due to reduced supply from China, and market participants became more optimistic about the metal's potential use in energy storage applications. | View |
| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
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| Mar 31, 2026 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Energy | Oil & Gas | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Exxon Mobil, geopolitical risks, Guyana production, Iran tensions, oil prices, Permian Basin, production growth, technical analysis, upstream oil and gas, Valuation premium | View Pitch |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Substack | Sleepy Sol | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Energy | Oil & Gas Integrated | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | Energy Sector, Exxon Mobil, geopolitical risk, Guyana, heavy crude, oil production, political stability, Refining Margins, US oil majors, Venezuela | View Pitch |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Fund Letters | John Baldi | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Energy | Integrated Oil & Gas | Bull | NYSE | cashflow, energy, Margins, Production, valuation | View Pitch |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Seeking Alpha | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Oil & Gas Integrated | Bull | capital discipline, energy transition, Exxon Mobil, integrated energy, low-carbon solutions, low-cost assets, Permian Basin, shareholder returns, Stabroek Block, upstream portfolio | View Pitch | ||
| Aug 13, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Long Player | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Energy | Oil & Gas Integrated | Bull | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Louis Gerard | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Energy | Oil & Gas Integrated | Bull | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
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