Industry Primer: Alternative Asset Managers
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All letters- Asset Value Investors Ltd October 2026 079940 $486M093320 $626M
- Sandon Capital — Activist Fund October 2026 FWD $134MSPSY $112M
- Minotaur Capital October 2026 CROX $7.3BHUT $7.3B
- Bell Asset Management October 2026 CRH $64BEXPGF $34B
- Lakehouse Capital Small Companies Fund October 2026 COGZF $411MFNCHF $520M
- Lakehouse Capital Global Growth Fund October 2026 ADYEY $31BSNSNF $1.7B
- Spheria — Global Smaller Companies Fund month ended 31 October 2026 SFM $4.7BSN $32B
- Forager Funds Management October 2026 OFX $71MPLT $97M
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QXO Inc Earnings Update: Q3 2026
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GrabAGun Q3 2026: Where Did the Cash Go?
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Trading Post November 12, 2026: Enough is Enough, NVIDIA, SMH vs SOXX, Earnings Quality
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This Week in Special Situations: Coursera, eToro, Fluor, Trade Desk
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Big Short: Fidelity & Guaranty
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MTMTY · short Metlen Energy & Metals PLC
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(Idea) Transocean - Near-Term Results Obscure A Brighter Future
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Axon 3Q26 Business Update
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Axon 3Q26 Update: Revenue Breaks Below 30%, Runway Reaffirmed
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Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) Stock Rating: Stop After Q3 FY12/26 Earnings
Datadog beat Q3 revenue guidance by $52 million, but guided Q4 revenue flat as its largest AI-native customer reduced usage after renewing.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR): Q3 2026 Earnings
Alpha Metallurgical posted a third consecutive quarterly loss as High Vol A coal margins fell to $14 a ton, while director Kenneth Courtis…
A clear solution to the “problem”
Shift4’s Q3 met guidance, but organic growth is decelerating, management credibility is weakening and leverage reduction remains too slow.
GREAT DEC-TECTIVE WORK
Diversified Energy reported $255.6 million of “true” nine-month free cash flow, while its $1.8 billion Birch acquisition would shift…
Dynatrace (NYSE: DT) Stock Rating: Do Nothing After Q2 FY3/27 Earnings (No Paywall)
Dynatrace reported 17% Q2 revenue growth but flat new ARR and lower profit and free-cash-flow guidance, following its $816 million Arize…
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- Forager Funds Management
- Frank Capital Partners
- Franklin Templeton — Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund
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- Fred Alger Management, LLC
- GCQ Funds Management
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- Gabelli Funds
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- Glass Lake Wealth Management
- Glenmede Investment Management
- GoodHaven Capital Management
- Grandeur Peak Global Advisors
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- Greenhaven Road Capital
- GreensKeeper Asset Management
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- Holland Advisors
- Hood River Capital Management
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- Hosking Partners
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- Infuse Asset Management
- Integrity Asset Management — Micro Cap Value Equity
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- Invenomic Capital Management
- Invesco — Discovery Fund
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- Ironvine Capital Partners
- Ithaka Group — US Growth Strategy
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- JM Finn
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- Janus Henderson Investors
- Jemekk Capital Management
- Jenga Investment Partners
- Kathmandu Capital
- Kaydan Wealth Management
- Kennedy Capital Management
- Kernow Asset Management
- Kingdom Capital Advisors
- LVS Advisory
- Lakehouse Capital Global Growth Fund
- Lakehouse Capital Small Companies Fund
- Langdon Equity Partners
- Lansing Street Advisors
- Latitude Investment Management
- Laughing Water Capital
- Lazard Asset Management
- Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors
- Lindsell Train Limited
- Long Cast Advisers
- Loomis Sayles — Global Growth Fund
- Lyrical Asset Management
- MJG Capital
- Madison Investments — Small Cap Fund
- Mairs & Power
- Manole Capital Management
- Mar Vista Investment Partners
- Maran Capital Management
- Markel Group
- Marram Investment Management
- Massif Capital
- Matrix Asset Advisors
- Matthews Asia
- Mawer Investment Management
- Mayar Capital
- McIntyre Partnerships
- Meridian Growth Fund
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- Merion Road Capital
- Miller Value Partners
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- Minotaur Capital
- Moerus Capital Management
- Mondrian Investment Partners
- Moneta Group
- Montaka Global Investments
- Moon Capital Management
- Mott Capital Management
- Mountain Vista Wealth Management
- Muhlenkamp & Company
- Munro Partners
- Myrmikan Capital, LLC
- NS Partners
- Nelnet
- Newport Capital Group
- Next Century Growth Investors
- Night Watch Investment Management
- Nightview Capital
- Nixon Capital
- Nomura Asset Management — Large Cap Growth Fund
- North Sky Capital
- Northern Funds — International Equity
- O'Keefe Stevens Advisory
- Oak Associates Funds
- Oak Ridge Investments
- Oakmark Funds
- Oceana Investimentos
- Oldfield Partners
- Open Insights Capital
- Ophir Asset Management
- Optimist Fund
- Orange Investment Advisors
- Oujo Wealth Strategies
- Overseas Asset Management Asian Recovery Fund
- Overseas Asset Management European Value Fund
- PM Capital
- Packer & Co
- Palm Harbour Capital
- Palm Valley Capital
- Parnassus Investments
- Patient Capital Management
- Peak Asset Management
- Peapack Private
- Pendelhaven Asset Management B.V.
- PenderFund Capital Management Ltd.
- Penn Davis McFarland
- Pershing Square Holdings
- Pittenger & Anderson
- Platinum Asset Management — International Fund
- Plural Investing
- Polaris Capital Management
- Polen Capital 5Perspectives Growth Opportunities
- Polen Capital U.S. Opportunistic High Yield
- Praetorian Capital
- Private Capital Management
- ProChain Capital
- Protean Funds
- Pzena Investment Management
- QV Investors
- QuantStreet Capital
- Quercus Fund
- RD Capital Partners
- REQ Capital
- RF Capital Management
- RGA Investment Advisors
- ROCKLINC Investment Partners
- Rathbones
- Regal Partners Global Investments
- Regency Wealth Management
- Renaissance Investment Management — Large Cap Growth
- Rewey Asset Management
- Right Tail Capital
- Rivemont
- RiverPark Funds
- Riverwater Partners
- Robinson Capital Management
- Rowan Street Capital
- Royce Investment Partners
- Rozendal Partners
- SRK Capital
- Saga Partners
- SaltLight Capital
- Sandon Capital — Activist Fund
- Sands Capital — Select Growth Fund
- Sawgrass Asset Management
- Seafarer Capital Partners
- Sequoia Fund
- Seven Corners Capital
- Sharp Capital
- Shelton Capital Management
- Sigil
- Signia Capital Management
- Skybound Wealth Management
- Smead Capital Management
- Social Capital
- Sorfis Investments
- Sound Shore Management
- Southeastern Asset Management
- SouthernSun Asset Management
- Sparrow Wealth Management
- Spheria — Global Smaller Companies Fund
- Spyglass Capital Management
- Starvine Capital
- Staude Capital — Global Value Fund
- Stenham Asset Management
- Stewart Asset Management
- Steyn Capital
- Stone Ridge Asset Management
- Stone Sentinel Capital
- Stonehearth Capital Management
- Summers Value Partners
- Sustainable Growth Advisers
- Symmetry Invest
- TEAM Asset Management
- TIFF Investment Management
- Tall Oak Capital Advisors
- Tapasya Investment
- The London Company
- Third Avenue Management
- Third Point
- TimesSquare Capital Management
- Touchstone — Balanced Fund
- Troy Asset Management
- Tweedy, Browne
- Unconventional Value
- Upslope Capital Management
- VH Standard Asset Management
- Value Line Funds
- Victory Capital — Sycamore Mid Cap Value Equity
- Vision Capital Fund
- Vltava Fund
- Voss Capital
- Voya Investment Management — MI Dynamic Small Cap Fund
- Vulcan Value Partners
- Warden Capital
- Wasatch Global Investors — Micro Cap Fund
- Wasatch Global Investors — Small Cap Growth Strategy
- Wealthspire Advisors
- Wedgewood Partners
- Weitz Investment Management
- Wellington Management — Quarterly Market Review
- WestEnd Capital Management
- Westfield Capital Management
- Westwood — Quality SmallCap Fund
- White Brook Capital
- White Falcon Capital Management
- YCG Investments
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