2012 Q4 - Investment Letter (MSCI)

2012 Q4 - Investment Letter (MSCI)

Last year seemed to be a year marked with great uncertainty yet extraordinary returns for investors. Indecision over unsustainable entitlement spending and deficits in the U.S., European debt crisis, China slowdown, U.S. corporate profit growth stalling, and Middle East turmoil all contributed to this uncertainty. We consider ourselves very long-term optimistic, but short-term cautious. We …

2012 Q3 - Investment Letter (AON)

2012 Q3 - Investment Letter (AON)

We’d like to begin by announcing the exciting new addition of Elliott Savage to our firm. Elliott has over a decade of experience in managing portfolios. Prior to YCG, Elliott was a Senior Analyst who worked directly with the founding partner at Highside Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar long/short equity hedge fund located in Dallas, …

2012 Q1 - Investment Letter (Tesco)

2012 Q1 - Investment Letter (Tesco)

The stock market put on quite the show, with the S&P 500 climbing a staggering 12.6% – the best first quarter showing since 1998. Many forecasters’ year-end targets have already been surpassed or are very close to being met, yet the rise in equity prices was not nearly as broad as one might think. Approximately …