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Wasatch Micro Cap Fund’s Q1 Top Detractor: Frequency Therapeutics Inc. (FREQ) Wasatch Global Investors, an investment management firm, published its “Wasatch Micro Cap Fund” first quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of 10.95% was recorded by the fund for the Q1 of 2021, trailing the benchmark, Russell Microcap Index, which rose 23.89% for the same period. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021. Wasa...

Here’s Why Artisan Partners Disposed its Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. (SRPT) Position Artisan Partners, a high value-added investment management firm, published its ‘Artisan Mid Cap Fund’ first quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of -2.36% was recorded by its Investor Class: ARTMX, -2.32% by its Advisor Class: APDMX, and -2.30% by its Institutional Class: APHMX, in the fourth quarter of 2020, all below the Russell Midcap® Growth Index that deli...

Alger Small Cap on Berkeley Lights (BLI): “We Believe the Base Business Remains Strong” Alger, an investment management firm, published its “Alger Small Cap Focus Fund” first quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here.  During the quarter, the largest portfolio sector weightings were Health Care and Information Technology. The largest sector overweight was Health Care. Class A shares of the Alger Small Cap Focus Fund underperformed the Russell 2000 Growth I...

Is Valhi Inc. (VHI) A Smart Long-Term Buy? East 72, an investment management firm, published its first quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here.  A quarterly portfolio return of 9.1% was recorded by the fund for the Q1 of 2021. Over the year to March 31, 2021, East 72 returned 42.7% before expenses, despite an average net equity exposure of only 28%. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021. East 72, in their Q1 2021 inve...

Is It Too Late to Buy Biogen (BIIB) Stock? Del Principe O’Brien Financial Advisors recently released its March 2021 investor letter – a copy of which is available for download here. You should check out Del Principe O’Brien Financial Advisors top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of 2021. In the Q4 2020 Investor Letter, the fund highlighted a few stocks and Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) is one of them. Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) is a biotechnology...

Here’s Why Vertex (VRTX) Landed in Alger Spectra’s Detractor List Alger, an investment management firm, published its ‘Alger Spectra Fund’ fourth quarter 2020 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. In the letter, the fund highlighted their largest portfolio sector weightings, which is in Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary sector, with their comments on notable companies. The Communication Services sector together with the Industrial sector is where t...

Baron Health Care Fund recently published its fourth-quarter commentary – a copy of which can be downloaded here. During the fourth quarter of 2020,...

Insider Buying Propped Summers Value Partners’ Massive Gains in Bioanalytical Systems (BASI) Summers Value Partners, an investment management firm, published its ‘Summers Value Fund LP’ fourth-quarter 2020 Investor Letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A net return of 14.7% was recorded by the fund for the Q4 of 2020, below its Russell 2000 benchmark that returned 18.40%. You can view the fund’s top 10 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021. Summers Value Partne...

Academic freedom Boo Chanco Even for this administration, the recent attack on academic freedom is a low point. It is a good illustration of “isip pulis patola” that minimizes basic principles that are the basis of civilized society. The end does not justify the short cuts they take. I thought Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is one Cabinet member we can depend on to defend basic principles of democratic governance. He seems sophisticated enough to recognize nuances that D...

Steve: that was decades ago. combine that, which was engrained in college campuses over the decades, with, for instance, bernie sanders, running for president two years ago and its like hey, why not? im an idealistic kid. i want everybody to get everything, but thats socialism. >> especially when the professors are 48% socialist. thats a large number. 90% are leftist and 40% of the total are socialists. steve: wait, back up, you are saying 90% of professors. >> in the humanities and social scien...