Total, Quality

Over 30 years ago our investment team first identified a quality company that excelled in leveraging its native French competitive strengths to profitably pursue new markets and regions. That company was Total SE (“Total”), with decades of expertise in oil exploration...

Fueled by Fundamentals

Over our 35+ years1 as investment managers, we have focused on investing in quality companies at attractive valuations. We have always defined the quality of a company by the following attributes: (1) at least a 10-year track record of above-average and consistent...

Fundamentals versus Fears

Sprucegrove consistently applies a fundamental, bottom-up process which allows us to invest at times when fear and paranoia may be rampant. We illustrate this within two largely jettisoned segments during the first half of 2020: airlines and cruise lines. As of...

Uncertainty Creates Opportunity

The first quarter of 2020 marked the abrupt end to the longest bull market in history triggered by the fallout from the COVID-19 virus epidemic. Concerns about the magnitude of a global economic recession have led to an unprecedented level of uncertainty. The...

Worth the Weight

Our fundamental, bottom-up approach of investing in quality companies at attractive valuations results in high active share, evidenced by a portfolio that looks very different from the index. To provide deeper insight into our investment process, we highlight both...
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