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Weitz Quarterly Connection, Q4 2021

In the Q4 2021 Quarterly Connection, client portfolio manager Yana Morgan, CFP® provides an update on our current views on the markets and expectations going forward, followed by a Q&A with our founder, co-CIO, and portfolio manager Wally Weitz, CFA.

Featured Topics:

  • Review of fund performance
  • Thoughts on some key economic factors
  • Q&A with Wally Weitz

For any additional questions, feel free to contact our client services team at clientservices@weitzinvestments.com or 888-859-0698.

 

View video transcript here.

A note from Wally:

During our recent Quarterly Connection, a client asked a question about when we might see the “inevitable” market correction. As I've given this question some more thought, there are a few things that I would like to add.

A correction may already be underway. I think we tend to think about the S&P 500 or other major indices when talking about “the market,” but as we've discussed many times, capitalization-weighted indices like the S&P and Russell averages are skewed by the performance of their largest components. Recently, a major brokerage firm's memo stated that, with the Russell 2000 within 3-4% of its all-time high, 50% of its components are at least 20% off their own highs, and 20% are down by 50% or more from their all-time highs. I have not done the research on the S&P 500 or other indices, but I suspect they would also show the same deterioration under the surface, obscured by the strong performance of a handful of mega-cap performers.

A number of our favorite companies' stocks have languished lately. This is normal and gives us a chance to recycle capital from the popular to the wallflowers. In a more general decline, when forced selling and panicky shareholders head for the exits, everyone's stocks seem to go down together, and we register paper losses. But the good businesses come through, and their stocks recover. Staying calm and patient is the best response.

-Wally Weitz

 

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As of 09/30/2021, the following portfolio company constituted a portion of the net assets of Balanced Fund, Hickory Fund, Partners III Opportunity Fund, Partners Value Fund, and Value Fund as follows:

  • Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN): 0.0%, 0.0%, 3.1%, 0.0%, and 2.8%.
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd — ADR (BABA): 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0%.
  • Alphabet, Inc. — Class C (GOOG) (Google parent company): 2.3%, 0.0%, 6.3%, 7.2%, and 7.4%.
  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc. — Class B (BRK.B): 2.1%, 0.0%, 9.5%, 5.1%, and 4.5%.
  • Block, Inc. (SQ) (Square parent company): 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0%.
  • CarMax, Inc. (KMX): 0.0%, 4.2%, 2.0%, 3.5%, and 2.9%.
  • China Evergrande Group (EGRNF): 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0%.
  • DiDi Global, Inc. — ADR (DIDI): 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0%.
  • Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (DNB): 0.0%, 2.5%, 2.7%, 1.6%, and 0.0%.
  • Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (LH): 2.2%, 5.5%, 4.4%, 3.9%, and 3.5%.
  • Mastercard, Inc. (MA): 1.6%, 0.0%, 4.4%, 3.3%, and 3.6%.
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. (FB) (Facebook parent company): 0.0%, 0.0%, 4.8%, 3.5%, and 4.7%.
  • Plaid, Inc. (JPY): 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0%.
  • Tencent Holdings ADR (TCEHY): 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0%.
  • The Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW): 2.1%, 0.0%, 3.7%, 4.4%, and 4.3%.
  • Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER): 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0%.
  • Vulcan Materials Company (VMC): 1.7%, 2.4%, 1.2%, 3.6%, and 3.4%.
  • Visa, Inc. (V): 1.7%, 0.0%, 4.8%, 3.9%, and 4.0%.

Holdings are subject to change and may not be representative of a Fund's current or future investments.

References in this video to particular companies are for illustration only and are not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.

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