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Stock selection was the main driver of performance, particularly in the technology and industrial sectors.
The strengthening of certain convictions during April amplified the fund's rebound (Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet).
Our diversified positions along the Taiwanese technology value chain also contributed to the rebound (TSMC, Elite Material).
Finally, our hedges on US equities weighed somewhat on the strategy's performance.
Nvidia's recent results confirmed the trend toward investment in artificial intelligence. However, following the sharp rebound, we are maintaining a highly diversified position across the value chain.
We took profits on stocks such as Nvidia to strengthen our exposure to emerging markets and financials.
We took advantage of the decline in volatility to buy back long-dated index put options.
In this context, we continue to actively managed our equity exposure.
I always strive to fully exploit the Fund’s dynamic nature. The return of inflation is the return of the economic cycle where truly active management will stand out even more as the recent years have shown.
Market environment
The recovery was fueled in particular by easing trade tensions and a solid earnings season.
The US rebound was mainly driven by large technology companies. More specifically, more than two-thirds of the gains came from just seven equities: Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Broadcom, Amazon, Tesla and Alphabet.
Taiwan (+12.5%) and Korea (+7.8%) stood out with particularly strong gains.