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Our overweight to Technology was our primary driver of performance. Over the month our positions in Nvidia, Microsoft, Intuit and Cisco were among our largest performance contributors.
Our underweight to healthcare also supported returns over the month.
While we saw large contributors in the consumer staples space with a pick up on stocks like Costco, this was muted by European personal care names like Beiersdorf and L’Oreal among our largest detractors over the month.
We also reduced our weight in Colgate-Palmolive as the Human Xperience score was deteriorating.
We sold out of LVMH on fundamentals and to reduce cyclicality.
We initiated a position in Tencent a strong conviction for our analyst based on its opportunities related to AI and the long runway for advertising monetisation.
We remain cautious in positioning our portfolio and continue to focus on higher quality companies.
North America | 58.4 % |
Europe | 29.2 % |
Asia | 8.5 % |
Asia-Pacific | 4.0 % |
The social theme is one of the most disregarded areas within ESG. Yet we believe that companies providing positive experiences to both their customers and employees are better positioned to achieve superior returns over the long run.
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.