Insight

June 2022 – Yesterday’s War

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hoping for unprofitable growth companies to lead again is fighting yesterday’s war Unprofitable growth companies continue to grind lower in 2022. This brutal bear market for the once high-flying issues is a painful dose of cogitative dissonance to those used to easy gains on exciting companies. Rather than cutting edge technologies like artificial intelligence

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Value investing by Frank Capital Partners LLC

April 2022 – First Quarter Update

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There is a two-ton anvil of reality dropping on unprofitable companies. The first quarter of 2022 continued trends from late 2021 as well as establishing great new shifts in the investment world. All of Frank Capital’s separate account strategies had positive returns in Q1 22, far outpacing riskier, growth-at-any-price strategies, as well as the

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Value investing by Frank Capital Partners LLC

Q1 22

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607512817633{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_tweetmeme share_via=”frankfunds” share_recommend=”bfrankvalue”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607580862530{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] First Quarter 2022 The Frank Value Fund Institutional Class returned 5.92% in Q1 2022 compared to a loss of -4.60% for the S&P 500 TR Index and -1.82% for the Russell Midcap Value Index. Please see the end of this letter for

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March 2022 – Energy Independence

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655337147898{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Russia using energy as a weapon has changed the paradigm. War in Ukraine and subsequent sanctions have jarred the world into the realization that energy independence is necessary. In early March, the United States announced a ban on all Russian oil imports. Should the rest of the

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January 2022 – How About a Seat Belt?

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655337247612{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] For a historically informed investors this is the equivalent to driving 100mph, blindfolded, on an icy mountain trail Slight declines greet investors in the opening month of 2022, and judging from stories in the press and responses on social media, a 3% decline in equities is more

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Value investing by Frank Capital Partners LLC

Q4 21

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607512817633{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_tweetmeme share_via=”frankfunds” share_recommend=”bfrankvalue”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607580862530{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fourth Quarter 2021 The Frank Value Fund Institutional Class returned 1.39% in Q4 2021 compared to 11.03% for the S&P 500 TR Index and 8.37% for the Russell Midcap Value Index. Please see the end of this letter for more performance information.

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November 2021 – If I Sold a Business Today

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655338159367{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Multiples are high, money is cheap, SPACs and IPOs are hot, and it is a spectacular time to sell a business. If you are lucky enough to sell at a great price, what should you do with the money? With seemingly every asset class making new highs,

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Q3 21

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607512817633{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][heading text=”Q3 21 Letter to Shareholders” tag=”h2″ align=”left” bot=”0px”][vc_tweetmeme share_via=”frankfunds” share_recommend=”bfrankvalue”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607580862530{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Third Quarter 2021 The Frank Value Fund Institutional Class returned (-3.77%) in Q3 2021 compared to 0.58% for the S&P 500 TR Index and (-1.01%) for the Russell Midcap Value Index. Please see the

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September 2021 – Both Kinds of Volatility

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655389395144{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] When investors talk about volatility, they are usually referring to losses in markets. Volatility, however, can also be defined as disorderly moves upwards in stocks as well. Below is our new video on passive investing, where we explain why passive is increasing volatility and we may be

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