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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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Value investing by Frank Capital Partners LLC

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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August 2021 – FTS International

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655389612881{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] FTS International (AMEX: FTSI) is one of the largest providers of hydraulic fracturing services in North America. With US investment in shale oil drilling and US rig counts still near their lows, energy stocks have been ignored. FTSI is currently cash flow positive, and having reemerged from

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Value investing by Frank Capital Partners LLC

Q2 21

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1607512817633{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][heading text=”Q2 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] Second Quarter 2021 The Frank Value Fund Institutional Class returned 3.57% in Q2 2021 compared to 8.55% for the S&P 500 TR Index and 5.66% for the Russell Midcap Value Index. Please see the

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July 2021 – The Mother of All Energy Stock Setups

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655390412100{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]On August 2nd, 1990, the Iraqi army invaded and occupied Kuwait. Global energy markets reeled as some of the largest supplies of crude oil were suddenly in doubt. Speculators piled into crude oil, doubling the price to about $80 per barrel. The consensus expected more fighting from a

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