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Askeladden Capital 4Q18 Letter: A Better Life

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Askeladden Capital letter for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018, titled, "A Better Life."

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Dear Partners,

2018 was another exceptional year for Askeladden, making up for a challenging 2017 and then some.  Gross returns exceeded 21%, despite our benchmark (S&P 1000 Total Return) declining 10%. This marked the second year (2016 being the other) in which gross returns outperformed the index by more than 30%.  This is despite Askeladden using no portfolio leverage in the form of options or margin, predominantly investing in companies with strong balance sheets, and mostly avoiding highly commodity-levered companies.

Cumulatively, in the ~three years from 2016-01-08 through 2018-12-31, Askeladden has doubled gross NAV since inception, vs. a cumulative...

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Jacob Wolinsky is the ex-Founder of Valuewalk.com (founded 2011, sold 2023). He is founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a hedge fund focused intelligence service for institutional investors. Prior to founding Valuewalk, Jacob covered small caps, worked recruiting members for a large hedge fund community and freelance financial journalism. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic Park NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com. For confidential inquires email me for my Signal ID. Other methods of secure communication are also available. FD: Most of my portfolio is in I mostly purchase broad-based ETFs, mutual funds or individual bonds - I do this for performance reasons and to avoid any potential conflict of interest or occasional receipt of insider information. I will disclose if I have a stake in any company, but in general I have few stocks and I avoid any trading especially around topics I am covering.