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Rowan Street Capital 2Q20 Commentary: Up 43% YTD: Long SPOT Thesis

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Rowan Street Capital commentary for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020.

Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more

Dear Partners,

Rowan Street Capital had a very successful second quarter of 2020. The fund returned +43.2% (gross) vs. S&P 500 increase of 20.5%. Year-to-date through June 30, the fund returned +20.5% vs. S&P 500 decline of (3.1)%.

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Longer term, over the past 30 months, we have outperformed the S&P 500 by approximately 40% (please refer to the graph below). Since approximately 40% of our portfolio is invested in international companies, we have included the MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Index that tracks large- and mid-cap non-U.S. equities. As you...

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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.