Vilas Capital Fund performance review for the month ended April 30, 2019.
Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc
Dear Partners,
The Fund had a good April, rising 17.7% +/-. Further, due to an earnings beat, CVS and a few other stocks we own are up materially today, May 1. This brings our year-to-date performance up to a roughly 65% gain. Making our way back slowly but surely.
The table below shows the year by year performance of value stocks vs growth stocks since 1999. Value stocks are only up 3.5% per year since 2006, which basically can be accounted for by their dividends alone. Thus, despite earnings power that has roughly doubled over this 12+ year period, the stocks are flat,...

