Vilas Capital Management commentary for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019.
Q3 2019 hedge fund letters, conferences and more
Dear Vilas Fund Partner,
The Vilas Fund, LP rose 4% in the third quarter of 2019, bringing the year-to-date performance to +50.5%. Strong returns from a number of positions, such as NMI Holdings, Lincoln National and Citigroup, and a nice rebound in CVS added materially to the Fund equity. However, a continued and unexpected downdraft in Viacom hurt the results somewhat.
Since the Fund was started on August 9, 2010, it has compounded partner capital at 11.7% annually, which is somewhat below the 13.6% return of the S&P 500 Index but...

