If it Ain’t AI, it Ain’t Working

No theme in the past decade has captured attention and capital like the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across everyday life. The AI infrastructure buildout increasingly resembles that of the telecommunications fiber overbuilds of the early 2000s. In that period, the forecasts for growing demand turned out to be correct, yet returns collapsed as excess supply drove down prices and largely commoditized the fiber infrastructure. While AI differs in important respects, similar risks lurk within today’s buildout.

Experts See Risks From Higher Rates for Tech-Led Stock Rally (The Globe and Mail)

Kim Shannon discusses the overdone enthusiasm that we are seeing in today's market and the potential risks associated with it.

Sionna Soundbite: Once 10-Year Government Yields Rise Above 5%, P/E Multiples Tend to Fall

Inflation around the world has been rising anew. Since interest rates bottomed out in the summer of 2020, no major developed market has been able to sustainably return inflation to 2% or less. With 10-year U.S. government bonds now rising above 4.5%, we thought it seemed timely to revisit a familiar chart...

Lessons from Market History (Strand Global Macro Podcast)

Kim Shannon, CFA, MBA Founder and Co-CIO

Berkshire Hathaway Investors Weigh Future Under New CEO Greg Abel (CNBC)

Kim Shannon attended the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting this year and was interviewed by CNBC where she discussed her thoughts on Berkshire's direction under new CEO, Greg Abel.

Finding Value, Then and Now (Calgary Connects)

Kim Shannon joins Calgary Connects to discuss Sionna's approach to value investing and risk management within our process.

The Big Cycle Shift: From Asset-Light Dominance to Physical Scarcity, From Growth to Value

After more than a decade of growth dominance fueled by abundant liquidity and disinflation, the balance of evidence suggests a swing of the pendulum, from asset-light to asset-heavy businesses. In this emerging regime, value is not simply participating in the cycle, it is positioned to lead it, and Canada has the natural endowments to lead on the world stage.

Inflation cools to 1.8% year-over-year in February (BNN Bloomberg)

Inflation cools to 1.8% year-over-year in February (BNN Bloomberg)

Kim Shannon, CFA, MBA
Founder and Co-CIO

Sionna Soundbite – Iran Situation Continues to Evolve

Our latest update from Portfolio Manager, Aleksy Wojcik, outlines key developments in the Iran/U.S./Israel conflict. In the piece, Aleksy discusses potential impacts on global shipping lanes, energy markets and broader commodity dynamics.

Company Spotlight: Dollar General

Sionna's Trader and Equity Research Analyst, Hunter Corcoran, provides an update on Dollar General, a holding in Sionna's High Conviction Strategy (Sionna Opportunities Fund).