Soundbites

Soundbites briefly explore what’s on Sionna managers’ minds.

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Sionna Soundbite: Venezuela Oil Potential Knock-Ons: This Remains Fluid

January 2026

Portfolio Manager, Aleksy Wojcik, takes a closer look at Venezuela’s oil sector, focusing on crude quality, supply reliability and capital needs. He dives into how U.S. refineries have become more reliant on Canadian heavy oil due to long-term investments, while Venezuela faces some tough structural and investment hurdles that could limit any major shifts in its oil supply in the short term.

Company Spotlight: Kerry Group

December 2025

Sionna's High Conviction strategy (the Sionna Opportunities Fund) focuses on a carefully selected, concentrated group of companies chosen for their attractive fundamentals. The portfolio includes names in which we have the strongest conviction across all market caps in Canada, the U.S., and international markets.

Our latest Company Spotlight features one of our non-domestic holdings, Kerry Group, a business that exemplifies our approach to investing in quality companies with compelling risk/reward characteristics.

Hype Cycle Redux: Game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey

November 2025

Gartner's Hype Cycle serves as a reminder that excitement can outrun reality, narratives can outpace fundamentals, and even extraordinary technologies often follow very ordinary patterns. Many cycles reach a point when confidence swells just enough for investors to declare that the old rules no longer apply. That moment is usually where the trouble begins. Where would you place AI enthusiasm, hyperscalers, data centers, equity markets, private credit, or passive investing on the Hype Cycle today?

Company Spotlight: Finning

August 2025

Sionna's Trader and Equity Research Analyst, Hunter Corcoran, provides an update on Finning International and outlines our thesis on the name.

The Home Country Bias Series

June 2025

In this installment of The Home Country Bias, we feature a core holding across many of our strategies - Canadian Tire (CTC). The “Buy Canada” movement, paired with resilient consumer spending, targeted merchandising on behalf of CTC’s team, an expanded loyalty offering, and meaningful buyback activity, has positively impacted CTC's stock price this year. But, not all Canadian Tire’s success is due to the “luck” of being the quintessential Canadian retailer at a time of elevated patriotism.

Company Spotlight: Gold

May 2025

Portfolio Manager, Aleksy Wojcik, covers Sionna's gold exposure and outlines our thesis behind our selected gold holdings.


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