Monthly Message

The Wutherich & Co. Composite was up 2.7% in March. This compares with the S&P/TSX up 1.0% and the BMO Small Cap Index down 1.0%.

The Wutherich & Co. Composite has now gained 31% from its low on Dec. 24, 2018 and now sits at an all-time high. At 21.4%, the first quarter also marks the second strongest performance that the Composite has ever had. The strongest was the very first quarter that the composite was in existence, the fourth quarter of 2001 when we posted a 30.6% gain. Then, as now, the strong numbers came at time of heightened uncertainty and investor fear. This serves as a great lesson in that we need to tune out the cacophony surrounding the stock market and focus on the value of the individual names in the portfolio.

While the portfolio is not as cheap as it was a few months ago, we think that it still offers value and should provide good long-term returns. A few recent additions have helped performance. Questor Technology (QST), Xebec Inc. (XBC), Sangoma Technologies (STC) and Plantronics (PLT) have all been added in the last year. They have replaced names that have been acquired by other companies or were sold for valuation reasons. We still have about 6% in cash and have firm ideas on where to deploy it in the coming weeks.

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Monthly Message The Wutherich & Co. Composite was up 8.2% in February. This compares with the S&P/TSX up 3.1% and the BMO Small Cap Index up 3.5%. The Wutherich & Co. Portfolio has now gained 28% from its low on Dec. 24, 2018 bringing us back to about where we were at the end of […]

Monthly Message The Wutherich & Co. Composite was up 9.3% in January. This compares with the S&P/TSX up 8.7% and the BMO Small Cap Index up 8.6%. The Wutherich & Co. Portfolio has gained 18% from its low on Dec. 24, 2018. Just since the end of September we have experienced one of our worst […]

Monthly Message The Wutherich & Co. Composite was down 4.5% in December. This compares with the S&P/TSX down 5.4% and the BMO Small Cap Index down 3.8%. The Wutherich & Co. Portfolio did a partial u-ey in December. Though we didn’t get quite turned around, we did come back from an 11.6% deficit at one […]

Monthly Message The Wutherich & Co. Composite was up 0.3% in November. This compares with the S&P/TSX up 1.4% and the BMO Small Cap Index down 3.7%. The Wutherich & Co. Portfolio did a u-ey in November. With only four days left in the month we were down 4.1%. By month’s end, we were up 0.3%! […]

Monthly Message The Wutherich & Co. Composite was down 11.2% in October. This compares with the S&P/TSX down 6.2% and the BMO Small Cap Index down 8.5%. October was a difficult month for the Wutherich & Co. Portfolio and the markets in general. With perhaps one or two exceptions, very little has changed in the […]

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Invitation Dear clients and friends, Please find attached an invitation to our upcoming “Wutherich & Co.’s Annual Update” event. Chers clients et amis, Vous trouverez ci-joint une invitation à notre prochain évènement “Mise à Jour Annuelle Wutherich & Co.”.  –  INVITATION PDF  –

Monthly Message The Wutherich & Co. Composite was down 0.9% in September. This compares with the S&P/TSX down 0.9% and the BMO Small Cap Index down 0.9%. The Organic, Gluten Free Portfolio (look at last month’s Newsletter for an explanation) took a small breather in September. There is no particular news behind this. September is […]

Invitation Dear clients and friends, Please find attached an invitation to our upcoming “Wutherich & Co.’s Annual Update” event.   Chers clients et amis, Vous trouverez ci-joint une invitation à notre prochain évènement “Mise à Jour Annuelle Wutherich & Co.”.  –  INVITATION PDF  –