Fellow Unitholders, Markets decided to take a pause from their dogged return from March lows this month. In September, the S&P 500 (CAD) was down 1.8% and the S&P/TSX Composite was down 2.1%. Our funds […]

Fellow Unitholders, August marked the fifth straight monthly gain for major markets. The S&P 500 (CAD) was up 4.4% and the S&P/TSX Composite was up 2.3%, while the Pender Value Fund generated a total return […]

Fellow Unitholders, We hope you and your families continue to be safe and healthy. July continued where the last couple of months left off. Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund was up 7.9%, while Pender Value […]

Fellow Unitholders, We hope you and your families are safe and healthy. Q2 ended on a much more positive note than Q1, when COVID-19 threw the entire stock market into unprecedented turmoil in March. While […]

Fellow Unitholders, We hope you and your families continue to be safe and healthy. Stock markets continued to push higher in May and small caps led the way this month. The Russell 2000 (CAD) and […]

Fellow Unitholders, We hope you and your families are safe and healthy in these challenging times. Stock markets made an astonishing rebound in April, making it the best month for the S&P 500 since 1987. […]

Fellow Unitholders, Before I start, I want to acknowledge the unsettling situation we are all facing. I look around and I see people playing their part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and that fills […]

Fellow Unitholders, Welcome to our February monthly commentary – it’s already feeling a little outdated! These are certainly volatile times as we watch markets react to the potential impact of the COVID-19 virus and now […]

Fellow Unitholders, We had a positive start to 2020 with the Pender Value Fund up 1.0% in January and the Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund with a gain of 3.7%[1]. During the same time period, […]

Fellow Unitholders, What a difference a year makes. Or does it? Putting pen to paper (well, fingers to keyboard) for the 2019 year-end commentary, it was interesting to reflect on how things are today compared […]

Fellow Unitholders, After the strong equity performance in the month of November it brings to my mind the quote, “Please sir, I want some more”. The Pender Value Fund had a positive return of 5.5% […]

Fellow Unitholders, Fund performance was mixed in October. The Pender Value Fund had a positive return of 1.4% while Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund had a negative return of 1.4%[1]. During the same time period, […]

Looking back on the month of September, things may have seemed relatively benign. The Pender Small Cap Opportunities Fund was up 3.1%, while the Pender Value Fund was up 1.5%[1]. These results are pretty much […]

Fellow Unitholders, August was a tough month for our funds. Both the Pender Value and Pender Small Cap Opportunities Funds had a negative month, down -6.8% and -5.7%[1] respectively. While major indices like the S&P […]

Fellow Unitholders, At the risk of sounding like a broken record, equity markets continued their upward trend during July with the S&P/TSX index total return of 34 basis points and the Russell 2000 total return […]