Western Alliance Bancorporation ( WAL ) is a $91 billion bank holding company primarily serving the western U.S. states of California, Nevada, and Arizona. We acquired the company's preferred shares in 2023 during the banking panic, which depressed prices in the aftermath of the failureThe author writes on behalf of Winter Harbor Capital, a private fund, and oversees private portfolios for individual and institutional clients. The author founded an investment company in 1995 with the view that a value orien ...

Core Insights - Senseonics has been under observation for several years, with a previous bullish article published in March 2021, which did not yield the expected positive results for investors [1] - The investment strategy employed focuses on a value-oriented approach while incorporating reasonably valued growth stocks, emphasizing the importance of buying quality companies at fair prices [1] - The portfolio has shown significant performance variations over the years, with a total return of 4,114% since inception in 2016, and an internal rate of return (IRR) of 51.54% per year [1] Portfolio Performance Summary - 2016: Portfolio return of 1.28%, compared to NASDAQ's 7.50%, resulting in a delta of -6.22% [1] - 2017: Portfolio return of 49.40%, NASDAQ at 28.23%, delta of +21.17% [1] - 2018: Portfolio return of 84.91%, NASDAQ at -3.88%, delta of +88.79% [1] - 2019: Portfolio return of -1.08%, NASDAQ at 35.23%, delta of -36.31% [1] - 2020: Portfolio return of 173.62%, NASDAQ at 43.63%, delta of +129.99% [1] - 2021: Portfolio return of 37.84%, NASDAQ at 21.40%, delta of +16.44% [1] - 2022: Portfolio return of 20.93%, NASDAQ at -33.10%, delta of +54.03% [1] - 2023: Portfolio return of 87.60%, NASDAQ at 43.42%, delta of +44.18% [1] - 2024: Portfolio return of 77.98%, NASDAQ at 29.83%, delta of +48.15% [1]