Insights

Investing Globally

December 3, 2018

Portfolio Managers Tony Coniaris and Eric Liu discuss how Oakmark’s analyst-driven investment process, concentrated portfolios and focus on intrinsic value are applied to the firm’s global strategies.

The holdings mentioned comprise the following percentages of the Funds’ total net assets as of 09/30/20:

Security TitleOakmark Global FundOakmark Global Select Fund
Alphabet Cl A0%10.0%
Alphabet Cl C5.6%0%
American Intl Group0%2.6%
Citigroup1.8%3.2%
Netflix0%0%

Portfolio holdings are subject to change without notice and are not intended as recommendations of individual stocks. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk. Portfolio holdings represent only securities held in the U.S. domiciled Oakmark Funds and may not be representative of any other portfolio managed by Harris Associates L.P.

View the full list of Oakmark Global Fund holdings as of the most recent quarter-end here.
View the full list of Oakmark Global Select Fund holdings as of the most recent quarter-end here.

The Oakmark Global Fund’s portfolio tends to be invested in a relatively small number of stocks. As a result, the appreciation or depreciation of any one security held by the Fund will have a greater impact on the Fund’s net asset value than it would if the Fund invested in a larger number of securities. Although that strategy has the potential to generate attractive returns over time, it also increases the Fund’s volatility.

Because the Oakmark Global Select Fund is non-diversified, the performance of each holding will have a greater impact on the Fund’s total return, and may make the Fund’s returns more volatile than a more diversified fund. 

Investing in foreign securities presents risks that in some ways may be greater than U.S. investments. Those risks include: currency fluctuation; different regulation, accounting standards, trading practices and levels of available information; generally higher transaction costs; and political risks.

The discussion of the Funds’ investments and investment strategy (including current investment themes, the portfolio managers’ research and investment process, and portfolio characteristics) represents the Funds’ investments and the views of the portfolio managers and Harris Associates L.P., the Funds’ investment adviser, as of the date written and are subject to change without notice.

Tony Coniaris portrait
Tony Coniaris, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Eric Liu portrait
Eric Liu, CFA

Portfolio Manager