Tantallon Fund Report,
July 2026
The fund declined -31.7%, reducing our year-to-date advance to +44.8%. Steady the Buffs.
I prefigured some of the damage we were experiencing in the June report. It was however the final week of the month that caused the sharpest pain before some sanity returned in the last two trading days as the implosion of the USD45billion
Situational Awareness fund ended with Citadel picking up some very cheap assets. This is however the second largest drawdown in the fund’s 23-year history, exceeding the -28% we gave back in the Lehman crash. Whereas the 2008 crash was at once all-encompassing and terrifying, this was an entirely sector specific leverage-driven unwind, occurring as the underlying data supporting the investment case was repeatedly confirmed by results and commentary while the
broad market made new highs.


