Partner and Portfolio Manager
John Sitarz has been a manager for the Oakmark Global Fund and the Oakmark Global Select Fund since 2022. He is also an investment analyst at Harris Associates and a vice president of the Oakmark Funds.
He joined Harris Associates in 2013. During his time at the firm, he has served as a research associate and assistant. Prior to that he was an audit senior assistant at Deloitte & Touche.
Mr. Sitarz earned B.S. degrees in accounting and business administration from the University of Denver (2012).
At Oakmark, we don’t have an opinion about how equities will perform this year, if a recession will start or if the political parties will produce pro-growth candidates for 2020. As long-term investors, we don’t think it matters.
Commentary
Oakmark Global Fund: Fourth Quarter 2022
December 31, 2022
There were two great lessons in the difficulty of predictions this year. First, professional market forecasters nailed their call on aggregate company fundamentals, but failed miserably at guessing the resulting stock prices. The second...
Oakmark Global Select Fund: Fourth Quarter 2022
December 31, 2022
A top contributor to the Fund’s performance was the largest operator of for-profit hospitals and related health care services in the U.S., while a top detractor was a U.S.-based global leader in e-commerce and...
Oakmark Global Fund: Third Quarter 2022 and Fiscal Year-End
September 30, 2022
We believe the Global Fund’s diversification is a key attribute. Although our portfolio is diversified, we limit the number of holdings in the Fund so that it represents what we believe to be a...