Columbia Cornerstone Equity Fund Q4 2025 Commentary

Columbia Threadneedle Investments1K FollowersFollow5ShareSavePlay(9min)CommentsSummaryColumbia Cornerstone Equity Fund Institutional Class shares returned 3.27% for the three months ending December 31, 2025, while the benchmark returned 2.66%.U.S. equities posted gains driven by better-than-expected economic growth, robust corporate earnings results and inflation that largely remained below an annualized rate of 3%.Eli Lilly posted strong earnings driven by its dominant position in obesity treatments, while providing favorable updates on an oral weight loss drug in development.General Motors posted strong earnings and raised its full-year earnings guidance above consensus estimates, leading the stock higher.Columbia Cornerstone Equity Fund management remains constructive on equities, based on improving business confidence, a renewed Fed easing cycle and economic tailwinds to spending. peshkov/iStock via Getty Images Fund performance Columbia Cornerstone Equity Fund Institutional Class shares returned 3.27% for the three months ending December 31, 2025. The fund's benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, returned 2.66% over the same period. In sector terms, positioning This article was written byColumbia Threadneedle Investments1K FollowersFollowColumbia Threadneedle Investments is a leading global asset management group that provides a broad range of actively managed investment strategies and solutions for individual, institutional and corporate clients around the world.

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