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Discovering important drivers of growth and productivity
There is a better way.
OVERVIEW:Summit Creek Capital, LLC (SCC) is an independent, SEC-registered asset and wealth management firm specializing in custom, goal-specific investment advisory services. SCC offers individuals and institutions personalized service that includes proprietary research and investment solutions reflecting specific investment ambitions.
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Risk-adjusted investment strategies.
SCC’s portfolio management practice combines investor-specific characteristics with assessed market opportunities. SCC develops, implements, and manages asset allocations focused on a suitable balance of risk management and investment opportunity.
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An independent investment advisor, SCC is objective, innovative and agile. Portfolio management begins with a macro thesis validated by bottom-up fundamental analysis.
Our asset allocation strategies combine historical data and independent analysis of our expectations for future market behavior.
Efficiency
Sustainability
Mobility
Connectivity
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Energy
Resources
FoodHealthcare
Demand
depicted on this page represents the themes that we see as important drivers of growth and productivity in the world economy for years to come. It is laid out so that each theme intersects with every other theme, in any combination. While there are compelling pure play stories in every theme, it is where these themes intersect that is intriguing. Using EFFICIENCY and DEMAND & SUSTAINABILITY as lenses allows us to develop a clear picture of how companies relate to the evolving global marketplace.
THE VENN DIAGRAM
Efficiency
Sustainability
Mobility
Connectivity
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Energy
Resources
FoodHealthcare
Demand
we outline are the starting points for our process- we then seek to understand which companies represent the best opportunities for long term growth in these areas . Our search is not confined to just U.S. stocks but is global in focus.
In our company analysis we are looking for strong financials as well as business factors like: product innovation, competitive advantages, life cycle of the company and market value vs intrinsic value.
THE MACRO TRENDS
EnergyFrom our food supply to our transportation network, from the way we communicate to the clothes we wear, energy is the common theme. And, as a theme, energy will continue to spawn innovation and to create investment opportunities.
HealthcareIt’s understandable that when one’s income level increases, a higher and higher dollar amount will be spent on healthcare; after meeting basic needs of food and shelter, healthcare rapidly takes over as the most important expenditure a person will make in their lifetime.
Connectivity From the moment a renowned politician invented the interwebs, the planet has become more and more connected. As such, we expect the connectivity theme to accelerate future growth. The possibility for business, customers and clients to interact in a connected world creates opportunities at every level of society and economic development.
Resources Humans have always been dependent on the Earth’s resources. There will be enormous opportunities in the way we account for and use our resources, especially as essential resource needs become scarce and new resources see increased demand.
Food As demand for protein products like meat and dairy increases, there is an even larger increase in demand for grains and arable land. In that light, feeding an ever larger global population is one of the themes that we believe will be more important in years to come.
Mobility We now have internet access available on mobile devices with more computing power than PCs during Y2K; combined with connectivity, it is truly a game-changer. Mobility and connectivity allows for rapid decision making, accelerated product development, and a consumer base that can shop from anywhere.
THE MACRO TRENDS
Improving the use of vital resources will continue to drive innovation in efficiency.. Bring together a global financial crisis and innovation to spawn efficiency. Corporations and consumers learn to do more with less. Companies invest in technology which utilize resources more efficiently. Consumers use access to information to make better decisions for themselves.
D E M A N DA generational shift is occurring. Consumers of the developed world are handing off the batons of consumption and credit expansion to the developing global middle class. The developed debtor nations are at the end of their expanding credit cycle; emerging creditor nations are in the early stages of their credit expansion cycle. The shift in demand from the the debt burdened developed consumer to the emerging middle class creates opportunities and risks for investors.
Future drivers of economic value lie in selective sectors of the economy. Those sectors which increase the efficient use of resources, improve the livelihood and well being of humans, and develop sustainable business models likely will be rewarded over the long term. In a world facing the reality of ecological limits, sustainable business practices will create value for shareholders and communities at large.
S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y
E F F I C I E N C Y
FOOD + ENERGY + RESOURCES:
LED lights and temperature-controlled
rooms allow for agricultural products to be grown
in cities, reducing transportation costs
and water usage.
ENERGY + RESOURCES + CONNECTIVITY:
Smart Grid: Monitoring and
Metering consumption of electricity,
fuel, and water to better balance
usage and define chokepoints.
ENERGY + CONNECTIVITY + RESOURCES + MOBILITY + FOOD: allowing farmers to turn off irrigation pumps during peak hours from a smartphone; reducing their energy bill and reducing peak power prices. (m2m communications)
MOBILITY + CONNECTIVITY: making a 1 click purchase
from the ski lift of the book that was recommended by the guy sitting next to you
on the lift chair.
FOOD + RESOURCES: center pivot irrigation increases water efficiency 40-90% versus flood irrigation, yet 90% of the world’s farmland is flood irrigated.
Currently 25 percent of the world’s population lives in developed nations. The same 25 percent consumes 75 percent of global production of goods and services. As we witness the development of the global middle class, the level of global consumption is going to increase. The amount of cars, trucks, houses/apartments, appliances, household goods, and all other material representations of affluence is going to increase. Can the world sustain this level of demand for goods? To what extent is society draining the resources of the planet that sustain life to meet the increasing demand for goods?
In an article from 2008 the New York Times wrote “[p]er capita consumption rates in China are still about 11 times below ours, but let’s suppose they rise to our level...China’s catching up alone would roughly double world consumption rates. Oil consumption would increase by 106 percent, for instance, and world metal consumption by 94 percent...If India as well as China were to catch up, world consumption rates would triple. If the whole developing world were suddenly to catch up, world rates would increase elevenfold. It would be as if the world population ballooned to 72 billion people (retaining present consumption rates).” WOW!!
From the above hypothetical scenario it’s easy to see that current consumption patterns are unsustainable.
Sustainability in portfolio management comes down to a question of making investments or engaging in speculation. We fundamentally believe in making investments in long term productive strategies by evaluating the return potential of an asset over its lifetime - rather than speculating, which is a short term psychological game. Sustainability in the investment decision making process applies not only to near and medium term cash flows and growth rates, but to the long term fundamentals that underpin a company’s business plan. These fundamentals include environmental stewardship, responsible resource management, and a responsibility to all stakeholders in the business (not just shareholders) including employees, communities and ecosystems impacted by business activities.
Companies that embrace sustainability will be much better positioned to compete and endure in a world that has an inherently finite amount of resources.
Summit Creek Capital believes sustainable business models will be rewarded more than those business models that do not adapt in order to minimize their ecological and social impacts.
Efficiency Sustainability
New Economies = DEMAND
Africa & Asia’s
urban population is expected to double between
2000 & 2030***
of urban population growth will take place in the developing world***
BET WEEN
2007 & 2009 consumption in emerging m a r k e t s
SURPASSED U.S.consumpt ion FOR THE FIRST TIME*
100 Years agoless than 5% of the world’spopulation lived in Cities****
NOW50.5%
live in Cities
NOW50.5%
Women account for 85% of all consumer purchases - everything from autos to health care.**
Sources: *http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/u-s-consumer-no-longer-king-china-india-ascend-to-
throne/19411572/
**http://she-conomy.com/report/facts-on-women/
***www.worldwaterday2011.org
China overtook the U.S. as the largest buyer of
cars in 2009*
A key factor behind runaway consumer growth is the rise
of the middle class in emerging
countries*
****http://www.ethz.ch/about/publications/globe/archive/eth_
globe_10_02_futurecities_en.pdf
DemandBefore the global financial crisis gave rise to the concept of the New Normal, there was an entire subset of buzzwords regarding the shifting economic paradigm. Acronyms, new words, and phrases such as ‘BRIC,’ ‘Chindia,’ ‘emerging markets,’ developing economies,’ and ‘globalization’ were tossed around in the media with increasing frequency. The phenomena that these terms refer to is the economic growth of a group of countries that were once considered ‘third world.’ Countries such as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Russia are experiencing growth rates that are far in excess of their larger counterparts in the ‘developed’ world.
Developed debtor nations are at the end of their expanding credit cycle; emerging creditor nations (see the list of countries above) are in the early stages of their credit expansion cycle. The shift in demand
from the debt burdened, developed nation consumer to the emerged nation middle class creates opportunities and risks for investors. Prudently managed companies poised to benefit from the shift in demand are likely to reward investors. However, since the US imports most of its goods, the US economy is susceptible to global demand driving up prices of goods like food and energy.
Governmental budget deficits continue to fuel an expanding debt cycle to the fill the gap in the budget, and policies to reduce entitlement spending will be difficult to institute.
A generational shift is occurring. Consumers of the developed world are handing off the batons of consumption and debt expansion to the developing global middle class. Global demand for resources, goods, and services will increase the price of those same resources, goods, and services for US consumers.
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Just as baby boomers have affected the economic landscape in areas like as housing and durable goods spending, their aging will increase demand on our healthcare infrastructure.
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Although government mandates for the healthcare industry complicate the economic opportunity for investors, the need to improve drug efficacy and treatment modalities will continue to grow. One development we find fascinating is the fusion of what formerly were separate entities, drug development and diagnostics.
The healthcare industry itself is dysfunctional: fragmentation and a lack of transparency combined with misaligned incentives have driven prices higher and higher, especially in
the US. At the same time as demand for healthcare is increasing, the supply of healthcare is dropping. By 2020, the US is estimated to have a shortage of 200,000 doctors and nearly 1,000,000 nurses.
These imbalances create opportunity. From Star-Trek-esque solutions like tele-medicine to robotic nurses to simple solutions like streamlining insurance claims, efficient, progressive companies that address these systemic issues will see strong demand for the foreseeable future.
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Just 13.31% of global land area is considered arable*
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The other three BRIC nations Russia, India & China forecast notching up their growth by 26%, 21% and 26% through 2019**
Brazil leads the pack, with growth of more than 40% through 2019.**
A G R I C U L T U R E
B R I C
Agriculture accounts for about 70% of all global water usage
2030 A.D.
global water requirements are likely to rise at least 40% more than the current accessible & reliable supply.***
by 2030
Human beings, when it comes down to it, have few basic necessities: Food, water, shelter, and connectivity with others. Overlay life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and necessities morph into luxuries. Producing enough food to feed an ever increasing population is one thing, producing enough quality food for an ever wealthier population is another.
As demand for protein like meat and dairy products increases there is an exponentially larger increase in demand for grains and arable land. In that light, Agriculture is one of the themes that we believe will be more important in years to come.
sources: * Russian Wildfires Highlight the Global Population Growth-Food Supply Conundrum, by Matthew Weinschenk** http://www.investmentu.com/2010/June/the-worlds-biggest-food-fight.html*** Is Agriculture Depleting Our Water Supply On Purpose? by Tony D’Altorio, Investment U Research**** www.impactus.org
It took 123 years for the world to go from one billion people to two billion (in 1930).*
It took only 12 years to go from five billion to six billion people (in 1999).*
It’s expected that by 2050, the global population will hit nine billion.*
Food
Wind was the 2nd largest US energy resource added for the 5th straight year.
10 GW of wind power added in 2009, bringing total to ~35 GW www1.eere.energy.gov
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From mitosis to manufacturing, our world is shaped by energy. Oil has had a good run as the king of energy, and though its reign will continue for decades more, the realization that it is a finite resource with some severe social and environmental side effects has spurred research into alternatives. Charlie Munger once said “I never miss an opportunity to NOT install solar systems, because I think they’re going to get cheaper. I’m not worried about what comes after oil, because solutions are on the horizon.” References to a paradigm shift have become common in mainstream media; have you heard of the United States referred to as the ‘Saudi Arabia of Wind’ or the ‘Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas?’
From our food supply to our transportation network, from the way we communicate to the clothes we wear, energy is the common theme. And, as a theme, it will continue to drive investment and innovation.
Energy
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chart: www.gregor.us | data: eia, ferc and bloomberg
The Daily Deal
$6 Billion by 2015 **
Spending on U.S. daily deals could soar as much as $3.9 billion in the next four years, which seems a little conservative based on the figures known about the largest players in the space.
InternetDatingThe online dating industry
is now worth $4 billion worldwide.
Source: emoney.allthingsd.com
of us are already in the cloud
picasa, facebook, salesforce.com
http://computinginthecloud.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/pip_cloudmemo.pdf
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http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=Zoosk-new-iPhone-App-Chat-Feature
World Wide
www.cisco.com
to Quadruple from 2009-2014Internet Traffic
New IndustryIn 2010, 3 million tablets were connected to the
mobile network, and each tablet generated 5 times more traffic than the average smartphone.
www.cisco.com
SOCIALMEDIA
47 INSTANT MESSAGES SENT
PER DAY IN 2009
BILLION
Workers in the Cloud***1.19 Billion by 2013
919.4 Million in 2008
* Data provided by Pingdom.
ConnectivityFrom the moment a renowned politician invented the interwebs, the planet has become more and more connected. We believe this connectivity will continue to accelerate future growth. The possibility for businesses, and clients to interact in a connected world creates opportunities at every level of society and economic development.
of purchases are already made using a mobile device.
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72%
Expected Growth of Smartphones in Units
2009 vs 2010
smartphone sales
up 72% compared 2009*Gartner
*Gartner
I’m sure there’s an app for that
$16.99
( 15% less and just
one mile away)
Price checking has never been easierWith barcode scanning apps, you can use your phone to instantly compare prices with other merchants while on-the-go. Apps enable you to compare products across physical and ecommerce merchants, optimizing the shopping experience.
RESULTS
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Over the last few years we’ve reached a tipping point. We’ve had the internet for awhile now. We’ve also had cell phones for long enough that most of us can remember a briefcase-sized box with a shoulder strap that you could talk on. Computers have been around since World War II. Now, we have internet access available on mobile devices with more computing power than PCs during Y2K, which
weigh less than a quarter-pounder with fries, and you can talk (or video conference) on it to boot. This always-available computing power is a modern marvel; combined with connectivity, it is truly a game-changer. Mobility and connectivity allows for rapid decision making, accelerated product development, and a consumer base that can shop from anywhere.
Mobility
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COPPERconsumption
ONE BARREL OF OIL EQUALS APPROXIMATELY
520 pounds of coal
725 pounds of oven dried wood
580 cubic feet of natural gas
19 gallons of motor gasoline
sources: * http://geology.com/usgs/uses-of-copper/** http://chinawatch.washingtonpost.com/2010/10/rare-earth-elements-undervalued.php*** http://www.circleofblue.org/****http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/business/global/30rare.html?_r=1
The average car contains nearly one mile of copper wire*
China produces &
exports 95 % of rare earth elements.****95%
Humans have always been dependent on the Earth’s resources. Some of those resource dependencies have developed as trade and commerce grew; coal and oil were not extremely useful before the industrial revolution. Others have never been excessively useful, but have captivated our attention for millenia (one shiny yellow metal, in particular, comes to mind). Still others, like water, have been taken for granted; regarded as free, misuse and overuse have been commonplace. Though mispricings are frequent the laws of supply and demand hold strong for resources. There will be enormous opportunities in the way we account for and use our resources, especially as essential resource needs become scarce and new resources see increased demand. Resources have increasingly become viewed as national security issues: dependence on foreign oil has been cited as a funding source for terrorism; bottlenecks in the supply of rare earth elements threaten developed economies around the world.
Resources
Average water use per person per day (liters)***TOP 5
2. Australia
3. Italy
4. Japan
1. US
5. Mexico
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Less than 2% of the Earth’s water supply is fresh water. Of that, only 1% is available for drinking water.***
PROCESS:Summit Creek Capital believes assets should be invested as efficiently as possible. This obvious (but often ignored) strategy is an attempt to ensure that the reward for the risk taken is as high as possible, given individual investor circumstances. Through research of macroeconomic fundamentals and trends, Summit Creek Capital works to reduce the odds of being materially wrong in making asset allocation decisions. By evaluating current macroeconomic conditions, we adjust historical asset class returns to reflect our evaluation of expected returns and risks.
Summit Creek Capital builds individual portfolios based on our own research and the research of others, who offer insight and value to our process. Our process considers long term developing trends within a framework of the current macroeconomic environment. We look across asset classes to assess opportunity and risks for investors. Once we have a thorough understanding of an investor’s needs and goals, we will build portfolios incorporating those needs and goals and our expectation for future returns.
When we look at the global macroeconomic picture today, we can say with some confidence that we are moving into a world that is more connected and trending towards a broader balance of power. Developing countries like Brazil, China, and India account for greater and greater portions of global economic growth.
What is the application for those of us who live in America, earn dollars, and want to sustain wealth for the next generation? Clients may already have exposure to domestic companies with international revenue, but may need to further diversify their assets to maintain purchasing power. Risk averse clients could benefit from Summit Creek’s strategies to hedge against further declines in the US dollar without exposing their portfolio to excessive market risk.
After building client portfolios and allocating assets, Summit Creek will monitor changing market conditions and evolving client risk tolerances and shift portfolio assets as conditions warrant. This dynamic approach is much better suited to deal with market volatility and opportunity than the traditional buy-and-hold strategy.
By determining economic trends that we hold to be reasonably assured in the global growth story, Summit Creek’s team seeks to grow and preserve its clients wealth.
INVESTMENT PROCESS
INVESTMENT ANALYSIS:Summit Creek’s investment process fuses top-down analysis, real-world perspectives, and company-level evaluation. Far removed from a purely quantitative ‘black box’ program, the investment process at Summit Creek invests in long term cycles to avoid being influenced by short term price outcomes.
FUNDAMENTAL METRIC OVERLAY:Companies are screened to reduce the available list of investment options by using fundamental financial metrics such as free cash flow yield, percentage revenue generated outside the United States, price to earnings ratio, price to book value, debt to equity, dividend yield, earnings payout ratio, earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), and historical and future implied Sharpe ratios.
TRENDS OVERLAY:Defining trends where a regime shift is taking place creates opportunity for subjective overrides of expected returns.
SELECTION:Once companies are screened Summit Creek Capital researches individual companies to determine possible catalysts to drive investment return. Examples of investment catalysts are:
Product InnovationProduct DevelopmentBusiness Model/Competitive AdvantageCompany Life CycleMarket Value vs. Intrinsic Value
MANAGEMENT:Summit Creek Capital manages client asset allocations for the long term. Asset allocations are determined by specific investor needs and goals. By utilizing financial models to assess when asset class risk and reward opportunities develop, we adjust client allocations to reflect market conditions.
Process, Analysis, Selection, Management
DUNCAN MORTON, IIICFA, Co-Founder, President & Principal
Duncan Morton,III, CFA, has nearly 20 years of financial services experience. He specializes in short and long-term growth and risk management strategies for individuals and institutions. Prior to co-founding Summit Creek Capital in 2009, Duncan worked for a decade with UBS Financial Services, Inc., as Vice President-Investments and branch manager in Sun Valley, Idaho. There, he focused on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP), providing tax deferral strategies and building post-transaction investment portfolios. In addition, he provided individuals, families, and institutions with short and long-range wealth management services, including lending solutions, equity risk strategies, and financial and estate planning. Earlier, Duncan worked as a financial analyst at Moss Adams Advisory Services in Seattle, Wash., advising privately-held companies and family limited partnerships. Specifically, his advisory service to ESOPs included valuations, estate and tax situations, and fairness opinions.
Duncan serves as a director of The Sage School‘s board of trustees and The Company of Fools’ board of directors, and is an avid mountain biker and skier. He is a member of the CFA Institute and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Duncan earned a master’s degree in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology and bachelor’s degree in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
PENNY MANDELLCo-Founder & Principal
Penny Mandell offers more than 25 years of investment management experience with a particular focus on equity education and investment. She promotes financial literacy for women and has developed Financially Fluent Females, a series of educational workshops and a blog designed to inform women about all aspects of investing (www.f3blog.com).
Prior to Summit Creek Capital, Penny spent nearly 20 years with the Smith Barney (or its predecessor firms) in the areas of research and institutional sales. There, she was the director of the SB Portfolio Management Group, which enabled qualified consultants to manage discretionary, fee-based assets. She was instrumental in developing a proprietary trading system and all areas of oversight for the Group, which also maintained the firms highest retail return on assets. Before joining Smith Barney, Penny was in institutional sales at L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg and Towbin.
She has served on the board of the Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley and enjoys skiing and hiking. Penny earned a master’s degree in international business from the University of South Carolina, and a bachelor’s degree of Psycholinguistics from Davidson College.
IAN JAMESONCo-Founder, Operations Officer & Principal
Ian Jameson is a CFA candidate who specializes in researching and analyzing global investment themes that drive economic growth and productivity. Prior to joining Summit Creek Capital, Ian worked with Craton Capital, a specialist manager of portfolios in the agricultural sector. Earlier, he worked in the outdoor education and non-profit sectors. An active outdoorsman, Ian enjoys fly fishing and rock climbing. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics with honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
MATT MCNEALAnalyst - Principal
Principal and Analyst Matt McNeal is a CFA candidate focused on identifying and researching companies and investment themes that will define global economic growth into the future. Prior to Summit Creek Capital, Matt oversaw and managed cost projections, budgeting and cost databases for a high-end custom home builder. Earlier, he completed a long-term investment management internship with Uranga & Associates Financial Management, a financial products and services company. A true mountain enthusiast, Matt enjoys cruising up and down the beautiful Idaho peaks, as fast as possible, on either bikes or skis. He is involved locally with the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation and the Road & Dirt cycling team. Matt earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Bowdoin College, where he also served on the Student Athlete Advisory Council, won a nice leadership award, and was captain of the varsity alpine ski team.
NANCY GLICKMarketing Director
Nancy Glick is responsible for the firm’s strategic marketing, design, and client relations; and brings nearly 15 years of top-tier sales and marketing expertise to her role. Most recently, she was marketing manager with Colliers International and marketing director with Stoecklein Photography & Publishing. During her time with Stoecklein, Nancy oversaw the company’s relationships with Creative Arts, Western Horseman, King Ranch, and Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Prior to moving to Sun Valley, Idaho, she worked in the high tech sector as a senior sales executive with CompuCom Systems, a provider of IT management services for Fortune 1000 and mid-size companies. Nancy is a member of the Sun Valley area’s Mud Honey Cycling, an equestrian with Lucky 13 and has volunteered with Expedition Inspiration Fund for Breast Cancer Research since 2007. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications and Journalism from Gonzaga University.
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Summit Creek Capital weighs the environmental and social profiles of investing as we seek to create positive returns that extend beyond the bottom line.
Portfolios are constructed based on specific investor needs and goals and we constantly monitor and adjust allocations to reflect market dynamics.
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