Trump’s announcement on reciprocal tariffs has sparked fear in the markets and led to a notable correction in the US markets especially, with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ down around 10% and 15% from their respective highs. The volatility has been sparked by Trump’s bold announcement on tariffs (more of...
Precious Metals Breaking Out! We are in the first week of March now and gold is indicating a significant monthly breakout of a trend line that goes all the way back to 2011. If we close the month firmly above this line then the start of the next leg of...
Precious Metals Breakout! As anticipated in our recent commentary and following our topping up of precious metals miner positions last month, the precious metals have finally broken to the upside on a monthly-close basis, with encouragingly little hype or mainstream media attention. If you have been following my updates, you...
Highlights As I discuss in the video summary above, my sense is that interest rates will pause in the US indicating a topping of the credit tightening cycle which historically coincides with a significant market rally. The recent upturn in gold and cryptocurrencies is signalling what is ahead as well...
Highlights This month saw the energy sector of the portfolio perform well on a rally in the oil price. Strength in the dollar and interest rates however put continued pressure on the precious metals miners which took a bit of a hammering. This, however, presents opportunity in our opinion and,...
Highlights This month saw a lot of volatility in commodities and oil in particular and so we topped up on our position in the small South American oil explorer and producer due to its extreme price drop and undervaluation: We also opened two new positions; the first being a uranium...
Highlights This month we added positions to three new stocks in the agriculture and soft commodity sector: Two are South American companies which will give us exposure to the anticipated price rises in soft commodities broadly speaking, but sugar in particular. And one is a platinum miner which should benefit...
IMPORTANT: Many cryptocurrencies and crypto-related companies have been shown to be scams that are simply pump-and-dump schemes that destroy the capital of the unaware retail investor who put money into them. As a relatively new industry and asset class, it is vital that you do your due diligence when buying...
This month we opened our model UK portfolio, establishing many of our target positions. The following sectors look to be cheap in our opinion, meaning we were most comfortable deploying capital in these areas of the portfolio. Key Sectors for Capital Deployment: Transactions Below is a list of all the...
Jump to: Step 1 – Calculate your asset allocation If you have not already done so, calculate how much of your money you have in each asset class (real assets, financial assets, digital assets, cash etc). There is no one size fits all when it comes to asset allocation, and...