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Georgian Maestro said:
What is your exposure to Gold and GGP as a percentage of your portfolio if you don't mind me asking?
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It’s up to nearly 40% which is way more than I’d normally allow but it’s grown over the last year from around 10% due to outperformance on the markets.
As it’s not related to my pension my attitude to risk is very different to what it would be if it were directly funding my pension.
 
dickie davies said:
When he went mental last year, it was very much odds on the markets would recover
This time as he's even more malicious, I think the damage to American companies share prices could be extremely severe as the world decides that America is no longer a safe place to invest
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Feels to me that all of his moves are to ensure the US is a safe place to invest. Stockpile all the oil and minerals he can so when they run low across the rest of the world the US has a monopoly.
 
supercity88 said:
Feels to me that all of his moves are to ensure the US is a safe place to invest. Stockpile all the oil and minerals he can so when they run low across the rest of the world the US has a monopoly.
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Whilst oil and mining companies will take advantage of his stupidity leading investors to take advantage of that, the “magnificent seven” companies (none of which are oil companies or miners) that together make up around a third of the value of the main US index (S&P 500) are already being hit hard by Trump’s stupidity. This is opening the door for non-US competitors to step up. Investors tend to look for growth markets and US outperformance is pretty much over.

Also world demand for oil is declining and there’s plenty of spare capacity for Middle Eastern countries to ramp up if required. Minerals are widely spread so there’s no chance of the US getting a monopoly unless they literally take over most of the world.
 
west didsblue said:
It’s up to nearly 40% which is way more than I’d normally allow but it’s grown over the last year from around 10% due to outperformance on the markets.
As it’s not related to my pension my attitude to risk is very different to what it would be if it were directly funding my pension.
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Computer memory was a good investment recently. Sandisk was $50 per share 6 months ago, it's now $500 per share.

Prices for memory has at least doubled over the last year and it's surely only going to get worse because everything running a computer and especially AI needs it.

I'm pissed off because I built a new computer last year. I bloody binned the old RAM because at the time it wasn't even worth the hassle to sell, it's now going for £300 on ebay!
 
Blue Since 76 said:
And the extra tariffs are gone again. US markets back up.

Wonder if anyone is tracking large deals being made before any of the announcements...
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Markets get beat down by Trump but then he Tacos and the rebound is even higher. Its madness.

My gold investments have grown to be c16% of my portfolio. I should sell down and lock in some profit but I struggle with what else to buy.
 
Gareth Barry Conlon said:
Markets get beat down by Trump but then he Tacos and the rebound is even higher. Its madness.

My gold investments have grown to be c16% of my portfolio. I should sell down and lock in some profit but I struggle with what else to buy.
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Wait for his next tariff outburst and then pile into the market before he backtracks.

As I say, if you had money and prior knowledge of his announcements, there would be a lot of money to be made selling and buying back. Obviously insider trading and illegal and you'd need a pardon if you got caught...
 
Waiting for the obvious rebound in a few days for United Health which took a hammering yesterday following Trump’s rant about healthcare spending in the US.
 
west didsblue said:
Funnily enough, I am aware :-(
Buying opportunity for those who didn't pile in when the shares were about a quid!
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Really? just how much have they fallen?

Morningstar rating suggests they're significantly over-priced even now.
 
flook said:
Really? just how much have they fallen?

Morningstar rating suggests they're significantly over-priced even now.
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They’ve fallen about 12% this week which is pretty painful but they’re still 20% up over the last month even with the recent drop.

Plenty of other analysts think they’re undervalued so the opinion of one doesn’t worry me too much. The whole sector is down this week and GGP’s drop is not as bad as some. I personally think they’ll recover fairly quickly and will soon reach new highs.

Analysts aren’t averse to playing games to get prices down. GGP will be joining the ASX-100 soon which will trigger more buys from Institutional investors and they want to pay as little as possible. A sharp drop like this will trigger some stop losses and make a few more shares available at a low price.
 
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