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We will seek out great companies at attractive prices and apply our risk management techniques to the overall portfolio. That means we will diversify by company, by country, by sector, and by type of quality company. The aim is to have a robust portfolio, with low turnover, that can deliver market beating returns over the long-term.| ByteTree
2025 has been a strong year for crypto, marked by favourable regulation, increasing institutional adoption, and a steady influx of liquidity.| ByteTree
It would have been hard to miss my recent excitement on the all-time high for the Japanese stockmarket. 35-years is a long time to wait, and for some reason, there has been minimal press coverage of this historical event. I’ll go through the key charts. The first is the TOPIX Index in yen since 1970.| ByteTree
The Japanese stockmarket has made an all-time high for the first time in 35 years. It is a big deal which has received surprisingly little press coverage. I have selected a high beta stock which will directly benefit from a revitalised Japanese stockmarket.| ByteTree
When ByteTree Venture began in September 2023, there was an overwhelming case for UK value stocks. Two years on, things are back to normal.| ByteTree
It may be a slow bull market by historic standards, but it’s a bull market, nevertheless. Stay bullish.| ByteTree
Last Thursday, the Bank of England cut interest rates by 0.25% to 4%. The ECB have already got them down to 2.2%, with the euro still performing well. In the US, the Fed has held them at 4.5% but is expected to cut to 4% in the autumn.| ByteTree
After a fortnight of consolidation, Bitcoin dropped to a low of $ 112,000 before stabilising around $ 114,000. It has also lost a star on ByteTrend, now holding a 4-star rating.| ByteTree
Global markets outside of the US, have been boosted by a weak dollar this year, and so a turn upwards in the dollar, is notable.| ByteTree
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Trades in Whisky| ByteTree
Bitcoin remains in an uptrend but has made no progress. Long-term bulls are beginning to get frustrated. But Bitcoin is growing up, and that means more liquidity, lower volatility and lower returns.| ByteTree
The S&P 500 may be hitting new highs, but beneath the surface lies growing risk: extreme concentration in a handful of tech giants, sky-high valuations, and weakening economic indicators. Meanwhile, gold remains a reliable safe haven...| ByteTree
The UK government has too much debt, and a deficit that never seems to close. I agree that if we continue like this, the country will end up broke. But we also have to wonder why inflation expectations are still coming down.| ByteTree
Bitcoin retains a ByteTrend Score of 5 but didn’t manage a new high this week, despite a bullish backdrop and a push from the White House as we covered last week.| ByteTree
In this issue, we are buying quality stocks in the portfolios, and selling risk, as high vol stocks outperform. This worries us, as newer growth stocks beating established profitable companies suggests speculative excess.| ByteTree
In this Q2 2025 update, we review the performance of our model portfolios in The Multi-Asset Investor and our special situations service, Venture.| ByteTree
The weekend saw military action in the Middle East on a grand scale, and by Monday financial markets had shrugged it off. Gold eased back, the US dollar rally fizzled out, and as we are becoming used to, the bond market barely reacted.| ByteTree
BOLD watchers don’t need to worry much about bond yields because it seems either Bitcoin or Gold is doing the heavy lifting at any time. We shouldn’t mind which, but it’s nice to know that the bond volatility works in BOLD’s favour.| ByteTree
