Gold mining stocks demonstrate historic countercyclicality versus broad US stock markets during major bear markets. The TSX-V Index serves as a proxy for precious metal explorers and is currently trading 83% below its 2011 highs while being 45% below 2008 GFC lows on an inflation-adjusted basis. This creates an extraordinary timing opportunity for catch-up performance in what the manager believes will be another secular bull market for precious metals.
Gold continues strong performance with 16% gain in Q3 and 45% year-to-date. Western ETF buying remains robust with 200 tonnes accumulated in Q3. Central banks purchased 220 tonnes in Q3, maintaining steady accumulation. Gold bull market still in early stages despite some valuation measures flashing overvaluation signals.
Manager attempted to short AI-related names believing the theme needed a rest, targeting low quality companies benefiting from datacenter capex but offering commoditizable services at high multiples. However, the market continued financing datacenter capex aggressively, forcing position closures after significant losses.
This report provides a detailed summary of investor holdings for a
specified stock ticker, highlighting key metrics such as fund
name, total assets under management (AUM), invested value,
portfolio weight, and shares owned. It also tracks changes in
share ownership during the last quarter, including the percentage
of shares bought or sold and the percentage of outstanding shares
owned. The data is generated using an API that processes investor
holdings and calculates these values for each fund. This report
helps investors and analysts monitor the stock positions of major
funds, identify investment trends, and assess the influence of
large investors on individual stocks.
