BRIAN MCCORMACK
BRIAN MCCORMACK@Praxantor

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14.21%2025
2025
11.21%2024
2024
13.00%2023
2023
14.49%2022
2022
-6.62%2021
2021
14.5%0%-14.5%
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BRIAN MCCORMACK
COPIER UPDATE - JUNE 2025 PERFORMANCE: The portfolio had another strong month in June, rising 3.97%. This takes the return for 2025 thus far to 13.35%, comfortably ahead of the S&P500 equivalent of 5.50%. The strong return in June validates my decision to go more aggressive with my strategy in the... Show More
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COPIER UPDATE – MACRO & MARKET TRENDS CONTINUE INTO JUNE: The portfolio is off to a positive start in June, putting on another 1.36% to bring the year-to-date return for 2025 to 10.5%. The trends in the macroeconomic and geopolitical picture evident in May have basically continued into June, giving... Show More
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COPIER UPDATE – MAY 2025 PERFORMANCE: The portfolio returned 3.91% in May, lagging the S&P500 which was up 6.2%. Year to date the portfolio is up 9.03%, well ahead of the S&P500 return of 0.64%. The strong rise in the S&P500 essentially validates my decision (see last post from 17 days... Show More
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Vistra Corp
196.25
0.80 (0.41%)
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COPIER UPDATE – ADJUSTED STRATEGY & OUTLOOK: In the last few weeks, I think the investment outlook has improved dramatically. We’ve had a US UK trade agreement, a very quickly defused potential conflict between India and Pakistan, bumper investment deals in the Middle East, and most critically of... Show More
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Quick addendum to my post of 3 days ago - I have gone further today and shifted another 10% into the $VOO (Vanguard S&P 500 ETF) S&P500 ETF. For more background on why I'm doing this please read my last post. Depending on market moves for the rest of the week I may also go a bit further still. Regards,... Show More
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VOO
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
572.42
-2.07 (-0.36%)
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COPIER UPDATE - MORE GROWTH POTENTIAL FOR THE PORTFOLIO: In the past week, the portfolio has generally gone up on days when the S&P500 has fallen, and the reverse has happened on the other days. This suggested to me that the portfolio is a little too cautious overall, and my aim is for it to gradually... Show More
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VOO
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
572.42
-2.07 (-0.36%)
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COPIER UPDATE – APRIL 2025 PERFORMANCE: The fund returned 2.36% in April, outperforming the S&P500 which fell 0.8%. This was driven partly by our holding in the $GLD (SPDR Gold) Gold ETF, which rose around 6%, mostly in the first half of the month. In the latter part of the month some of our stock... Show More
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COPIER UPDATE - TECH AND CONSUMER STOCKS UP, GOLD FLAT ON THE WEEK. This week has felt like a changeover in a relay race - after driving most of the portfolio returns for 2025, Gold $GLD (SPDR Gold) has taken a pause this week and not done anything. Meanwhile the more aggressive part of the portfolio... Show More
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QUICK COPIER UPDATE ON THE PAST WEEK, AND A VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE OF DIVERSIFICATION: After a calm few days to start this week, markets sold off again yesterday, with NVidia $NVDA (NVIDIA Corporation) down almost 7% in response to restrictions on selling its H20 chips to China. I've seen analyst... Show More
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COPIER UPDATE – STILL IN THE GREEN FOR 2025: Despite huge volatility in the past two weeks, the strategy continues to pay off – as I’m writing this the portfolio return is positive 0.66% for the year (12.45 UK time on 11th April). This is obviously small but in a market where 90% of other investors... Show More
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About Praxantor
United Kingdom
Strategy: Multi-Strategy

πŸ’° Senior Investment Risk Manager at a FTSE100 Company. πŸ’ͺ 20 Years Investing Experience.
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