Gavin O'Luanaigh @GEMOLFund: "Dear Fellow Investors, I hope you..."

United Kingdom

Dear Fellow Investors, I hope you are all well and not too panicked at the moment with the outbreak of hostilities between USA and Iran, and subsequent stock market volatility. We managed to hang onto a positive result in February despite us preparing the portfolio very defensively. We were waiting for an opportunity like this to come along, and it is a great chance to create some great investments. February Summary February +0.04% 2026 +2.21% 2 Yr Return +50.96% All Time Return +259.82% Risk Level 3 February Trades 42 Successful Trades 86% Annualised Return 26.21% Dividend Yield 1.95% Total Cash 45% All stats are taken from bullaware.com/etoro/GEMOLFund for open and transparent viewing. Selected Top Gainers in February $OXY (Occidental Petroleum Corp) + 16.94% $NEM (Newmont Mining Corp) +15.71% $FRES.L (Fresnillo) +15.54% $NFLX (Netflix, Inc.) +15.54% Barrick Gold +10.81% $SHEL.L (Shell PLC) +9.99% $PBR (Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras-ADR) (Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras-ADR) +8.41% Worst Losers Pintrest -22.59% Adobe -13.78% Paypal -12.30% $AMZN (Amazon.com Inc) -12.05% $META (Meta Platforms Inc) -9.54% $GOLD , $SILVER and $OIL were outpacing other industries in February and this was dues mainly to the build up of US troops in the Gulf and the fear of escalation. I think Oil will rise in the short term and will take a view once it hits USD80 per barrel. Precious Metals may rise further however I think short term if the market crashes many positions will need to be liquidated so that other positions can be paid for so potentially could rock back before going to new all time highs. I do believe Silver and Gold will drive forward long term due to Fiat currencies losing their buying power. I am still poised to pick up more stocks as the market falls. I like Silver at USD50 and Gold at USD4000 as they are long term stable and I am bullish long term. I am also looking at some quality stocks as they hit lows. We picked up Netflix this month and sold for almost 25% profit in 11 days! The market will be severely volatile in the next month and it may break down. It may also rally if the conflict appears to be shorter than expected. Regardless I have maintained a strong cash position of 45% so that we can take advantage of what is to come. New Buys This month we bought more Oil and Precious Metals Stocks. We also picked up some Tech stocks that were dropping. Intuit dropped 27.09% in February however we are currently at +13.57% with this one. Data Dog also dropped 17.86% but we are currently at +7.25% and Crowdstrike dropped 20.49% but we are +6.20% on the trade. Crypto I have dipped a little into Crypto for a short term swing trade however I think we may see a pull back on this if the market continues to drop. Precious Metals These will be volatile however the direction of long term travel will be higher I think. In the short term we may see a pull back if the market drops further. Most importantly don't panic in the months ahead and we are very well placed to benefit from any further downturns. I will be looking to come back into the market and dollar cost average down to get the best price for a number of stocks. I will look to pick up Mag 7 stocks as they drop. This is a really exciting time to be investing. Take Care, Gavin @GEMOLFund

Not investment advice. The author may have financial interests in the mentioned instruments.