Tautvydas Valatka @JKHighLight: "🧭 𝐌𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 –..."

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🧭 𝐌𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 – 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟔𝟑 What a week… The roller-coaster continued, this time with even steeper drops. Markets turned defensive as investors grew increasingly uneasy about possibly overstretched valuations in the AI sector, while hopes for quick interest-rate cuts in the US faded again. On top of that, several disappointing economic signals — weakening consumer confidence and mixed data coming out of Europe — pushed sentiment even further toward caution, and the overall market trend naturally tilted lower. For my portfolio, the week was especially painful. After a strong jump the week before, this time I faced a sharp correction, with my total value falling by nearly 5%. It’s a completely normal part of long-term investing, especially after the kind of gains we’ve seen this year and in previous periods, but it’s never pleasant when it hits all at once. Broader markets weren’t much kinder: European equities saw a notable drop, while US and UK indices declined slightly less: 🇺🇸 $SPX500 : -1.95% 🇪🇺 $EUSTX50 : -3.14% 🇬🇧 $UK100 : -1.64% Unsurprisingly, my own holdings reflected the downturn: 22 out of 25 positions ended the week in the red, with only two stocks rising and one remaining flat. The two gainers were up around 4% on average, but that wasn’t nearly enough to offset the roughly 5% average decline across the losing positions — the largest drop coming in at a tough 11%. As mentioned earlier, this was one of those unwelcome but inevitable corrections that come with stock investing. Now it’s simply a matter of watching how the market moves from here. Interestingly, the numbers from eToro’s Popular Investor program didn’t follow the same direction as the portfolio itself. Despite the downturn, my copier count increased by two, bringing the total to 106. Naturally, the amount of capital being copied dipped by around $4K due to the week’s performance and currently stands at $91.2K. Long-term results softened a bit after this kind of week, but the overall picture remains very strong: 🔹 2025 return has pulled back to +28.6%, still nearly double the average of the three benchmark indices (+14.1%). 🔹 Since launch (63 weeks), total performance now stands at +44.5%, which remains roughly triple the market average (+14.0%). Biggest movers of the week: 🔻 $PLTR (Palantir Technologies Inc.) : –11.01% 🔻 $ENR.DE (Siemens Energy AG) : –8.78% 🔻 $6990.HK (Sichuan Kelun Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co Ltd) : –8.26% 🔻 $GILT (Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd) : –7.65% 🔻 $3618.HK (Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd) : –6.52%