Stewart Fitzell @defense_investor: "𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 & 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 It’s been..."

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𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 & 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 It’s been one of those weeks where most sectors have pulled back sharply. Often weakness in one area is offset by strength in another - that hasn’t been the case this time for most sectors. Weeks like this aren’t easy, especially for newer copiers, but 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 through patience, discipline, and selectively adding to quality positions, avoiding emotional reactions. Q4 Earnings have strong overall so far. $GOOG (Alphabet) , $LLY (Eli Lilly & Co) , $PLTR (Palantir Technologies Inc.) , and $AMZN (Amazon.com Inc) delivered solid results, yet markets still pulled back as investors reassessed forward AI growth expectations after huge capital expenditure announcements, contributing to sector and broader market weakness. Geopolitical tensions (Iran–U.S.) are also causing some concern. This resembles the earnings season sell-off we saw at this time last year. 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨. Bitcoin also has had a very difficult week. The decline appears largely driven by forced deleveraging by institutional investors - leverage, not conviction, has been dominating short-term price action. I used the pullback to add selectively to high-quality assets including $CRH.L (CRH plc) , Google, Rheinmetall and TSMC where fundamentals remain strong and the long-term thesis is unchanged. 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙮. 𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨. 𝙈𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚. Have a nice weekend, Stewart ⚠️ Risk Warnings: Copy Trading does not amount to investment advice | Your capital is at risk | The value if your investments may go up or down. | Past performance is not indicative of future results