Andrea Marcon
Andrea Marcon
Switzerland
๐Ÿ“Š ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ / ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ Dear Copiers & Followers, ๐Ÿ“ˆ February proved to be a ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€, with the $SPX500 recording a -1.87% following growing tariff & trade war concerns. The portfolio was also affected by the negative market sentiment, dropping 1.22%, bringing our YTD performance down to +๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฐ% ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ for us in January included: โ—พ $TPR (Tapestry, Inc) with a +๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฒ% ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป โ—พ $TROX (Tronox Holdings PLC) with a -๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต% ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ, likely as a direct result of US tariff concerns. As regards specific ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™ค, we: โ—พ Took ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ on ๐Ÿญ/๐Ÿฐ of our investment in $MGY (Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp) (+๐Ÿฒ.๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜) โ—พ Took ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ on ๐Ÿญ/๐Ÿฏ of our investment in $TTE (TotalEnergies SE) (+ ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜) โ—พ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ a ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป in $INSW (International Seaways Inc) (currently -0.40%) โ—พ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ a ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป in $EQNR (Equinor ASA-ADR) (currently -2.90%) โ—พ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ a ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป in $LEN (Lennar Corp) (currently -3.30%) ๐Ÿ” ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต... โ—พ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, have seen the markets go ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ in February, and again in the first week of March, with US tariff's against China, Canada and Mexico going into force. Whether the negative market sentiment persists long-term will largely depend on the real economic impact of the tariffs themselves, together with investor sentiment on the resilience of the US economy and prospects for a more-amicable resolution. ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ as the situation continues to play out. โ—พ ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—œ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ will undoubtedly continue to influence the market. Tariff's in particular could lead to new inflationary pressures, hampering hopes for further rate cuts. โ—พ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ are expected from a number of our holdings, including: $CTRA, $GGB (Gerdau SA-ADR), and ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† $PBR., among others. This is all for now, happy trading everyone, Andrea
Not investment advice. The author may have financial interests in the mentioned instruments.