Rudolf De Leeuw
๐—”๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ +๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฌ๐—ง๐—— ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐Ÿš€ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ +๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ% ๐Ÿš€ The portfolio has now passed the +20% mark for 2026, which is a very encouraging position to be in at this stage of the year. ๐Ÿ“ˆ With still a large part of the year ahead, the current performance gives us a strong foundation to build on further. ๐—” ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ 2026 YTD: +20.27% 2025: +23.39% 2024: +37.22% 2023: +139.22% ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—œ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ One position that remains especially interesting is the USO oil fund. At the moment, it is still trading around 120, while my expectation is that it can move lower towards roughly 75 during the course of the year. If that scenario plays out, this position alone could potentially add around another 5% to the portfolio performance. So even after a strong start to the year, I believe there is still meaningful upside potential ahead. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ? With the portfolio already above +20% YTD, I think there is a realistic chance that we can move beyond the 2025 result again. And if the second half of the year develops in a similar way to the first half, getting closer to the 2024 result of +37.22% could also become a serious possibility. The exceptional 2023 result of +139.22% will of course be very difficult to repeat, but the market still offers plenty of opportunities for those who stay patient, disciplined, and focused. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐Ÿ’ช If we keep moving in this direction, 2026 could become the 4th consecutive year with: โœ… More than 1.5x the S&P 500 return โœ… Well above +20% portfolio performance โœ… Another strong year for long-term copiers That is something I am genuinely proud of. Not because of short-term moves, but because of the consistency over several years. As always, my focus remains on managing risk, staying patient, and using opportunities when they appear. A like is always appreciated, because it helps these updates reach more people and motivates me to keep putting time and effort into sharing them. ๐Ÿ™ $DJ30 $NSDQ100 $SPX500 $RTY $USO (United States Oil Fund)
Not investment advice. The author may have financial interests in the mentioned instruments.