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personally i think Europe is a lunatic clown-show and Germany will have it's revenge via the teachings of Karl Marx ( even if half the leaders seem to impersonate Groucho Marx )EOW Update
What a week, who watched the WTC share price, I sure did and I made a small trade on Tuesday to capitalize on it (not included as a part of this portfolio).
An ASX concern for me has been the continued default in Chinese off-market private bonds, it shows just how weak the Chinese economy is. In the long term even having the state/local governments step in and buy excess property, it simply isn't sustainable. I hold strong concerns about the price of Iron Ore at its current levels (in the absence of some of a global conflict ceasing and a mass rejuvenation process being required). Watching to see if we find Iron Ore fall back below $90.00 and if so, to re-enter into FMG for a swing trade.
Also in sad news, our DUG position was liquidated by a stop loss at $1.90. Have left DUG on the watchlist, all though I feel like we will be washing our hands of this stock in the near term, preferring to allocate the capital in a different direction (more on this later).
None the less here is how we are sitting;
Profit/Loss
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^important to note that the % return has increased as a result of the decrease in overall portfolio value (all though AAL is performing well.)
Weightings
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Looking Forwards
As we can see it is notable that our Diversified Growth allocation is underweight by ~5%, its also important to note that this gap was bigger (prior to the liquidation of DUG). Following November 5th or a major drawdown a position will be entered to gain more exposure externally to Australia.
I have previously lent towards MQEG however I am now heavily considering splitting an approximately 15% position across the S&P500 (7.5%) and Europe (7.5%) evenly, in currency hedged positions (ETFs). Currency hedged as I am confident in the strength of the Australian Dollar in the back half of this year as other neighboring nations cut (especially Europe)
Also I am very happy to be overweight property at the moment, despite the interest rate setting, the following article in the AFR has further reinforced my confidence;
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As a younger employee who attends the office 5 days a week (by choice), I am seeing the trend move in this direction across the board. Hybrid office attendance is making a comeback whether employees like it or not (by hybrid I am referring to 3 days a week in person).
Onwards and upwards, until next week.
good luck if you play there
i am even uneasy about my exposure via HVN ( which is nicely in profit after a fair bit of work )