This week I covered the following topics/ideas:
1. Gold 60/40: In comparing gold $Gold - main 2412(GCmain)$ vs bonds for the 40% of the 60/40 portfolio, the key takeaways are to diversify diversifiers and to diversify discerningly (be valuation-aware, don’t set and forget the 40).
2. US Housing: Valuation indicators remain near record highs for US residential property, this can resolve fast and painful, but may be more likely to resolve over a long-time through relative price stagnation.
3. Small Caps: Remain bullish small caps given attractive absolute and relative valuations, mixed-to-negative sentiment and flows, and potential sector skew benefits.
4. UK Equities: Both UK equities and the GBPUSD offer some attractiveness in (relative) value vs expensive US, but the broader picture is not particularly compelling at this point.
5. European Equities: Similarly, European equities and EURUSD boast cheap relative value vs US, but the technicals and wider setup do not currently look promising, on watch for potential breakdowns.
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