The Saturday Sendout | A Review of All Current Research

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thesimpleside.substack.comEnjoy this article thanks to Cash App!Reminders: Copy Trading HerePortfolio Views HereMacro Indicators HereResearch Reports HereHelp Me Help You!One of the things I want to do more than anything else is ensure that you all are getting what you want from me. Please take a bit of time this weekend to let me know what you think can be improved upon in the newsletter by clicking the link below. There aren’t a million questions, nor am I collecting data, I just want to hear from you.Just A Few Side Bets… We recently came across some stocks we thought had outperforming potential and sent them out to subscribers. They also got posted here: TheSimpleSide.news. These trades are now up 1.53% on average.We also started a new service for paying subscribers, which offers deep value monthly stock picks. These can be found here: TheSimpleSide.news/monthly-picksThese trades are now down 1.11% on average.What I have for paying subscribers today is a quick look into two additional bets worth looking into. One in the AI-related realm and one in the oil-related realm. Before we get into all of those one-off bets, I want to quickly highlight what the macro quant tracker has been doing recently. Remember, this is a purely data-driven approach to the economy and the markets.As a note, we now offer all of the following to paying subscribers:3 Copyable Portfolios on Autopilot-The Flagship Fund-AI Bets-Tech Growth+The Macro Portfolio+Monthly Stock Picks+Weekly Stock Picks+One-Off Research ReportsThat is an absolutely insane amount of value for the subscription price we offer, and I am happy to do it all! Macro Quant ViewsBefore we get into anything, I want to show you the current portfolio performance from the Macro Quant Portfolio. If you do not know, this is a portfolio available to subscribers that makes a weekly allocation to either TLT, SPY, or GLD. We started this macro portfolio on Jan 1 of this year. Here is the YTD performance: What you will notice is that we have captured the GLD rally early in the year with a near 90% allocation to gold for almost all of 2026.In fact, I will share the image of what our rating of gold has been every day so far this year… as you can see, we have been in either buy or strong buy territory for nearly the entire year, and this has paid off handsomely. Interestingly, gold has entered into a period of “strong buy” again. Almost every time we have seen this in the past, we have seen GLD go on a run-up after. Of course, past performance isn’t a perfect indicator of future returns, but this seems bullish. Now, if we switch gears and look at the overall economy, we have reached the highest level of buying indication that I have ever seen since starting this program early this year.TLT, SPY, and GLD are all sitting in “buy” buckets right now (something available to our paid subscribers) on our website. This is the first time this has happened since about April of 2025, I believe. In general, what does this mean? Well, it means the market is likely overreacting to the situation in Iran, and the SPY could be entering into strong buy territory soon. On the other hand, we might see inflation remaining sticky and rate cuts less likely to happen. This is great news for gold, as there could be a further rotation from equities if that is the case, and this could turn into more GLD upside.In general, if you are invested in any of my portfolios, I would just remain calm at this point. I don’t think there is a reason for any sort of freak-out moment. The data seems to be supporting strong market dynamics, and the selloff on oil will not be a market-crashing event. Something I do want to highlight is that my cash holdings have decreased by around 20% due to the recent bets that I have made. That means we are sitting on 30% cash holdings, and even with that number, I feel extremely safe with the current market volatility. Research BetsIf you are a free subscriber, you are getting blocked off a bit early today. I apologize, but a lot of these ideas, I think, are extremely high upside ideas, and that is what everyone who subscribes pays me the big bucks for! If you would like to join, you can do so by clicking the button below.