Dollar and Hard Money
Abhilash Inumella@abhilashi
+2.1%
since Oct 2
The idea
I believe most government currencies get debased over the next couple of years as debt gets printed away, while the dollar and real producer nations hold their ground. So this basket owns the escape hatch, gold, silver and bitcoin, plus the miners that gear up when metals run, dollar earning companies with real pricing power, and the countries that actually make and ship what the world needs, from chips to oil to medicine. Hard assets and miners make up a big chunk on purpose given the short timeline, with a cash reserve kept aside to add on sharp dips.
What it owns
- Gold, silver and bitcoin hold value when printed currencies lose purchasing power and savers seek alternatives to paper money. · iShares Gold TrustIt is the largest hard-money anchor in the take, holding value as governments print currency and savers move into metal., iShares Bitcoin TrustIt offers a fixed supply no government can print, serving as an escape route for money fleeing debased currencies., iShares Silver TrustIt tends to outpace gold when currency debasement accelerates, adding leverage to the hard-money position.26%
- The take holds exporters and makers whose countries sell the world oil, chips, machines and medicine, the currencies built to endure. · Taiwan SemiconductorIt manufactures the advanced chips that global demand relies on, making Taiwan's role in the semiconductor supply chain difficult to displace., Canadian Natural ResourcesIt pumps oil from low-cost Canadian fields, producing real barrels that hold value as paper currencies decline., ASML HoldingIt is the only maker of machines that manufacture advanced chips, a producer the world pays whatever it requires., NovartisIt sells medicine the world needs from Switzerland, a producer country whose currency is expected to survive alongside the dollar., EquinorIt is Norway selling the world its oil and gas, earning hard money for real exports as currencies weaken., Rio TintoIt digs iron ore and copper the world needs to build with, earning when currencies fall and global demand holds.24%
- Multinational businesses that bill the world in dollars and pass rising prices to customers, preserving profits as currencies weaken. · Berkshire HathawayIt operates American businesses earning in the dollar, one of the few currencies expected to survive currency debasement., MicrosoftIt bills the world in dollars for software companies cannot operate without, so weak foreign currencies force customers to pay more., VisaIt takes a cut of spending everywhere, and rising prices from currency weakness lift the dollar amounts flowing through its network., Costco WholesaleIt passes rising prices directly to members who renew annually, preserving profit margins as money loses value.24%
- Companies that profit from metal prices climbing faster than their costs, or collect cuts of other miners' sales without running mines. · Agnico Eagle MinesIt mines gold in Canada and Finland where operations stay safe during currency crises, with profits rising as gold prices climb., Wheaton Precious MetalsIt collects cuts of other miners' gold and silver sales without running mines itself, capturing upside from rising metal prices., Franco-NevadaIt collects a percentage of other companies' gold sales, so higher gold prices flow almost directly to profits., NewmontIt is the world's largest gold producer, offering the most direct leverage to gold prices rising faster than mining costs.16%
- Cash10%