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Safe Haven Assets: Doing What They Were Built to Do
A Q3 2026 performance snapshot, 30 June to 25 September 2026 Yesterday's report, Applets , set out why the world is getting riskier. This note is the proof point. Since 30 June, the Quantum Strategy safe haven allocation has done exactly what it was built to do. Ten of its eleven…
Greenland: The Deal and Its Northern Shadow
The Trump Greenland Deal is a lot more than a rejig of the 1951 Agreement to grant the US more military and economic rights in Greenland. It goes far beyond that. It is a pretty significant building block in Trump’s Donroe Hemispheric Architecture and a major retreat by the EU an…
Deutschland Unter Allem
Deutschland Unter Allem The AfD victory wrecks Germany’s prospects of economic reforms and should destroy any vestiges of financial market optimism. That is a serious dough-nut hole in the core of Europe’s economic and political aspirations. And it calls into question the defence…
Navigator: Matters That Matter
Navigator: Matters That Matter Oil and gold are being added back to the Wealth Preservation Portfolio. This report explains why. We are also adding to our long Chinese AI equities and short US AI equities relying upon the research piece: AI and Lowly Common Sense wh…
A Strategy for Chokeholds
A Strategy for Chokeholds This report is about lessons to be learned from the Middle East blockades for the long term de-risking of portfolios and of supply chains. The former lessons are for portfolio managers and the latter for policy makers. The need is urgent because the…
Tariffs – The Aftermath
Tariffs – The Aftermath Investment Conclusion. We are far from done with volatility from Tariffs and Trade. The use of S.122 of the Trade Act 1974 is illegal in my judgement. It is also unfit for purpose as a policy to “correct” the US trade deficit. This leaves …
The Real Davos Debate
The Real Davos Debate analyses the implications of accelerated European economic militarisation if President Trump dumps NATO. The costs, financing and fiscal and monetary implications are grouped under the headings of: Accelerating EU defence spending to 5% of GDP in…