Does This Whiplash Market Signal A Paradigm Shift In Investing?

Aug. 04, 2025 2:05 PM ETS&P 500 Index (SP500), SPX, DJI, NDX, SPY, DIA, QQQ, IVV, VOO, IWM, , , , , , , , , 1 Comment
Tyson Halsey, CFA
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Summary

  • We are entering a new investment paradigm marked by high US debt, a weak dollar, and inflationary pressures, favoring gold and commodities over US equities.
  • Gold and gold mining stocks are in the early stages of a bull market, with historic analogs suggesting significant upside potential for both gold and miners.
  • International and emerging market equities are outperforming US cap-weighted indices, signaling a rotation in market leadership that should persist in the coming years.
  • To reduce risk and enhance returns, I recommend shifting exposure from US indices to precious metals, miners, and international/emerging market equities.
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Tyson Halsey, CFA, founded Income Growth Advisors, LLC, a South Carolina based Registered Investment Advisor. Through his career, Halsey has researched and invested in technology, energy, quantitative strategies, been a shareholder activist on behalf of shareholder rights, and invested in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) since 2000. . Halsey has appeared in major media including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Charleston Post and Courier, South Carolina Public Radio and CNBC. Halsey won the USA Today CNBC Investment Challenge in 1992 in the options division.Halsey formed Optima Process Systems, Inc. in 2018 and used economic cost modelling for ESG solutions. We analyzed heavy oil upgrading in South America, bunker fuel desulfurization for IMO 2020, and biofuel and biomass processing. Halsey has moderated panels on the energy transition "ESG 2.0" for the Ivy Family Office Network (IVYFON).

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