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Sui: The Fastest Growing Layer-1 Platform

Token Takeaway: SUI; Sui is a high-performance, Layer-1 (L1) smart contract development platform designed for exceptional scalability and robust security. As one of the fastest L1s in the industry, Sui has made remarkable strides in the highly competitive smart contract space, outpacing several major competitors since its launch last year.

What Is the Bond Market Telling Us?

Trade in Soda; Before we get to bonds, I highlight the global stockmarket, which has been riding high this year but now faces deteriorating breadth. That is, the number of stocks in an uptrend is falling. The current reading is 61%, which is workable but falling. Fewer stocks are supporting

Fresh Air

ByteFolio Issue 138; 💡This issue covers Tron (TRX), Binance Coin (BNB), and Sui (SUI). Over the weekend, Bitcoin moved beyond the $100k level after its first attempt last month. The point is that the price of Bitcoin is trading in fresh air, i.e. territory never previously seen, which means

Venture: Portfolio Update

Issue 54; It has been a strong month for ByteTree Venture, with most stocks performing well. The modest recovery in AIM stocks is welcome, which have been sliding since the summer. Looking at the UK market, where 20 of the 29 current holdings reside, there has been a huge divergence

The Long-term Gold Supply

Atlas Pulse Gold Report Issue 100; I started writing Atlas Pulse in late 2012 to communicate my thoughts on gold in an era where my employer at the time made it more difficult to communicate with the public. I had been a commentator on CNBC and Bloomberg TV since 2002,

Gold and X-ray Machines

Trade in Whisky; Syria falls, and they have lost their entire air force since Sunday. Gold inched higher, along with the dollar, yet oil shrugged it off. There was also a modest momentum crash as the prevailing winners in the stockmarket stalled while the losers rallied. The fact that the

Resistance at $100k

ByteFolio Issue 137; 💡This issue covers Bitcoin (BTC), Binance Coin (BNB), Solana (SOL), and Bitcoin Reserves. I showed this chart two weeks ago, and with resistance at $100,000 for Bitcoin, it’s still important, so I show it again. Bitcoin Price with Round Levels Big round numbers are a

Venture: Domestic Japanese Value

Issue 53; Japanese equities had a major peak in 1989 and have been sluggish ever since. That is brought home by comparing them to the world index. On that basis, Japanese equities have been lagging the world since 1988, making yet another relative low (red) last month. Yet, since 1970,

Value Investing: Introducing Enterprise Value

My Journey in Finance; Following on from the price-to-sales ratio (PSR), we move on to the enterprise value-to-sales ratio (EVS). It is similar but takes the balance sheet into consideration. Imagine a business with £10m in sales. On a PSR of 1x, it is worth £10 million. Now bring in

Keller Group Plc (KLR) – Take Profits

KLR was recommended in ByteTree Venture on 28 November 2023 at 809p. A year has passed, and with the price at 1542p, having collected 47.9p in dividends, the stock has returned 97% with an IRR of 93%. It was a fabulous opportunity. Keller Group The brokers’ consensus target price

Opposites Attract

ByteTree BOLD Index Monthly Rebalancing Report; Following rebalancing on 29th November 2024, the new target weights for the BOLD Index are 25.0% Bitcoin and 75.0% Gold, a 0.4% increase for Bitcoin. The 21Shares ByteTree BOLD ETP (BOLD) invests in Bitcoin and Gold. BOLD combines the world’s

Lower Rates Lead to Real Estate

Trade in Soda; I recently added the long bond to the Soda Portfolio as evidence that inflation was calming enough to stabilise the bond market. Inflation may have been cooling for two years, but the bond market was still in the turbulence of the hikes of 2022. It seems 5%

Trump In, Gensler Out: Altcoins Up

ByteFolio Issue 136; 💡This issue covers Fantom (FTM), Ripple (XRP), Stellar (XLM), Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR), Render Network (RNDR) and Cardano (ADA). After reaching a high of nearly $100K on 22 November, Bitcoin experienced a sharp but brief sell-off, retreating to the $90K level by 26 November, as anticipated. Similarly, BTC&

Value Investing – The Pepsi Challenge

My Journey in Finance; The price-to-sales ratio (PSR) for Coca-Cola (KO) demonstrates how a stable company with similar products over the years saw the valuation range between 0.7x sales (cheap) in 1980 and 11x sales (rich) in 1998 (note the intra-year 11x peak is not shown on the annual