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Carl Delfeld

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Hello from Senegal! While there is no regular Cabot Explorer issue this week as I am halfway around the world, I do have two new Sell alerts today.
Now that investors finally have a handle on artificial intelligence, a new cutting-edge technology is emerging: quantum computing … and it should be on your radar.
To begin, just a heads up that there will be no Cabot Wealth Explorer issue on November 13 as I will be in transit for a mining and resource conference in Senegal.

Morgan Stanley (MS) notes that stock picking is back, with single-stock activity as opposed to funds and ETFs seeing a significant rise in recent months. This is interesting as there are now more ETFs trading on exchanges than stocks. Blending the two together is the optimal strategy for most.
Gold hit $4,000 an ounce and the signal this is sending is not hard to grasp.

Investors are enjoying stock gains but are hedging downside currency and stock price risk as well as a hedge on growing government debt and geopolitical risk. Gold seems the most popular safe haven as it is viewed as a safe harbor asset in a way that the greenback used to be viewed. Gold’s rally began almost three years ago, fueled by central banks and Chinese investors leery of both its stock and property markets.
Rare earths are critical inputs to next-generation technology, and sourcing them domestically (or at least from an ally) is a U.S. priority. These rare earth stocks stand to benefit.
Bubble stocks are an inescapable part of investing. But with a clear head, some discipline, and a trailing stop, you can actually profit when stocks are in a bubble.
Quantum computing is starting to get serious attention from the financial media, for a good reason, and it’s why quantum stocks are on the move.
To begin, I would like to highlight that I have decided to omit the brief company review section that followed our weekly stock updates. This section caused some confusion and the information about each company is widely available. Likewise, I’m ending the Explorer watch list. If you own the stocks on the list right now, I see no reason to sell them.

Moving on to the market, the debates regarding the market’s direction seem endless.
The market’s focus is on gold and silver, but macro conditions currently favor two overlooked precious metals that look poised to outperform.
“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.” - African Proverb

For the first time this year, this week all three major benchmarks closed at all-time highs during the same session on the hunch that a lousy job market will spur a series of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
Novo Nordisk (NVO) helped revolutionize weight-loss drugs, yet the stock has lost 60% from its all-time highs. Is now the time to step in and buy?
An unprecedented deal with the U.S. government has significantly boosted the shares of MP Materials (MP), but is it a buy?
“Only the paranoid survive.” -Andy Grove

Nvidia (NVDA) met high expectations yesterday for the July quarter, hitting $46.7 billion in revenue, up 56% from the year-earlier period. However, it cautioned that third-quarter revenue growth will not be as impressive, disappointing analysts and investors.

Explorer stocks did not disappoint this week, with many of our positions posting solid gains. Coeur Mining (CDE) shares continue to outperform for us, up 8.9% this week, and Dutch Bros (BROS) shares were up a stellar 16.3%.
If you want investing success, keep it simple. A simple strategy with a strong core portfolio and exploratory upside keeps your returns sustainable.
Starbucks (SBUX), Dutch Bros (BROS) and Luckin Coffee (LKNCY) are all competing for market share, but which is the best coffee stock in the world?
This was a great week for Explorer stocks.

Coeur Mining (CDE) shares were up 19.6% this week following last week’s 13% gain after quarterly revenue was up 117% year over year. Dutch Bros (BROS) shares were up 16.9% this week. Sea Limited (SE) shares were up 17.3% this week following net income in the second quarter increasing by more than fivefold to $414 million.
Novo Nordisk (NVO) stock was an early winner in the weight-loss drug race but has struggled mightily this year. Has performance been weak enough to make it a buy?
This is a big week for financial markets, with the Fed holding interest rates steady, $11 trillion worth of tech companies reporting earnings, a key jobs report, and a tariff deadline with China and India looming. The market pulled back as Chairman Jerome Powell indicated the Fed may not be ready to cut interest rates as expected.

But 7,392 miles from the canyons of Wall Street, an AI global governance plan was released at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, which called for establishing an international open-source community through which AI models can freely be available. About 800 Chinese and international companies attended the summit.
This beaten-down global logistics company was instrumental in redefining trade for a new era. So, with trade dominating the headlines, is the stock a buy?
Rare earths miner and producer MP Materials (MP) has recently struck a new deal with the U.S. government; so, is MP Materials a buy?
The independence of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s position is important, and uncertainty over his role is impacting market sentiment. Dynamism and stability is America’s golden goose. Stay a bit on the defensive and conservative and keep adding some international stocks through the summer.

Data showed consumer inflation keeping pressure on the 30-year bond’s yield which touched 5% for the first time since early June. And in Japan, the trend is the same, with rising government bond interest rates raising the costs of paying interest on its debt equal to 250% of its GDP.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached new records on Wednesday, reversing Tuesday’s declines. President Trump’s tax-and-spending bill squeaked through the Senate and is now at the heart of a battle in the House. This is hopefully settled today, and a setback would have an impact on the stock market.

Luckin Coffee’s (LKNCY) revenue in China has already surpassed Starbucks in China. This week, it brought the battle to America as its first two U.S. locations opened in New York. This may be just a public relations gambit.
Fred Smith, who founded FedEx (FDX) more than 50 years ago, passed away last month, leaving behind a lasting impact that helped reshape global shipping.
Although trade talks are underway and global conflict has seized the headlines, the U.S.-China rivalry is as intense as ever. Here are the stocks to buy and avoid, plus resources to learn more.
The market is weathering rising uncertainty as every major group of companies in the index, from banks to commodities, has climbed since the low point in April, with a small number of the usual mega-cap tech stocks leading the charge.


The World Bank announced it would lift its longstanding ban on funding nuclear power projects. The tide of sentiment is turning along with nuclear power stocks. The ban has been in place since 2013, but the last time the bank funded a nuclear power project was 1959.
The U.S.-China rivalry has massive global implications that will affect world politics and your portfolio for years to come, so it’s important to learn how you can profit from it.
Explorer stocks are either steady or performing well with Dutch Bros (BROS) shares up 18.4% during the last two weeks and Luckin Coffee (LKNCY) shares jumping 9.4% this week after a strong first quarter with 41% year-over-year revenue growth.

In addition, Singapore’s Sea Limited (SE) shares are up 18.6% during the last two weeks, and Spain’s Banco Santander (SAN) shares have surged 73% so far in 2025. China’s BYD (BYDDY) shares are up 53% in 2025. New silver and gold play Coeur Mining (CDE) shares were up 13.5% in their first two weeks in the portfolio.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway began buying Japanese trading companies, or “Sogo Shoshas” nearly five years ago. These are the five Buffett likes best.
The gold-silver ratio is an intimate relationship. It indicates how many ounces of silver are needed to buy one ounce of gold. In the last century, this ratio reached its lowest point at just under 15:1 at the end of 1979 and peaked at over 110:1 during the COVID crisis.

This year, we passed the 100:1 mark for only the fourth time in a hundred years – a strong signal that silver may be underpriced.

So today, we add an aggressive silver play to the Explorer portfolio as a bet that it will close the gap on gold.
Japan is back as a place to invest some capital for a number of reasons.

Japanese retail investors have cash positions above 50% versus about 15% for Americans.

Japanese corporates have long been criticized for hoarding cash on their balance sheets and low capital expenditures due to cross-shareholdings with sister companies. But over the past 12 months, share buybacks are on track to increase 96% year-over-year, and the reduction in cross-shareholdings has increased by 75% in the last fiscal year.

All this leads us to consider today a second Japanese stock as an Explorer recommendation.