ALPHA INSIGHTS: Idea Generator Lab - 7/16/25
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Since the February 19th peak in the large-cap S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes, the metals and mining industry has radically outperformed the major U.S. stock averages. Silver miners are up 36%. Gold miners are up 24%. Industrial metals and mining shares are up 18%. But the Nasdaq 100 is up a mere 3.5%. The S&P 500 is up just 2.2%. Even the much beloved Magnificent Seven (NVDA, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, META, and TSLA) are only barely outperforming the S&P on average. In fact, the Russell 2000 is actually down 2.9% over the same period.
So, why doesn’t anyone ever talk about this fact in the financial media? Why are the talking heads so obsessed with NVDA and the Gen-AI fantasy? For the same reason that most fund managers can’t beat the S&P 500. “Because they’re sheep. And sheep get slaughtered.” We have a different idea about what the future will look like, and which companies are best positioned to drive equity portfolio returns. The market-cap of the top 50 global metals and mining companies is approximately $1.4 trillion. That’s about 1.6% of the MSCI All-Country World Stock index, and 5.4% of the global technology sector. When investors finally wake-up to what’s really going on in the world, it will be like trying to pour buckets into thimbles. When the market speaks, you need to listen. Consider this your clarion call: