Archive Category: Green Zone Fortunes Updates

Let’s talk about Palantir Technologies (PLTR). We’re up more than 700% on the stock, making it our second-best-performing portfolio position. But there’s more to the story than a huge gain…

The AI buildout is the most important megatrend of our lifetimes. But that doesn’t mean tech stocks are the only game in town. In fact, tech isn’t even close to being the top-performing sector in the S&P 500 Index this year.

Let’s start with some fantastic news. We’re up 925% in Argentine oil and gas company YPF SA (YPF). We could very well cross the 1,000% threshold within days, giving us a 10X return.

For years, investors were told globalization was the future. Companies moved factories overseas. Supply chains stretched across continents. And businesses became increasingly dependent on countries thousands of miles away for the products and materials they needed to operate. It was incredibly efficient.

We’ve got a lot of ground to cover today… News broke yesterday that Iran may not be making a deal with President Trump before his presidential term ends in 2029… at least according to Majid Shakeri, an adviser to Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. In comments posted to X, Shakeri went on to say that Iran’s path to victory was neither “peace nor war,” but rather keeping the messy status quo intact for another two and a half years.