Archive Category: Green Zone Fortunes Updates

So, that happened… By now, you’ve seen the news that U.S. Delta Force apprehended Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is now in New York waiting to stand trial on narco-terrorism charges. What happens next politically is anyone’s guess. President Trump has said repeatedly that the U.S. will “run” the country for some period of time, though it’s unclear what exactly that means. For now, the Maduro regime (minus Maduro) remains in control. Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated that the U.S. would manage Venezuela only indirectly, using the threat of military force to influence the government.

You can stick a fork in 2025. It’s done, or at least it will be soon enough. Part of me will be sad to see it end because 2025 was a good year for us. We stuck to our guns, tuned out the noise, and trusted my Green Zone Power Ratings system. It didn’t let us down. As I write this, we’re sitting on triple-digit gains in 10 of our open positions… and we’re within spitting distance of triple-digit gains in a few more.

Today is Christmas Eve, so we’re closing the office early to give the team a little time with their families. Money never sleeps, but we have no interest in being a modern-day Ebenezer Scrooge! And about that… Before we bring out the eggnog, I want to say a quick thank you for reading Green Zone Fortunes.

As we hit the last few weeks of 2025, I want to revisit two of our long-held positions that haven’t gotten a lot of attention this year: blue-chip oil and gas pipeline operators Kinder Morgan (KMI), Enterprise Products (EPD) and Energy Transfer (ET). We added both of these positions to the model portfolio a little over three years ago. And while they haven’t gotten much love in the financial press (no surprise, as it seems that AI is the only thing making the news these days), they’ve managed to post returns that are pretty darn good.

Despite bitcoin very much going “mainstream” over the past few years, and even after the massive surge in crypto trading following Donald Trump’s reelection, leading crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) is still sitting below its 2021 IPO price.