#investment-guidance

#investment-guidance

Monthly payouts in 2026 have run $0.102, $0.105, and $0.108, tracking close to the $0.1055 average seen across 2025. That is a meaningful step up from the $0.0865 average in 2024.

Firm Treasury yields could continue to weigh on the metal amid ongoing inflation concerns. Lingering tensions in the Strait of Hormuz could continue to push oil prices up, reinforcing inflation concerns and weighing on bullion.

EMLC holds a broad mix of about 507 bonds issued by emerging market governments, all denominated in local currencies such as the Brazilian real, South African rand, Turkish lira, and Mexican peso. Almost the entire portfolio is sovereign debt at roughly 99 percent, so the fund is essentially a pure government credit exposure.

Some financial experts recommend enjoying a portion of the windfall while allocating the rest towards savings or investments to ensure long-term benefits.

In 2022, the classic 60/40 balanced portfolio of stocks and bonds didn't provide much protection. In fact, it lost nearly as much as a 100% equity portfolio.

The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF holds only U.S. Treasury notes and bonds across the maturity curve, providing the cleanest expression of flight-to-quality stability in a single ticker. Credit risk is effectively zero because every holding carries the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

Hedge funds and other money managers spent $2.8 billion on alternative data in 2025, according to a new report from consultancy Neudata, a 17% jump from the year before. It's more than double what asset managers spent on alternative data in 2021, which includes a wide range of non-traditional information sources. The report projects that the total spend on alternative datasets could jump to more than $23 billion in the consultancy's bull case in 2030 and just under $8 billion in the bear case.

One of the key factors that I continue to harp on as intrinsic to my bullish thesis on TMC is the company's control of what it claims is the world's largest undeveloped battery metals resource in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The company estimates that it has access to around 274 million metric tons (Mt) of wet nodules, including 51 Mt of probable reserves. These are the first, and largest-ever declared reserves for deep-sea mining, with key battery minerals included in these nodules that are surging in value.