When Grantham Rings the Alarm Bell
If he is right, my portfolio is exactly where the damage would happen. Here is how I thought it through.
If he is right, my portfolio is exactly where the damage would happen. Here is how I thought it through.
Start of 2026 I was feeling pretty good about tech. Then the Iran war started and changed the mood a bit. Instead of buying shares outright in GOOGL, AMZN and PLTR, I bought LEAPS — long-dated call options that give me the same directional exposure for $85,206 less capital, with my downside capped at the $28,155 premium paid.
In 2024, I beat the S&P 500 by concentrating in AI/tech. In 2025, I positioned for a crash that never came. Here’s what happened when market timing went wrong.