Sean Brodrick – Opportunities In Gold, Silver, Copper, and Lithium Stocks, Still Constructive On Drones, Rockets, and Utilities Stocks
Sean Brodrick, Editor of Wealth Megatrends and contributing analyst to Weiss Ratings Daily, joins me to continue on with our prior discussion reviewing the macroeconomic implications of tariffs and geopolitics on the markets. He reiterates why he still remains bullish and holding positions in gold, silver, copper, and lithium stocks, but that he is also constructive on defense stocks in drones and rockets, and also accumulating energy efficiency companies.
We start off reviewing the shifting market sentiment and wild swings in both copper and gold as they react to on-again/off-again tariff news. He points out that most of these temporary pricing fluctuations in copper and gold are just noise, and he remains focused on the larger developing bull market trends in both metals, and opportunities in the related mining stocks. We also discuss the very positive Q2 earnings newsflow from both the gold and silver producers, and opine on when they become so constructive that generalist investors can no longer ignore them and come into position with some exposure to the sector. Higher metals prices and more participation from market participants is keeping the party going in the metals space.
Next we got into the rally we’ve seen in some of the lithium stocks coming off the lows of a few months ago, and Sean highlights Sigma Lithium Corp (TSX-V:SGML) (NASDAQ:SGML) as a company they’ve been scaling into to position for a move higher across the lithium sector. This leads us into a discussion on ways to position in the energy sector by way of the utility companies and he mentions both Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and Vistra Corp. (NYSE: VST) as 2 stocks that have his interest in this sector.
Wrapping up, Sean outlines why outside of the resource investing space, he remains constructive on defense stocks focused on drones and rockets, and he also highlights AMSC (Nasdaq: AMSC) as a company straddling both the defense sector and the energy sector coming up with solutions for both military applications and the hyper-scalers.
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Opportunities In Growth-Oriented Gold Producers – Part 12
Excelsior Prosperity w/ Shad Marquitz (08-11-2025)
Thor Explorations (THX) (THX.L) (THXPF)
https://excelsiorprosperity.substack.com/p/opportunities-in-growth-oriented-fd9
https://www.tradingview.com/x/nVg39Sv3/
HGRAF : Retracement Zone.
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Add/Buy Target: 1.17 +/- 3¢
1.86 – 1.73 = 13¢
Nix 1.30.
The trading in HydroGraph gets so frenetic that The CSE imposed another trading halt during the day for an hour or so to keep the stock from going totally ballistic, this is the second time it has happened in less than two weeks I have never seen anything like this. That should tell investors something big is happening. They are talking with The DOD as well as many other people but as a defense related play alone it will be HUGE! DT
The Graphene Revolution is Here: Graphene is 200 times stronger than Steel: DT
One of those times, you want to buy everything.
AAPL finally broke out, Barrick and GDX rocking, EXK, AG woke up from taking a siesta. Airlines looking great. DAL, AAPL. Tom Lee’s Ethereum fund BMNR making big moves.
Impact, my new largest holding fwiw…
Fabulous Dan! It is nice to see Impact setting up well in this rising silver price environment, poised for the next leg higher. Actually a lot of the silver mining charts have been breaking upwards in a similar manner, which is great to see.
SIL has almost doubled just this year in 2025, as it has trekked higher.
I’m still quite impressed with Santacruz Silver (SCZ.V) though… up over 540% from its December low at $0.255 to close yesterday at $1.38. (not to to mention it got up to $1.47 at the recent peak)
That’s the kind of leverage to the silver price that these high-torque silver junior producers can provide.
Santacruz swelled up to my largest weighted portfolio position over the last few months.
However, coming into this year that spot was held by Avino Silver and Gold (ASM), which has also gone up 5X off its December lows for the balance of 2025. I’ve lightened up on it some selling some of that position in the the strength in June (only for it to climb even higher in July), but its retreated some over the last month or so. I’ve still got a nice core position left in place to keep on riding it higher as this bull evolves though…
I’m glad to have been most heaviest weighted to some of the fastest horses on the track for 2025, but now I’m starting to beef up some of the laggard positions in the junior silver producers like Impact, Guanajuato, and Silver X, as they are going to be poised to take the baton next…
Wow, I forget to look back and see where this (pm market) has gone is such little time. I have only dreamed of seeing charts like this… although I am hedged with SLVD.to right now.
I had the same issue with SCZ as it almost became my portfolio, 😁
Can someone send some global warming to Alberta? This has got to be one of the coolest summers we have ever had and I have lived here over 6 decades, all my life!
I don’t think fires can even burn when it’s this cool out… 🤣
A Reminder Of Who Is Eating Some Of The Tariffs
Peter Boockvar – The Boock Report – Aug 13, 2025
For those still wondering who is eating some of the tariffs if not consumers, though they are as seen in the goods portion of CPI the last few months, here’s a few examples heard in earnings calls over the past few weeks.
From Elf Beauty: “For context, if tariffs were to remain at this incremental 30% level, we estimate the gross impact to our goods sold to be approximately $50 million on an annualized basis.”
From Caterpillar: “The net incremental impact from tariffs was around the top end of our estimated $250 million to $350 million range for the quarter.”
From Colgate Palmolive: Their tariff cost hit will be $75 million for 2025, though down from their previous guidance of $200 million.
From Kimberly Clark: Tariffs are going to cost them $170 million with mitigation of $50 million, leaving them still with a $120 million hit.
From Apple: Tariffs will cost them $1.1 billion in the September quarter they estimate.
From Hershey: “For the full year, we are now modeling tariff expense in the range of $170 million to $180 million, below our prior expectations, due to inventory on hand, fluctuations in country specific rates, and sourcing optimization.
From Ford: “We expect tariffs to be a net headwind of about $2 billion this year.”
From GM: “we’re still on track to offset at least 30% of the $4 billion to $5 billion full year 2025 tariff impact through strategic actions such as manufacturing adjustments, targeted cost initiatives and consistent pricing.” So my math has them eating $2.8 billion to $3.5 billion in tariffs.
From Proctor & Gamble: “our outlook includes $1 billion before tax in higher costs from tariffs in fiscal ’26. This is based on tariff rates announced since July 9 and assumes USMCA exceptions.”
From Polaris: “For tariffs that have been enacted, we now expect full year gross tariff costs of $180 million to $200 million with less than $100 million in incremental tariffs hitting the P&L this year after mitigation and inventory deferrals.” As to what suppliers will eat instead, “We have also negotiated with suppliers to mitigate pass through costs, saving over $10 million to date through our efforts.”
From Lear: “Based on the current tariff policies and volume expectations, our gross tariff exposure is approximately $210 million for 2025.”
From Deckers Outdoor: “On tariffs, we are still awaiting final details, but based on the recent updates, assuming Vietnam increases 10% to 20%, we would expect to face a total of $185 million of unmitigated impact to our cost of goods sold in fiscal year 2026, up from our previously provided estimate of up to $150 million. As we said last quarter, we put in measures to recapture up to approximately $75 million, and we’ll continue to evaluate additional levers for potential further mitigation.”
From MMM: They said tariffs are going to cost them $.50 per share this year after their mitigation efforts. So with about 532 million shares outstanding, that would be about $265 million.
From Alcoa: “With the increase in the US Section 232 tariff rate from 25% to 50%, we expect quarterly tariff costs to approximate $215 million based on an LME of $2,600 and a Midwest premium of $.67 per pound.”
https://peterboockvar.substack.com/p/a-reminder-of-who-is-eating-some
So the question is, how long before all these corporations that are “eating” all these tariff taxes are going to start passing those revenue gouges along to consumers, inflating prices to higher levels?
HydroGraph keeps chugging higher everyday. I believe that some of the large share buying blocks are from prospective takeover companies grabbing 9.9% so they don’t trip the radar. This technology is so unique and suited for so many industries that there are a range of people seeing this as an acquisition. I don’t think it will survive 6 more months under the same company. They are planning to get delisted from The Canadian Securities Exchange and move over to The Nasdaq in early 2026. I wish they would get a listing on The TSX and stay in Canada and The US. With this being a tech and a commodity play that I believe would serve them well. DT 👍👌