Equities jump after options expiry day, April 19. But the rally could be short lived ahead of a busy week
In a text book manner, it was options expiry day April 19 so the market' pull back from its record all time highs was naturally going to be exacerbated. Shorts were exercised, the ASX200 $S&P/ASX 200 (.XJO.AU)$ dropped 0.98% on Friday, and then rose up 1.1% on Monday April 22, with market participants e...

Bitcoin $BTC: +156%
Nasdaq 100 $Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)$ : +52%
S&P 500 $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ : +24%
Developed ex-US $Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA.US)$ : +15%
Small Caps $iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM.US)$ : +12%
Gold $SPDR Gold ETF (GLD.US)$ : +11%
REITs $Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ.US)$ : +9%
Emerging Markets $Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO.US)$ : +6%
Cash $SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (BIL.US)$ : +4.7%
US Bonds $iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG.US)$ : +4.5%...

C3ai $C3.ai (AI.US)$ : +125%
Nvidia $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ : +36%
AMD $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ : +32%
Tesla $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ : +24%
Google $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ : +14%
Amazon $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ : +14%
Nasdaq 100 $Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)$ : +8%
Microsoft $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ : +7%
Apple $Apple (AAPL.US)$ : +5%
S&P $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ : +0.5%
Bonds $iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG.US)$ : -1%
S&P equal weight $Invesco Exchange Traded Fd Tr S&P 500 Equal Weight Etf (RSP.US)$ : -4%
Reg...

% below all-time high (total return)...
Apple $Apple (AAPL.US)$ : -3%
NVIDIA $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ : -5%
Microsoft $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ : -6%
S&P 500 $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ : -11%
US Bonds $iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG.US)$ : -13%
Nasdaq 100 $Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)$ : -16%
Google $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ : -18%
Small Caps $iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM.US)$ : -26%
Facebook $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ : -36%
Amazon $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ : -37%
Netflix $Netflix (NFLX.US)$ : -46%
Tesla $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ : -57...

$iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT.US)$ $Ishares Trust 10-20 Year Treasury Bd Etf (TLH.US)$ $iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG.US)$ $U.S. 2-Year Treasury Notes Yield (US2Y.BD)$ $U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Yield (US10Y.BD)$
Source: Bloomberg

$SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ -20%
Bonds crushed but not all equal:
$iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT.US)$ (20-year+) pain with -31.24%
$iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG.US)$ (US IG: treasuries, corp, MBS, ABS, munis) just -12.93%
$Short-Treasury Bond Ishares (SHV.US)$ (1-year/less) even with 2022 ramping inflation & rates a remarkable positive +0.89%

The Squid Game Multi-Portfolios portfolio is made up of 4 main portfolios, as follows:
40% weightage:
Player 456 (Seong Gi-hun) Portfolio
30% weightage:
Player 218 (Cho Sang-woo) Portfolio
20% weightage:
Player 067 (Kang Sae-byeok) Portfolio
10%: weightage:
Liquid Portfolio
Let's dive in to see what assets is inside each portfolio.
Player 456 (Seong Gi-hun) Portfolio
Motto: Potential sectors for diversification and profits.
Inside this portfolio, it is further divided into 6 parts.
20% Information Technology sector
(e.g. $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ )
20% Financials sector
(e.g. $Bank of America (BAC.US)$ )
20% Communication Services sector
(e.g. $Netflix (NFLX.US)$ )
20% Utilities sector
(e.g. $Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP.US)$ )
10% Industrials sector
(e.g. $Boeing (BA.US)$ )
10% Consumer Discretionary sector
(e.g. $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ )
The reasons for choosing these few sectors, out of the 11 in total, is due to the better prospect for the next few years.
As the time goes, some sectors will be rotate in or out, to capture bigger profits.
Player 218 (Cho Sang-woo) Portfolio
Motto: High Risk, High Returns
Inside this portfolio, it is divided into 5 parts.
20% Cryptocurrencies
(e.g. $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ )
20% Leveraged Stocks/ETF
(e.g. $Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ETF (FAS.US)$ )
20% Meme Stocks
(e.g. $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$ )
20% Forex
(e.g. $USD/EUR (USDEUR.FX)$ )
20% Commodities
(e.g. $Proshares K-1 Free Crude Oil Strategy Etf (OILK.US)$ )
The reason behind for these high risk assets is because they have a higher probability of generating higher returns.
Player 067 (Kang Sae-byeok) Portfolio
Motto: Help is on the way.
Inside this portfolio, it is divided into 2 parts.
50% Investment grade bonds
(e.g. $iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG.US)$ )
50% High Yield bonds
(e.g. $Advisorshares Trust Peritus High Yield Etf (HYLD.US)$ )
The reason for this portfolio is to use some of the returns for charities (e.g. such as buying a meal for poor people or stray animals), and the remaining used for building up a small online company that offer services that can make the world a better place.
Liquid Portfolio
Motto: Cash is King
Inside this portfolio, there are only cash.
100% Cash
The cash can be used to buy the dip, or for repositioning of the above 3 portfolio.
We have now reach the end of the Squid Game Multi-Portfolios portfolio.
Before you go, let's vote which portfolio you would increase the weightage.
You might also be wondering why are the first 3 portfolios named after the players in the squid game. The answer will be reveal at a later time. (You may make a guess by commenting below.)
That's all for the Squid Game Multi-Portfolios portfolio, and see all of you soon.