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☕️ Ignore Apple and Palantir at your own risk

Mar 14, 2025

Howdy! 👋

All three indices are in the green as I type even though consumer sentiment has dropped to 57.9 and US markets have lost $5 trillion in value in just 3 weeks – both according to CNBC which is keen to remind us.

What gives?

Something we’ve talked about many times.

More than 80% of trading is now computer-driven, and – drum roll please – many of those same machines are programmed to buy when prices get too stretched to the downside. So, they’re doing exactly that.

Meanwhile, human-to-human trading? Practically extinct—less than 10% of volume, according to something I saw from JPM recently. 

So, what should YOU do?

Chill.

The world’s best companies keep innovating. Over time, that drives revenues… then earnings… then stock prices.

Invest in the best, ignore the rest.

Here’s my playbook.

1 – Correction Territory: My Take

The S&P 500 officially closed yesterday down 10% from its most recent all-time high, meeting the technical definition of a correction. (Read)

This marks the fastest peak-to-correction decline since March 2020 (the COVID market crash), something scores of finger-wagging armchair experts and clickbait artists are telling you in no uncertain terms – never mind most of ‘em have predicted 10 outta the last 2 actual major economic events.

Should you fear the bogey man?

It’s certainly tempting.

This decline has wiped out $5.28 trillion in market value in just three weeks.

Do yourself a favour… think again.

Investing is not a single “step” but a journey.

Let that sink in.

Then, get busy buying great companies that can succeed despite it all.

The tariff tantrum will pass and when it does, guess what’ll come rocketing out of the hole first?

Exactly.

And btw, if you’d like some help figuring out which companies to buy, how to invest, the tactics and strategies that have helped successful investors and traders go from zero to millions, perhaps billions, I’ll be here.

2 – AIPCon 6: It’s Raining Partnerships

As mentioned in Wednesday’s M5, Palantir just wrapped up the 6th edition of AIPCon. (Watch)

What a success!

The sheer volume of partnerships rolling in is almost hard to keep up with—Databricks, Qualcomm, and Archer were just the start. Other names that have hit the wire this week include:

Saronic Technologies
Saildrone
Redcat
Epirus
Ursa Major
SNC
KT

Again, to a point I’ve made many times over—this is not something you see every day.

Normally, companies brag about their client roster.

But in Palantir’s case?

It’s the clients doing the bragging—because they’re the ones delivering results powered by Palantir.

Keith’s Investing Tip: The key to owning great stocks (like Palantir) is not getting scared out of ‘em.

3 – Shine me up, or not.

Cue the breathless headlines, the doomsayers, the gold bug chest thumping.

Gold futures are +14% and a new BoA survey shows that 52% of global fund managers think gold is the best hedge against a full-blown trade war. (Read)

Kinda makes ya wanna scratch that itch, eh?

Not so fast.

If these same fund managers are so brilliant, ask yourself why is it that just 14% of active global fund managers have beaten their benchmarks over the past 20 years? (According to reports like the S&P 500 Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) Scorecard which tracks performance globally).

Put another way… these are very likely many of the same folks who missed Nvidia’s moonshot, Palantir’s run, who thought Apple was too expensive at $100 and – if ya really want to be honest – likely thought bank stocks were all that in 2008.

Gold has its place – don’t get me wrong.

Just don’t pretend it's some kind of shiny shield against economic chaos, trade wars and inflation. Diapers, medicine and water will probably do better, honestly.

There are smarter ways to hedge.

4 – Apple Live Translation: Just the Beginning

Apple just unveiled a new AirPods feature—real-time translation of in-person conversations. (Read)

On the surface, it’s another cool trick from Cupertino.

Zoom out—something you hear me say often.

This isn’t just about making travel easier or impressing a date by casually flexing your fluent French at a Paris café.

It’s about Apple quietly transforming AirPods into something far bigger than just audio devices.

Wait until these become medical devices.

The margins’ll get real interesting.

Hearing aids. Biometric tracking. Real-time health monitoring. AirPods won’t just be an accessory—they’ll be a necessity for millions.

And guess what?

Insurance companies will foot the bill. Governments will push adoption. Consumers? They’ll upgrade on autopilot.

Your doctor will prescribe Apple devices within a few years.

That medical pivot—a term I coined in 2014 when I first caught wind of what’s happening and shared it with investors—isn’t even remotely factored into current prices.

Wall Street still values Apple as if it’s just a iPhone company.

Meanwhile, Team Cook is quietly laying the groundwork to dominate health tech the same way Apple revolutionized music, smartphones, and wearables.

I know what I’ll be doing.

Hope you do, too.

5 – Do NOT scan any mystery gift

There is apparently a new scam out there and it’s exceptionally dangerous.

Here’s how it works.

Victims receive a mystery package from an unknown party complete with your name, information and official looking packaging from one of the biggies – think Amazon, Walmart etc – and in it there’s a card saying you’ve received a gift. (Read)

But you don’t know who sent it.

So, naturally, the very same note invites you to scan the QR code included at which point everything on your device is compromised… names, contacts, credit cards, accounts, links etc.

Ace analyst Hayley also tells me as I type that a variation of this is being used in England where criminals are putting fake QR codes over the top of legitimate QR codes at car parks. So, it’s a bonus – you get your money stolen and a fine from the authorities! Yeesh 🤦‍

If only criminals would put half of that creativity and energy into something useful!!