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VRA Letter: VRA Portfolio, 2025: +41.8%. The Government is Officially Shut Down (buy signal). BTC’s Best Quarter. Semis Leading the Market; NVDA…

Good Wednesday morning. Heads up: Tyler will be on "War Zone” with Wayne Allyn Root tonight at 7:30 est. War Zone is Waynes red hot new video podcast in partnership with The Gateway Pundit. You can watch via X (@realwayneroot) ...

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Good Wednesday morning. Heads up: Tyler will be on "War Zone” with Wayne Allyn Root tonight at 7:30 est. War Zone is Waynes red hot new video podcast in partnership with The Gateway Pundit. You can watch via X (@realwayneroot), untamednation.com and Rumble. Hope you can join us. 

2025 Returns: Broad Market & VRA Portfolio 

Q3 ended with each major index higher, led by the Russell 2000 which put up gains of 12%. For the full year here are the returns through 9/30/25:

- S&P 500: +14.1%

- Dow Jones: +9%

- Nasdaq: +17.3%

- Russell 2000: +9.2%

Through 9/30/25 the VRA Portfolio is up 41.8% (net-net of all trades/positions), outperforming our primary bogey (Russell 2000) by 4.5 x. 

Our top performers for the year:

- Nvidia: +75.5%

- Galaxy Digital: +99%

- Snowline Gold: +122%

- Vista Gold: +287%

In addition, our precious metals positions have put up gains of 47% (gold) with silver soaring 61%. As we kicked off 2025 our target for gold was $4000/o...

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