Pre-open brief — Thursday 17 September 2026

Percentages and themes only. Nothing from this portfolio is stated in dollars, no account is named and no position size is given. Figures quoted inside a news headline are that publication’s, not mine. Advice only; nothing here has been traded.

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Palantir Plus. Thursday pre-open brief.

The book is up 0.11 percent in Wednesdays session.
2 items crossed a threshold.

Defense excluding Palantir is at 13.9 percent against a 12.0 percent ceiling. That is 1.9 percentage points too much. The recommended trades bring it to 11.7 percent, which clears it.

The book with a defensive floor is below it for this year: 5.8 percent defensive against a 25.0 percent floor. The recommended trades take it to 28.2 percent.

There are 7 recommendations on the table. These are advice. Nothing is placed for you.
Close out Intuitive Machines.
Close out Drone Delivery Canada.
The U.S. aerospace and defence E T F: trim it in one book and close it out in another.
Close out the rare earth miners E T F.
Close out Eupraxia.
Close out Oracle.

Where the weight sits.
Palantir, 22.0 percent.
Broad index, 15.9 percent.
Defense and space, 13.9 percent.
Mega-cap tech, 12.7 percent.
Canadian banks, 11.7 percent.

Palantir is 22.0 percent of the book, up 1.03 percent in Wednesdays session. It is a permanent hold on your instruction and is never up for trimming.

The shadow ledger has 3 calls still holding. None was invalidated.

Headlines touching what you own.
Reuters: Dollarama raises annual sales forecast in Canada as cost.
Bloomberg: China, US Discuss Tariff Concessions to Extend Trade Truce.
Bloomberg: TSMC Co-COO Says Cautious With AI a ‘Three-Year-Old Superman’.
Reuters: Palantir, Nvidia curb AI model use over data fears.

That is the brief. Dollar amounts, account names and the full reasoning are in the console on your PC. Advice only — nothing here has been traded.

Sources for the headlines above