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What Is Happening With The AUCTUS & Stock Markets? by David Mitchell PORTFOLIOS Read more here “Over the last couple of months commentary fervently released by the financial media and also personally listening to investors and various investment managers, Auctus has a fully developed one might jump to the conclusion that gold has lost its appeal as the all-important management wealth preservation asset tool at this in our global macro-economic system that swaps client's cycle, stock prices are the only game in town I am told! “ - David Mitchell physical metal holdings between different precious metal groups in order to maximise return to clients.

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What is Rhodium?

Rhodium (Rh) is a very rare metal, the silvery corrosive resistant luscious silvery white metal is a member of the (platinum, , , , ). It is considered the rarest and most valuable precious metal in the world, well above gold or platinum. The name rhodium comes from the Greek word "rhodon," meaning rose.

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$150,000 Auctus Performance From 1st Jan 2018 to 25th July 2019 $140,000 Gold price ( Excluding Buy Costs or Any Vault & Insurance Costs )

$130,000 PM1 ( Including Entry Costs & All Management Costs )

PM2 ( Including Entry Costs & All Management Costs ) $120,000 USD

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“Despite the gold price surging of late ahead of and platinum, PM2 has still outperformed it on the back of rhodium and palladium. This sets both portfolios up for a great springboard when Silver and Platinum eventually play catch up to the gold price surge. Both portfolios fundamentally are looking very .” – Matt Colahan

Palladium – the quiet achiever of the Precious Metals Portfolio

The main drivers of palladium’s strong performance in recent times relate to its industrial supply/demand dynamic. Being a with excellent catalytic properties, its primary end use is predominantly in the manufacture of catalytic converters for the auto industry. As historically it was typically priced at a discount Rhodium – the Precious to platinum, it became the metal of choice for metals portfolio amplifier petrol internal combustion engines (ICEs) catalytic conversion, despite its slightly As you can see, there have been multiple price inferior properties to platinum, whilst elasticity events where Rhodium prices have seen platinum was the metal of choice for the extraordinary gains only to see them fully retrace to more demanding diesel ICE catalytic lower levels. With such a high risk/ high return conversions. In recent years, more stringent investment product, successful rhodium trading is environmental regulations have put pressure more about recognising when Rhodium is good value on the diesel ICE industry which has slowed and comparatively inexpensive then waiting for an down overall platinum demand. elasticity event such as it is currently experiencing.

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Message from the Partners Useful Links

We are extremely excited to officially roll out to our international client base our physical metal portfolios • Message from Partners balancing algorithmic system. Several of our long- standing clients have been actively managed by our system for several years now, but our official global launch was delayed whilst we set up our necessary infrastructure. We have now completed the build of our state-of-the-art vaulting database system and live price Contact Us feed vaulting portal supported by the already developed and trademarked algorithm systems. We have also incorporated new bullion dealership partners, providing [email protected] the essential liquidity required in the metals traded. We also required a comprehensive audit of our systems by +65 8123 6384 BDO Global, which was completed in March 2019 to verify our net-after-cost performance results to clients. www.auctusmetals.com

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