Money & Megatrends

December 5, 2025

By Brian Hunt

Inside today’s issue:

The robotics trend stages a major breakout to an all-time high. Let’s talk about the great secrets of success.
Four of the world’s “mega miners” broke out to new highs today. The bull market in critical resources rolls on.
The S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF powers to a new high, laying waste to the “narrow market” bear thesis.
The AI-fueled natural gas trade is generating gains. Are you on board?

The Robotics Megatrend Breaks Out to an All-Time High. Let’s Talk About the Great Secrets of Life and Happiness.

Robotics stocks are soaring today.

It’s virtually raining money on this industry right now. Opportunity is everywhere.

So, let’s talk about one of the great secrets of success.

A heavy subject for a Friday, I know. But the recent surge in robotics stocks makes this a perfect time to talk about it.

One of the pillars of this publication is the belief that success comes more easily and more quickly when you work and invest in industries with such strong growth… such awesome upside potential… such powerful and captivating narratives… such strong money flows into them… that a moron could make a fortune in them – situations where you can fall ass backwards into success.

You want to invest in trends where the market is pouring money in… a phrase that Mark Minervini, the great stock trader, would describe as “easy dollars” rather than “hard pennies” being made. Again, success comes so much easier and larger when you do this. It’s like running through life downhill rather than uphill. This is something you want to tell and show your kids about 1,000 times between the ages of 12 and 18. Get them into booming industries.

This brings us to the robotics megatrend.

Over the past 18 months, I’ve urged friends and colleagues to become heavily involved in the robotics megatrend. It is one of the biggest financial opportunities of our lives.

At Money & Megatrends, we occasionally trade and track trends that last less than 12 months. The robotics megatrend will last more than 12 years.

It is a massive, multifaceted trend that will transform the world. It will yield greater factory automation, surgical robots, autonomous cars, autonomous air taxis, humanoid worker robots, and much more. It will allow us to interact with AI every day. Robotics investment is expected to increase by at least 15% annually through the rest of this decade. Within five years, Amazon will utilize more robots than employees.

Much more important than this forecast, however, is what the market thinks of this forecast. This week, the market reminded us that it loves this forecast. As we highlighted yesterday, robotics leader Teradyne (TER) just climbed to a new 1-year high. Also, one of the largest robotics-focused investment funds, the ROBO Global Robotics and Automation ETF (ROBO), reached an all-time high today.

We state for the thousandth time this year: It is raining money in the robotics industry today and will continue to do so for a decade. Invest accordingly!

The robotics uptrend reaches a new all-time high

Four of the World’s “Mega Miners” Broke Out to New Highs. The Bull Market in Critical Resources Rolls On

“You can make money in mining right now.”

That’s one of the strongest messages the market is sending us this week.

Gold. Silver. Copper. Iron ore. Many key mining industries are trending very strongly right now. Notably, BHP Billiton (BHP), Vale (VALE), Rio Tinto (RIO), and Teck Resources (TECK) reached new 1-year highs this week.

Over the past three months, I’ve made the case that we are in a favorable environment for critical resources… one in which many individual resource sectors will generate strong returns.

Critical resources are the building blocks of the economy. Think raw materials like crude oil, natural gas, iron ore, copper, corn, and cotton.

Even today’s high-tech world of AI, apps, email, and Zoom calls is built on a “low-tech” foundation of steel, concrete, copper, lumber, and aluminum. Every day, our cars, trucks, and airplanes consume millions of barrels of fuel. Our lights turn on because we burn coal and natural gas.

Mining, extracting, planting, harvesting, processing, refining, and transporting critical vital resources is a multi-trillion-dollar business that affects every area of your life.

BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Vale, and Teck Resources are four of the world’s largest mining companies. They mine a large portion of the world’s iron ore, copper, and coal. Given their size, scope, and trading liquidity, BHP, Rio, Teck, and Vale are “go-to” choices for large money managers when they want to take positions in critical resources.

If you prefer ETFs, the strength in the four companies above is driving the iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF (PICK) – a fund comprised of many large miners – to new 1-year highs.

Right now, gold and silver are in bull markets. Uranium and uranium stocks are in a bull market. Copper is in a bull market. Coal stocks are in a bull market. And now four of the world’s largest mining companies are at bull market highs. Yes, the trend is up for critical resources.

Mega miner Rio Tinto reaches a new high

The Equal Weight S&P 500 Reaches a New All-Time High and Lays Waste to “Narrow Market” Critiques

Today, the S&P 500 approached its all-time high. It’s a bull market.

Importantly, it’s a broad bull market… as demonstrated by the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index.

The S&P 500 has returned 51% over the past two years. During this run, bearish financial gurus have consistently fought the trend, claiming the market run was “narrow.”

A “narrow” bull market is one in which a small group of stocks account for most of the index’s gains… while most stocks go down or sideways. During this cycle, the top technology stocks have posted giant gains.

But do the bears have a point?

One of the best ways to gauge whether a market is narrow is to look at the performance of the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index. The popular S&P 500 Index you hear about on the news is a “market-cap weighted” index. This means that the biggest companies, such as Nvidia and Apple, have outsized effects on the index’s value compared to smaller companies.

An “equal weight” index nullifies those market value-related impacts – assigning equal weight to each stock in an index regardless of the company size.

The chart below shows the past year’s performance of the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP), the market’s largest “equal weight” index fund. As you can see, this fund registered a new all-time high today.

It’s not just a bull market… it’s a broad bull market. Trade accordingly.

It’s a broad bull market

Market Notes

This week, the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) broke out to a new all-time high. The small-cap uptrend is here.
Heavy equipment giant Caterpillar (CAT) reached an all-time high today. This is a positive sign for the global economy.
Auto giant General Motors (GM) reached an all-time high today. This is another positive sign for the global economy.
Financial services giant Goldman Sachs (GS) reached an all-time high today. This is another positive sign for the global economy.
The iShares Transportation ETF (IYT) reached an all-time high today. This is another positive sign for the global economy.
Natural gas producers EQT (EQT) and Expand Energy (EXE) broke out to 1-year highs today. The AI-fueled natural gas trade is generating returns.