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You Don't 'Own Enough Cash' For What's About To Happen, Warns Economist | Tavi Costa

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  July 18, 2026 at 18:32  |  50:50  |  The David Lin Report
Speakers
Tavi Costa — CEO, Azura Capital

Summary

Tavi Costa warns that US fiscal imbalances make further monetary tightening impossible, ensuring inflationary policies that benefit hard assets. He advises avoiding overbought tech stocks and rotating into gold, silver, copper, deeply discounted gold miners (especially Agnico Eagle), energy stocks, and Latin America via the Chile ETF (ECH). He views the current sell-off in precious metals and miners as a significant accumulation opportunity within a secular bull market.

  • Tech sector is overbought and highly concentrated; risk/reward is poor and exposure should be avoided.
  • US debt and deficits will force the Fed to stay accommodative, undermining the dollar and sustaining inflation.
  • Gold and silver are in a secular bull market; the recent steep correction is an accumulation opportunity.
  • Copper is in a structural supply-demand imbalance and is acting as a safe haven, with explosive upside ahead.
  • Gold mining stocks (GDX) are historically undervalued relative to gold, with senior producers like Agnico Eagle (AEM) presenting the best opportunity.
  • Latin America, especially Chile via ECH, offers indirect copper exposure and benefits from commodity-driven capital flows.
  • Energy stocks, particularly oil and gas, are becoming attractive at current levels and fit within a hard-asset rotation.
  • Broad emerging markets are not a clean trade due to heavy China weight; commodity-producing EM is preferred.
Ideas
Tavi Costa CEO, Azura Capital 1:23
Tech overbought, avoid.
The technology sector is overbought and highly concentrated, offering poor risk/reward. He would shy away from any exposure and not rotate back into tech.
Tavi Costa CEO, Azura Capital 2:47
Gold miners deeply discounted.
Gold mining stocks, as represented by GDX, are down 45-50%, an unprecedented discount relative to the gold price. In a secular bull market for metals, this presents a very significant opportunity.
Tavi Costa CEO, Azura Capital 23:59
Chile ETF proxy for copper.
Latin America will attract institutional capital in a hard assets era, with Chile as a copper proxy. The ECH ETF follows copper prices indirectly and offers exposure to a country that is the 'Saudi Arabia of copper'.
Tavi Costa CEO, Azura Capital 29:40
Gold secular bull, buy dip.
Gold is in a secular bull market, the recent sell-off is an accumulation opportunity. Inflation-adjusted gold is not at all-time highs, the system cannot afford higher rates, and central banks are structurally accumulating.
Tavi Costa CEO, Azura Capital 30:05
Silver oversold, buy.
Silver prices are extremely attractive at these levels, deeply oversold historically, and should be bought as part of the precious metals bull market.
Tavi Costa CEO, Azura Capital 34:01
Copper explosive upside ahead.
Copper is transitioning from a cyclical commodity to a safe haven driven by structural demand (data centers, onshoring) and severe supply constraints. Breaking all-time highs historically leads to explosive upside, and copper is showing unusual resilience.
Tavi Costa CEO, Azura Capital 42:29
Agnico Eagle undervalued, accumulate.
Agnico Eagle is down 44% despite owning generational mines with decades of cash flow, an exceptional management team, and profitability at gold prices well below current levels. He is accumulating aggressively, making it one of his largest gold positions.
Tavi Costa CEO, Azura Capital 47:04
Energy stocks attractive now.
Energy stocks, particularly oil and gas, are becoming more attractive at current price levels. The risk/reward is favorable, especially when paired with existing precious metals and mining exposure. Natural gas service businesses also look interesting.
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This The David Lin Report video, published July 18, 2026, features Tavi Costa discussing XLK, GDX, ECH, GLD, SILVER, COPPER, AEM, XLE. 8 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Tavi Costa  · Tickers: XLK, GDX, ECH, GLD, SILVER, COPPER, AEM, XLE