Nick Hodge,
Publisher
Sept. 30, 2025
I don’t care if the government shuts down.
It won’t affect me or my family in any meaningful way.
Not only have we taken meaningful steps to insulate ourselves from government ineptitude, we’re also fans of Thoreau on the matter: "That government is best which governs least."
While the best a gambler can hope for is to die in his sleep, the best a responsible sovereign individual can hope for is for the government to do as little as possible.
Perhaps you prefer Rick Rule over Thoreau or Rogers: “Republican or Democrat, the process and then bias are the same, less individual liberty.”
And boy, has that individual liberty gotten expensive.
Want to extract your kids from public schools where boys are legally allowed to play in and dominate girls’ sports? That’ll be tens of thousands of dollars per kid per year.
Want your daughter to have access to all the health care options she deserves? That might now require an out-of-state trip with significant out-of-pocket expenses.
Want to move your family out of hollowed out downtown cores where fentanyl-fueled zombies are Thriller-dancing while committing rampant property crimes and thefts? There’s a 3-bed rancher for sale down the road from me for a paltry $800,000. I’m sure you could get them down to $799,999.
Money can’t buy happiness, of course. But it can definitely buy you the ability to significantly reduce the involvement of government in your life. And that’s priceless.
Given the rate of government-fueled inflation and currency debasement, you need to own assets to do that.
And you need ever higher rates of return to stay ahead. To stay separated. To remain sovereign. Because every Tom, Dick, and Harry is now making +20% per year in the Nasdaq and S&P.
How are we doing it?
For us, private placements have been far and away the best tool to consistently generate above-average returns.
Yes, I have IRAs and 401(k). Yes, I do the VOO and other index funds and broad ETFs. Yes, I own Bitcoin. Yes, I have physical metals holdings. I’ve bought annuities. I’ve bought art.
Traditional assets can help, but they don’t get you ahead of the curve anymore. That’s why I’ve turned to a niche most investors never even hear about…
I’ve sniffed to the end of the investment trail, and have concluded that private placements in public equities offer me the best upside and risk profile given my connections to the natural resource market.
Rick would likely agree. We’ve now been in several deals together that offer significant evidence of the power of private placements.
I had to take a time machine to dig some of them up, but here’s a list of the deals I’ve been fortunate to be in alongside him.
Back in 2017/2018 we participated in financings (private placements) for AbraPlata. Split-adjusted, those financings were done at C$1.00 and C$1.50. That was well ahead of the company becoming AbraSilver, and trading at C$7.50 this week.
In 2020, we financed Aldebaran Resources at C$0.30. It’s Altar deposit in Argentina has since grown into one of the best undeveloped copper-gold porphyry projects in the world. We banked 500% gains in 2024, and it’s gone higher since.
In 2022, we participated in the C$0.64 IPO for Bravo Mining. That company has since proved up a Tier-1 platinum group metals (PGM) deposit with bonus nickel and copper sulphides. We’re up more than 500% on those shares with the stock near C$4.00 after the delivery of world-class PEA this summer.
Also in 2022, we participated in an early round of funding for Rick’s pet project, Battle Bank. That company received Federal Reserve approval this summer to operate as a bank, and will start doing so shortly. We’re founding shareholders of America’s newest nationwide bank.
Earlier this year, we did a placement in Kincora Copper alongside Rick and Jeff Phillips. We did it at C$0.30. That was in July. It’s now September, and those shares have climbed as high as C$1.60, putting us up more than 430% in less than three months. We also have warrants to buy more.
Liberty is easier to secure and enjoy with ample funds.
That’s one reason we invited you to participate in all those deals with us.
Here’s the next one we’re participating in this week, government shutdown or not...
We are financing a new gold IPO in which Rick is a significant shareholder. The company just picked up a high-grade, past-producing gold mine in the Yukon, and has serious management pedigree. We are participating at a very low C$12 million valuation.
Now we’re inviting you to join us again — at the ground floor of a high-grade Yukon gold IPO, backed by Rick Rule and world-class management. Entry is just C$12 million valuation. Access closes October 8th. Miss it, and you’ll be paying multiples on the open market.
You rarely get to invest at valuations this low alongside Rick Rule.
Access is open to this tiny gold IPO through October 8th.
Call it like you see it,
Taxes, inflation, and overreach keep eroding wealth. Private placements in resource companies offer a proven escape hatch. See the track record-and the newest gold deal open for investors now.
Nick Hodge
Publisher, Daily Profit Cycle