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Capitalist Exploits runs a fund managing over 360 million dollars. They buy what everyone else hates. Since 2019, their main portfolio has returned 168 percent. The founders invest their own money in every position they recommend to subscribers.
Why Capitalist Exploits Focuses on Hated Sectors
Most investors follow the crowd. They buy when prices rise and sell when fear hits. This creates a problem. Widespread pessimism about a stock can drive prices too low, overstating risks and understating profitability potential. The opposite happens during bubbles. Prices detach from reality.
The team at Capitalist Exploits built their strategy around this mistake. They believe the path to real wealth isn't chasing trends but finding what the crowd ignores through their unconventional approach. Their portfolios target sectors experiencing extreme outflows. Energy. Materials. Shipping. Areas where mainstream money won't touch.
This isn't gambling. The strategy involves identifying investments where potential upside significantly outweighs downside risk, offering a high-reward, low-risk scenario. They look for asymmetric opportunities. Limited downside meets massive upside potential.
The numbers back this up. The Asymmetric Gains Strategy achieved a total return of 158 percent since 2019, approximately 17.05 percent annualized, while the Dividend Income Strategy reports a 51 percent total return.
How Chris MacIntosh and Brad McFadden Built Capitalist Exploits
Chris MacIntosh is a co-founder and principal at Glenorchy Capital with a career spanning investment banking at Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan, and Robert Fleming. He left Wall Street to build his own ventures. He previously served as CEO and CIO of Seraph Ventures, directing over 35 million dollars into early-stage investments globally.
Brad McFadden managed high net worth private client funds at Henry Ansbacher and a proprietary trading book for Rand Merchant Bank. His specialty is execution. He finds deeply undervalued sectors and determines how to profit from them.
Together they manage real capital. These returns are net of all fees and derived from over 360 million dollars in real capital under management. This isn't paper trading. They're running an actual fund.
What makes this different? Skin in the game. Every stock in the Capitalist Exploits portfolios holds their personal money. The guys at Capitalist Exploits personally invest their money in every stock and asset they recommend, deeply invested in every pick they make.
The Capitalist Exploits Insider Membership Breakdown
The Insider membership gives you access to three complete portfolios. The Asymmetric Gains Strategy holds 80-plus positions targeting capital appreciation. The Dividend Income Strategy delivers over 8 percent current yield across 84 international positions. A Beginner Portfolio helps newer investors start small.
You see every position they own. You see exactly what they own, when they buy, when we sell, and why. Real-time alerts tell you when trades happen. Monthly webinars let you ask questions directly.
The education component teaches portfolio construction and risk management. You learn from decades of professional money management experience, including their complete investment process, from identifying trades to portfolio management to knowing when to sell. This isn't just stock picks. It's training.
A private community connects members globally. Access to their private community forum allows you to chat with fellow Insider members live, discuss trades, help each other out, and organise in-person meetups. Serious investors sharing research and strategies.
Capitalist Exploits stands behind the quality of its research with a 30-day, full money-back guarantee on an Insider membership for any reason, no questions asked. You can test the service risk-free. If it doesn't deliver, you get your money back.
The typical price sits around 2,499 dollars per year. Sales occasionally drop this to 1,499 dollars. Access to the full Capitalist Exploits platform includes everything. No upsells. No hidden costs.
What Real Performance Looks Like With Capitalist Exploits
Performance claims matter less than verified results. Their Insider Portfolio performance shows the Asymmetric Gains Strategy with 168 percent total return since 2019 and the Dividend Income Strategy with 66 percent total return, though these numbers are self-reported without independent verification.
Still, the transparency stands out. Capitalist Exploits has earned an exceptional 4.8 out of 5 rating on Trustpilot, which is crazy impressive considering the nearly 500 reviews. Most services don't come close to that rating.
Real subscribers report meaningful gains. One subscriber stated they have been managing investments for over 20 years and Insider is the best newsletter investment service they have encountered, making good solid gains.
The strategy requires patience. Performance claims note many recommendations trade on foreign exchanges and the strategy requires patience measured in years, not months. This isn't day trading. Positions can take years to pay off.
Recent market conditions favor their approach. The S&P 500 is up just 1.36 percent year-to-date while Russell 2000 small caps surge 6.75 percent, with Energy up 19.1 percent and Materials up 13.6 percent delivering asymmetric returns contrarians seek. Unloved sectors are moving.
Who Should Join Capitalist Exploits
This service targets experienced investors. Capitalist Exploits is worth considering for sophisticated contrarian investors with 30,000 dollars-plus who can execute global trades and hold through multi-year cycles. You need capital to spread across 70-plus positions.
You also need access to international markets. Many positions trade on foreign exchanges. Your broker must support global trading. Restrictions apply for some countries.
The research can overwhelm beginners. The depth of analysis provided can be overwhelming, especially for novice investors, with focus on complex strategies and global macroeconomic trends requiring significant time and effort. You're reading weekly newsletters. Watching webinars. Tracking multiple sectors simultaneously.
Contrarian investing demands emotional discipline. Many contrarian opportunities take time to play out, so successful contrarian investing requires conviction and patience without expecting quick gains. You buy when everyone sells. You hold when prices drop further. You wait years for vindication.
The Capitalist Exploits approach works for self-directed investors who want institutional-quality research. It's designed primarily for experienced, self-directed investors comfortable with long holding periods and global market exposure, more specialized than investors seeking simple U.S. stock picks or short-term trading ideas require.
The Capitalist Exploits Sector Strategy Explained
Most newsletters pick individual stocks using bottom-up stock-picking analysis. Capitalist Exploits starts with top-down sector analysis and macroeconomic thesis development. Every recommendation begins with a unique opportunity identified at the sector level through rigorous research into market cyclicality, valuation metrics, and sentiment extremes to find entire markets ready to explode before choosing individual equities best positioned to capitalize on the secular trend or cyclical recovery.
This approach reduces single-stock risk. One company might fail. The sector thesis still plays out through other holdings. You capture the macro trend without betting everything on one ticker.
They target extreme undervaluation. Energy and healthcare sectors lagged in 2024 as prime examples of mispricing, with energy remaining undervalued as demand from construction, mining, and oil and gas rebounds. When sentiment hits bottom, value investors step in.
The portfolio construction diversifies across themes. Energy transition. Shipping routes. Agricultural inputs. Precious metals. Each theme represents a multi-year opportunity. Multiple positions within each theme spread risk.
Position sizing limits downside. They're limiting risk so that if one pick goes to zero, the most they stand to lose is 1 to 2 percent of the portfolio, despite aiming for multiples on each investment. This creates true asymmetry. Small losses. Huge potential gains.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Capitalist Exploits?
Capitalist Exploits is an investment research service founded by Chris MacIntosh and Brad McFadden. They manage over 360 million dollars in real capital using contrarian strategies. Members get access to their complete portfolios and real-time trade alerts.
How much does Capitalist Exploits cost?
The standard price is 2,499 dollars per year for the Insider membership. Sales often reduce this to 1,499 dollars. All features are included with no additional upsells. A 30-day money-back guarantee covers new members.
What returns has Capitalist Exploits delivered?
Their Asymmetric Gains Strategy reports 168 percent total return since 2019. The Dividend Income Strategy shows 66 percent total return with an 8.1 percent current yield. These are self-reported figures net of all fees.
Who runs Capitalist Exploits?
Chris MacIntosh and Brad McFadden are the founders. MacIntosh worked at Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan before managing his own ventures. McFadden managed high-net-worth client funds and proprietary trading books before founding Glenorchy Capital with MacIntosh.
Is Capitalist Exploits suitable for beginners?
No, the service targets experienced investors with at least 30,000 dollars to invest. The strategy requires patience, global market access, and emotional discipline. Beginners may find the research overwhelming and the holding periods too long.
Join the growing community of investors accessing institutional-quality research designed for individuals who refuse to follow the crowd.
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