Macro research on Capital Markets, Geopolitics & the Madness of Crowds — all through the lens of the Dollar Milkshake Theory. By Brent Johnson.
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We cover the intersection of financial markets, geopolitics and the madness of crowds as we view them through our famework of the Dollar Milkshake Theory.
Macro, markets, and the stories everyone is telling themselves. China, Japan, Gold, AI, Crypto. The consensus is usually right about the facts and wrong about what the facts mean. Sometimes I write about other things too. Founder @ DeFi Advisors.
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