Everyone has been paying attention to Japan this past week. On January 19th, the Governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) Haruhiko Kuroda came out and said that the BoJ is not changing its bond buying policy, which disappointed many Japanese Government Bond (JGB) short sellers. So what exactly happened? …

I want to wish everyone a prosperous and Happy New Year! 2022 was an amazing year for Armchair Banker. I started a Substack page that goes alongside my Medium writing. I get deep into global macro, investing, emerging technology, crypto, Bitcoin, and geopolitical topics on my Substack. I also had…

I was watching Breaking Points with Krystal Ball and Saager Enjeti and this was truly a humbling episode. In this episode, Saager discusses how he lost a substantial amount of money due to having his funds in BlockFi. But what Saager was mentioning in the middle of the video caught…

First off, big thanks to the 60+ people who signed up to follow me here on Armchair Banker. Thank you for the 3 people who signed up to get my stories through email. Clearly my last piece on the UK gilt market and pension crisis was a huge hit. …

One November 4th German Chancellor Olaf Scholz went to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping under the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. This visit came at a time when the White House and Downing Street are dialing up the heat on Beijing. Chancellor Scholz also plans to visit Vietnam…

It’s not a secret that the entertainment industry is one of the most corrupt and sleazy industries out there. Within entertainment, the music industry is known to be cut-throat and brutal. It is an industry where the gate-keepers (i.e.: …

I was doing research and writing about the Petrodollar for a client when I ran into the chart above. This chart made me think deeply. The chart above shows the historic correlation between the US Dollar and WTI Crude Oil Price. If you notice above till the mid-2010s oil prices…

I was recently listening to the MacroVoices podcast where the featured guest was the one and only Luke Gromen. Luke Gromen is a macro and financial markets analyst and runs a macro consulting shop called Forrest by the Trees. He is one of few macro analysts who has made sense…

Human migration has been a trend since the dawn of humankind. The most recent human migration wave was when millions of immigrants from Europe moved to the United States in seek of opportunity. Millions of immigrants went through Ellis Island seeking the American dream. Then came the 1965 Immigration Act…