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@briangobosox briangobosox

Rigorous macro-geopolitics analyst quantifying Hormuz oil logic and Fed-inflation mechanics

Brian McCarthy (Macrolens LLC) writes deep, reasoning-first

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Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

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Not yet in the scored-bets universe (fewer than 20 scoreable calls).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-28·@briangobosox·Explicitly characterizes Warsh's speech as hawkish.·
2026-08-26·@briangobosox·Dismisses yen intervention and Treasury buybacks as weak tools presented as powerful measures.·
2026-08-26·@briangobosox·Criticizes Warsh's Fed task-force approach and lack of substantive policy proposals.·
2026-08-25·@briangobosox·States that crude oil has peaked regardless of whether a Hormuz deal occurs.·
2026-08-25·@briangobosox·Dismisses a reported claim about Oman's control over a southern shipping route.·
2026-08-25·@briangobosox·Says Fed President Collins may be reassessing her forecast while reviewing data.·
2026-08-24·@briangobosox·Warns that absent action, markets will push long-term yields higher·
2026-08-24·@briangobosox·Calls the Treasury secretary's late fiscal hawkishness non-credible·
2026-08-24·@briangobosox·Frames US trade policy as balancing strategic decoupling against an unrealistic rebalancing goal·
2026-08-24·@briangobosox·Says the Fed may counteract the referenced policy effect·
2026-08-24·@briangobosox·Warns a large-scale yield-curve twist could trigger Fed tightening or a dollar collapse·
2026-08-24·@briangobosox·Argues promised economic fixes are impossible without pain and hard decisions remain deferred·
2026-08-22·@briangobosox·Sarcastically rejects the idea that a projected 0.23% July core PCE print lets the Fed ignore broader inflation risks.·
2026-08-22·@briangobosox·Says energy and AI capex have worsened the Fed's inflation concerns since July.·
2026-08-21·@briangobosox·Interprets Fed minutes as showing a more data-dependent reaction function.·

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.