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@michaelhardrada.bsky.social
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Investments, Geopolitics & Security ScotiaBank Alum, former thestreet.com writer, former ICE partner (ETF developer), Homeland Security, former public REIT exec. SIGMA Trader. Started in North America. Living it up in Portugal.

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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Fucking disgrace
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Promises made. Promises kept.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
That’s called lying
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
When you don’t understand how anything works you think everything is a conspiracy.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Eventually the reflexive buy the dip retail crowd will get trapped. Gonna be ugly when it happens.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
When do we get regime change in the US? By the administration‘s own definition they should be next…
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
For someone who constantly puts things in game terms he has no understanding of game theory. In fact, he is the poster child for how to make all the rookie mistakes.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Listen up kids. Actions have consequences and those you slight will remember.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
There are not simple answers to complex problems. Only small minds think so.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Trump, in ways never seen before, is best at alienating allies and destroying the reputation of the US. He is the GOAT.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
He fundamentally mischaracterises the game he is playing. He thinks he is playing a series of one off games when in reality he is playing a repeated game.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Trump on the receiving end of FAFO
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
This won’t work anymore. As usual he has overplayed his hand.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Next week’s headline “Frustrated Trump threatens Iran with nukes”
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The fact that we are even talking about this tells you everything you need to know.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
If you feel the need to keep explaining to everyone you’ve won, You haven’t. It’s a performative contradiction. Authentic victory is self evident.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Countries of the world, if you are listening, weakening the US economy weakens Trump. Repatriation of your capital lowers stock prices and increases interest rates. Go after the wealth effect. #japan #germany #china #uk
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Pressure to cut rates matters not unless the gov’t only borrows on the very short end.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Something about a Handmaid’s Tale…
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Good to know 😩
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
If I’m Tim Cook I hold a press conference and just say iPhones are 25% more expensive now and you can blame Trump. Switching costs are higher than 25% so better value for Apple to direct anger at Trump because Trumps folds when the pressure rises.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
bloomberg.com
AI Sometimes Deceives to Survive. Does Anybody Care?
Lawmakers are neglecting AI safety even as it shows more deceptive behavior. That is a grave mistake.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This administration has a lot to be proud of… Breathtaking corruption, total disregard for rule of law, world class incompetence, and grade school level negotiating skills. #econsky
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The arsonist doesn’t get credit for putting out the fire #econsky
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Sell America First #TrumpCrash
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I feel like we’re going back to “bad news is good news” environment. #econsky
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
On Earth 2 President Harris is stimulating small businesses, the Fed is cutting, housing is improving, Republicans are regrouping. Markets are functioning in an orderly fashion #econsky
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
I feel like we’re living in an episode of black mirror. #econsky
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Breathtaking incompetence #econsky #TrumpCrash
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Adam Posen @adamposen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Trade Wars Are Easy to Lose My latest. Escalation with China will be Trump's economic equivalent of the Vietnam War. The US will lose bigly. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... via @foreignaffairs.com
foreignaffairs.com
Trade Wars Are Easy to Lose
Beijing has escalation dominance in the U.S.-China tariff fight.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Good morning. A reminder that historically when the US has wanted to punish other countries, it imposed sanctions on them, cutting their people off from global trade, hoping to create enough economic havoc that they rein in their leaders. Trump has imposed economic sanctions on the American people.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Is the country still headed in the right direction? Asking for a friend…
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Move along. Nothing to see here. #econsky
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Only Trump can make billions on the way to losing trillions #TrumpCrash
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Can we call it the #TrumpCrash yet? #econsky
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
China Has Already Trade-War-Proofed Its Economy www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
bloomberg.com
China Has Already Trade-War-Proofed Its Economy
Companies and consumers will feel the pain from tariffs much less than Americans.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Breathtaking corruption
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Trade war -> Capital war -> Hot war?
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
If globalism is reversing why would the US consumer continue its role in the global economy as major consumer? In that world there is no reason for CDA, EU, CHINA to negotiate. Just reorient your economy such that you don’t need them anymore. Painful in the short term but necessary in the long term.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Too many people are using rational arguments to explain decision making from irrational people.
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I see a lot of hope out there. Hope tariffs are short term. Hope this is a negotiation tactic. Hope is not a strategy. #econsky
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
When does a trade become a capital war? Asking for a friend…
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Andrea Soni @andreasoni.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This is such a disaster. I’m ready to roast marshmallows on it. I am so angry at everyone who wanted this, voted for this and everyone who is leading it that I cannot wait for the capital warfare. Maybe ask Sara who holds the cards in the capital warfare?
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The fish rots from the head
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
What he said 👇🏼
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
When is now, 2025, there is no if. Take away rule of law and capital flight is what you get. Turkey anyone… #econsky
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Mark my words, what we are seeing in Turkey today is a preview of what will happen in the Failing USA at some point when Trump crosses a line he doesn’t know is a line. The market will be savage in response. #econsky
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We are the frog in the boiling water…
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HARDRADA @michaelhardrada.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
#GOLD and #ChinaStocks thank you very much. Every else sucks. #econsky #finsky
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