iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Try harder, says Wilt Chamberlain's ghost

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Donald Quintin, CEO Lone Star Funds, on why there are so few Private equity exits when there is plenty of buyers and capital around: *The sellers don't want to mark to market* as.ft.com/r/6eebca91-f...

3275

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is it possible to dress better than this? No.

110

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

High valuations are sustained by trust; trust is built on accountabulity; but AI companies won't hold themselves accountable as.ft.com/r/b63376a8-1...

26713

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My lifelong dream -- turning the FT into a tabloid -- is realised:

0400

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

How can you hope to control the bond market when you can't find a devent tailor! Look at those arm holes!

5453

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Susan Sontag wrote “Notes on ‘Camp’” in 1964 -- the year Dolly Parton graduated high school and moved from the hills of East Tennessee to Nashville. Today, the essay reads as an homage: as.ft.com/r/89788b64-3...

0144

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Warsh's ban on forward guidance is a legitimate policy choice. The problem is that his chosen justification for it is absolute nonsense.

520846

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Unhedged chart of the week: as.ft.com/r/d9fe3718-1...

2161

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Wall Street consensus estimates for hyperscaler free cash flow. Provides a good snapshot of where the market's head is at, I think:

1813217

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I have said, repeatedly, that in war Trump will not be able to Taco. This headline suggests I could be wrong. Holy crow.

198910

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I welcome this new regime of disciplining economists who do demostrably terrible work

1174

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Whatever you may have read in the LAMESTREAM media, inflation DID NOT cool in January. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

2266

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Unhedged chart of the week: the very vertical Beveridge curve -- can it last? @hakyungkim.bsky.social Sign up here: www.ft.com/newsletter-s...

073

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

If you look at private employment only, and exclude health care, you can see how un-dynamic the job market has been since mid-2024. But you can also see a clear upward trend since October.

191

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Good recent report from Barclays yesterday taking apart the very wrong K-Shaped economy narrative. US consumption HAS NOT become more unequal or skewed toward the rich lately. Everyone please stop talking about this.

5146

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Does warsh think there is a stronger correlation between the Fed balance sheet (blue) and inflation (green) than between the balance sheet and the Fed Funds rate (orange)?

010

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Regime change occurred in US stock markets back on October 29. The last are now first.

0282

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The Fed and markets have a very serious problem ft.com/content/21b5...

14384130

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Also my new friend Amelia is just follwoing me becasue she shares my interest in the yield curve and stuff:

1300

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

except this guy, he is totally real:

3180

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A little story about the Treasury secretary, Frankling the Turtle, and Treasury prices as.ft.com/r/6e764b13-d...

0121

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

@clarkelife.bsky.social bought this on the street near the FT's New York office. It's been a weird year.

3271

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Happy veteran's day. Too small to see in the picture below: my dad, who was aboard, and safe thanks to his follow sailors. Thanks vets!

1241

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

If the aministration's strategy on the econopmy is to lie about it, American's are going notice and get pissed off. People see food prices. Try something else.

1191

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

In these polarized times, this is a landslide:

8735

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Should I go back to earrings? On the pros on cons of jewelly on (old) men: as.ft.com/r/9ad973ab-d...

250

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Unhedged chart of the week: Gooooold Sign up for COTW here: www.ft.com/newsletter-s... @hakyungkim.bsky.social

1136

Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Unhedged chart of the week: Ex-US, value stocks are CRUSHING growth stocks! Sign up for COTW here: tinyurl.com/bdd83vtx @hakyungkim.bsky.social @katie0martin.ft.com