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In this episode of Milk Road Macro, fintech executive and investor Mel Mattison exposes the hidden plumbing of the financial system - from "shadow" QE to the collateral crisis lurking behind tokenization - and explains why 2026 will be a stock picker’s market where the easy money has already been made.
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Mel Mattison: https://x.com/MelMattison1
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In this episode of Milk Road Macro, the godfather of global liquidity breaks down what’s actually driving markets beneath the surface, and why 2026 could look very different from what most investors expect.
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Michael J. Howell: https://substack.com/@capitalwars
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In this episode of Milk Road Macro, Chris Irons (aka Quoth the Raven) delivers an unfiltered breakdown of why today’s market is unlike anything we’ve seen before. Record valuations. Exploding debt. The Federal Reserve is trapped between inflation and collapse. And a growing sense that nobody, not policymakers, not investors, really knows how this ends.
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Chris Irons: https://x.com/QTRResearch
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In this episode of Milk Road Macro, veteran trader and macro analyst Francis Hunt (The Market Sniper) lays out why we’ve entered a new financial regime where sovereign debt is no longer a safe asset, currencies are being quietly debased, and hard assets are starting to reprice in real time.
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Francis Hunt: https://x.com/themarketsniper
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In this episode of Milk Road Macro, we’re joined by Bart Smith, former head of digital asset strategy at Susquehanna and current CEO of Avalanche Treasury Company, to unpack why crypto’s struggles may have less to do with technology and everything to do with macro, liquidity, and maturity.
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Bart Smith: https://x.com/gbartsmith
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Today’s guest, Kevin Muir, The Macro Tourist, breaks down why this move represents a complete script-flip from the Fed, why Powell’s guidance may no longer matter, and why investors are missing the most important second-order effects shaping 2026.
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The Macro Tourist: https://themacrotourist.com/
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The global monetary system is shaking… and one of the sharpest macro minds alive says the cracks are no longer theoretical. In today’s episode, legendary macro commentator Grant Williams joins us to explain why trust in the U.S.-led financial order is collapsing, why central banks are sprinting into gold, and why the next phase of QE could arrive far sooner than markets think.
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Grant Williams: https://x.com/ttmygh
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What if the economy you think you’re living in… doesn’t exist anymore?In today’s episode, EB Tucker drops one of the most non-consensus macro takes you’ll hear all year: capitalism isn’t dying, it’s already dead. And what replaced it is something far more engineered, more controlled, and more influential for investors than anyone wants to admit.
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EB Tucker: https://thetuckerletter.substack.com/
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In today’s episode, we get into the story behind gold’s surge, why nations are standing for physical delivery like never before, and how BRICS are building a SWIFT-free, gold-settled financial order through mBridge, multi-jurisdictional vaults, and blockchain rails.
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Andy Schectman: https://x.com/ASchectman
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In today’s episode, former Sotheby’s CEO, NYU professor, Tad Smith breaks down the macro transformation happening beneath the headlines: soaring productivity, softening labor markets, and the rise of AI as a new form of economic capital. It’s a front-row view of the biggest economic shift of the decade, where GDP keeps rising, job demand keeps falling, and society scrambles to redefine purpose in a post-labor world.
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Tad Smith: https://x.com/tadtweets
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