Unique Perspectives

 

“The task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen, but to think what no one has yet thought about that which everybody sees.” -Arthur Schopenhauer. FFTT’s research routinely “thinks what no one has yet thought about that which everybody sees” – this new perspective adds significant value to our clients’ investment process and outcomes.

 

In Depth Analysis

 

FFTT marries its unique thought process with detailed analysis of the topics its writing on, not just identifying new ways to think about opportunities and risks, but also providing an investable themes backed by rigorous analysis and supporting charts.

Critical Thinking With Integrity

 

Having the physical ability to “think what no one has yet thought about that which everybody sees” is of little use to clients unless one has the integrity and independence to share those thoughts with clients. As an independent research firm wholly-owned by Luke Gromen, we have the ability to communicate to our clients in great detail “what no one has yet thought about that which everybody sees.”

Unparalleled Expertise

 

As data increasingly becomes commoditized, free thinking becomes priceless.

FFTT, LLC launched in 2014 with one goal in mind – to marry our unique dot-connecting abilities with our in-depth analytical work and our relevant historical perspectives to create differentiated, money-making insights that help our clients’ investment process and investment outcomes.

 

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Macro-Thematic Trends

Luke Gromen

Mr. X: Red-teaming the US-China trade war (FFTT, 4/22/25)

If you don’t devalue the debt-to-GDP first drastically, quickly — because we’re on the clock now — you do run this risk of a sudden stop. And a sudden stop in the U.S. would look like S&P 500 down 20% in a month…initially 10-year Treasury yields would go down, for the first little part of that.  People would say, ‘See, it’s going to work!’ And then 10-year yields would start going up. And by the

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Bessent’s “Grand Encirclement” plan just a modified version of COVID shutdowns (FFTT, 4/15/25)

Bessent has a “Grand Encirclement” plan for China     -Bloomberg, 4/12/25 A thought experiment. Imagine if: Within the next 89 days, the US, Europe, and Japan agree to go zero/zero on tariffs and remove all trade barriers. Then Europe and Japan join the US in raising tariffs on China to 145%. Then the US, Europe and Japan as a united front negotiate with China to remove tariffs and trade barriers, and put in place strong structural

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