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

US complaints on China trade practices echo UK complaints on China trade from 1770 (FFTT, 6/17/25)

China’s vision of trade is exporting without importing.     -Brad Setser, Council on Foreign Relations, via WSJ, 6/14/25 In volume terms, which adjust for the effect of exchange rates, Chinese imports through March haven’t grown at all since the end of 2022—while exports have rocketed 33% higher, according to data from the Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis…     -Wall Street Journal, “Trade with China is Becoming a One-Way Street”, 6/14/25 …beneath the hatches sealed with tar,

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US threatens an economic “Iron Curtain” – but the west is on the “USSR side” of the curtain…Part 2 (FFTT, 6/10/25)

US threatens an economic “Iron Curtain”…but the west is on the “USSR side” of the curtain     -Title of the 7/30/24 edition of FFTT In a few simple charts we show that the BRICS+ make and net export goods while the West (US, EU, Japan, etc.) make and net export debt; as such,any economic “Iron Curtain” is highly likely to accelerate several powerful structural forces in coming quarters/years: a) Deflation and lower bond yields in the

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