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Free Solar, Fatal Math

Space-based AI data centers solve the one problem space doesn't have. The people pricing the risk can't make the numbers work... and that's the tell.

Strikeline · 2026-06-19 · David H. Friedel Jr.

The Receipt

They sold you a war about centrifuges. It was a wealth transfer that drained the arsenal, exposed a decade of strategic neglect, and tied the rebuild to China and you paid for all of it at the pump.

Strikeline · 2026-06-16 · David H. Friedel Jr.

The Damage Is Already in the System

Oil does not need to go to $150 to matter. A month of shutdown drag plus a war-driven energy shock is enough to turn the next GDP print into a warning shot.

Strikeline · 2026-04-02 · David H. Friedel Jr.

Don't Time the Cycle. Structure Behavior Around It.

Volatility, power demand, and why I built a calendar instead of a prediction

MarketAlly · 2026-02-27 · David H. Friedel Jr.
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When the Builders Don't Die For five thousand years, every dynasty ended at the same biological constraint. That constraint is about to lift. David H. Friedel Jr. MarketAlly

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The Clearing Price

Set the Fed funds rate, breakeven inflation, hyperscaler capex and issuance plus more

Strikeline Try it From: The Treasury Market May Not Be Breaking... It May Be Searching for a New Price
The Alpha Half-Life

Set the adoption curve and the decay rate, then watch how long the market takes

Strikeline Try it From: When AI Eats Alpha
The Repo Loop

Build the stablecoin boom. Then pull the cash out and watch how it holds the Treasury market together.

MarketAlly Try it From: The Next Run on the Bank Won't Look Like a Bank Run
The Boom Is the Fuse

A productivity shock arrives. You decide its incidence and the economy's leverage.

MarketAlly Try it From: The Boom Is the Fuse
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