MichaelAArouet 5.0 132 ideas

After 1 day
50%winrate
-0.2% avg
27W / 27L · 54/113 ideas
After 1 week
46%winrate
-0.5% avg
26W / 30L · 56/113 ideas
After 1 month
46%winrate
-0.2% avg
27W / 32L · 59/113 ideas
27 winning  /  32 losing  ·  59 positions (30d)
Net: -0.2%
By sector
ETF
69 ideas -1.0%
Stock
28 ideas +2.2%
currency
25 ideas +1.3%
Crypto
4 ideas +1.9%
Commodity
4 ideas +7.0%
index
1 ideas
sector
1 ideas
Top tickers (by frequency)
EWG 11 ideas
50% W +3.8%
GBP 10 ideas
EUR 10 ideas
EWQ 7 ideas
50% W +3.2%
EWI 7 ideas
0% W -2.6%
Best and worst calls
The author is bearish on the German economy, believing its current socio-political direction is fundamentally undermining its long-term economic strength and competitiveness.
EWG HIGH Feb 22, 19:57
"I've said it before: Germany has lost the values that made it a global powerhouse."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ long-term Source ↗
February 22, 2026 at 19:57
The author predicts a change in government in the upcoming Hungarian elections, which would likely be viewed positively by markets as a reduction in political risk.
EWH MED Feb 22, 17:58
"It seems Viktor Orbán will be sent into well-deserved retirement."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ short-term Source ↗
February 22, 2026 at 17:58
High labor costs in France will accelerate the replacement of traditional office jobs with AI, creating a long-term structural headwind for the French economy.
EWQ MED Feb 21, 17:40
"AI deployment jobs will be the only French office jobs left."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ long-term Source ↗
February 21, 2026 at 17:40
France's consistent failure to meet fiscal targets and lack of structural reforms will precipitate a new Eurozone crisis, leading to significant currency debasement.
EUR USD MED Feb 19, 09:50
"With no structural reforms, the next euro crisis will start in France."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ long-term Source ↗
February 19, 2026 at 09:50
The German economy is structurally broken, and fiscal stimulus without deep reforms will fail to solve the underlying crisis, suggesting further downside.
EWG HIGH Feb 18, 16:17
"More debt to fix a few bridges or plant more trees in Berlin, without deep structural reforms, won’t change anything."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ long-term Source ↗
February 18, 2026 at 16:17
The author is making a clear assertion that the current market structure is not a bubble analogous to the dot-com era, implying that a major tech-led crash is not imminent.
QQQ MED Feb 18, 13:44
"It’s really different this time. There is no analogy to the dotcom bubble."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ medium-term Source ↗
February 18, 2026 at 13:44
The author posits that the market's positive reaction to falling inflation is misplaced, as the underlying drivers (weak growth, rising unemployment) are fundamentally bearish for equities.
SPY MED Feb 18, 09:49
"Apologies for being a party pooper, but inflation going down due to lacklustre growth and rising unemployment is not a good thing, or something to brag about."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ medium-term Source ↗
February 18, 2026 at 09:49
The author believes France's political dysfunction will prevent necessary economic reforms, leading to underperformance of French equities.
EWQ MED Feb 17, 15:54
"There won’t be any reforms or privatizations."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ medium-term Source ↗
February 17, 2026 at 15:54
The author makes a high-conviction prediction that Netflix (and related media industries) will become obsolete in the near future, implying a structural collapse of the business model.
NFLX HIGH Feb 16, 22:16
"They will be mostly gone two years from now, or even sooner."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ medium-term Source ↗
February 16, 2026 at 22:16
The French economic model is structurally unsound and unsustainable due to an overly small private sector tax base supporting the majority of the population, implying long-term economic underperformance.
EWQ MED Feb 16, 08:39
"only one-third of French people have a private-sector job."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ long-term Source ↗
February 16, 2026 at 08:39
AI will automate and eliminate high-skill professional jobs (law, finance, medicine), causing significant long-term disruption to the broad economy.
SPY HIGH Feb 15, 16:05
"These jobs will be gone when they finish."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ long-term Source ↗
February 15, 2026 at 16:05
The German economy is in decline due to systemic issues like poor infrastructure and outdated business practices, suggesting underperformance.
EWG MED Feb 15, 09:34
"How did Germany go from a powerhouse to being so laughable?"
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ medium-term Source ↗
February 15, 2026 at 09:34
Short Indian IT/business service providers as their core business of rules-based, repetitive tasks is highly vulnerable to disruption and replacement by AI.
INFY MED Feb 12, 08:03
"Can you imagine what will happen to Indian and Eastern European business services providers, like accounting or call centres? That’s the first work to be replaced by AI, all rules-based and repetitive tasks."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ medium-term Source ↗
February 12, 2026 at 08:03
The author is bearish on the German economy, arguing that the government's policy choices are counterproductive to addressing negative structural trends like brain drain and insolvencies.
EWG HIGH Feb 11, 08:49
"Germany needs structural reforms, fewer regulations and lower taxes, but the left in government demands higher taxes and more debt instead."
𝕏 @MichaelAArouet ⏲ long-term Source ↗
February 11, 2026 at 08:49
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