Full Narrative Index

The Archive

53 narratives tracked — live, recent, and historical. Every bubble, crash, and consensus failure documented with the voices that called it right, and the voices that didn’t.

Monitoring — active narrative
Resolved — verdict confirmed
Historical — foundational event
Live — Forming Now
20 narratives
Bond Vigilantes Return
Monitoring
US Debt / Bonds  ·  2022—Present
Fed Independence Under Threat
Monitoring
Monetary Policy  ·  2024—Present
Gold — $4,577
Monitoring
Commodities  ·  2022—Present
AI Capex Bubble
Monitoring
AI / Technology  ·  2022—Present
Dollar Decline
Monitoring
FX / Dollar  ·  2025—Present
Tariffs — Consensus Flip
Monitoring
Trade / Policy  ·  2025—Present
China Property Collapse
Monitoring
China / Real Estate  ·  2021—Present
Private Credit Leverage
Monitoring
Credit Markets  ·  2022—Present
Japan Carry Trade Unwind
Monitoring
Japan / FX  ·  2024—Present
US Housing — Locked Market
Monitoring
Real Estate  ·  2022—Present
Middle East War Risk
Monitoring
Geopolitics / Oil  ·  2023—Present
Commercial Real Estate Collapse
Monitoring
Credit / Real Estate  ·  2022—Present
US Debt & Fiscal Reckoning
Monitoring
Fiscal / Sovereign  ·  2023—Present
Deglobalization & Reshoring
Monitoring
Trade / Geopolitics  ·  2018—Present
Sovereign AI Race
Monitoring
Geopolitics / Technology  ·  2022—Present
Zombie Companies
Monitoring
Corporate Credit  ·  2022—Present
Social Security Insolvency
Monitoring
Fiscal / Demographics  ·  2025—2035
Student Debt & Gen Z Wealth Gap
Monitoring
Consumer / Demographics  ·  2023—Present
AI Bubble or Revolution?
Monitoring
Technology  ·  2022—Present
US Debt Reckoning
Monitoring
Fiscal / Sovereign  ·  2023—Present
Recent History — 2008 to Present
11 narratives
Global Financial Crisis
Resolved
Credit / Banking  ·  2007—2009
SVB & Regional Bank Crisis
Resolved
Banking  ·  2023
UK Gilt Crisis
Resolved
Sovereign / Fiscal  ·  2022
COVID-19 Pandemic
Resolved
Macro / Public Health  ·  2020—2023
Taper Tantrum
Resolved
Fed / EM  ·  2013
Eurozone Debt Crisis
Resolved
Sovereign Debt  ·  2010—2015
FTX Collapse
Resolved
Crypto / Fraud  ·  2022
ESG Bubble
Resolved
Investment Strategy  ·  2019—2024
The SPAC Boom
Resolved
Equity / IPO  ·  2020—2022
Crypto Cycle
Resolved
Digital Assets  ·  2017—2023
Dot-com IPO Fraud
Historical
Securities Fraud  ·  1999—2003
1990s — The Age of Contagion
7 narratives
Long-Term Capital Management
Resolved
Hedge Fund / Systemic  ·  1994—1998
Asian Financial Crisis
Resolved
EM Currency  ·  1997—1998
Russia Default 1998
Resolved
Sovereign Default  ·  1998
Mexico Peso Crisis
Resolved
EM Currency  ·  1994—1995
Dot-com Bubble
Resolved
Technology / Equity  ·  1995—2002
Black Wednesday
Resolved
FX / Sovereign  ·  1992
S&L Crisis
Resolved
Banking / Regulation  ·  1986—1995
1970s–1980s — Inflation, Oil & Debt
7 narratives
OPEC Oil Embargo 1973
Historical
Commodities / Geopolitics  ·  1973—1974
Oil Shock & Stagflation
Resolved
Commodities / Macro  ·  1973—1982
Volcker Shock
Resolved
Monetary Policy  ·  1979—1983
Plaza Accord 1985
Historical
FX / Coordination  ·  1985—1990
Latin American Debt Crisis
Resolved
Sovereign Debt  ·  1982—1989
Black Monday 1987
Historical
Equity Markets  ·  1987
Nixon Closes the Gold Window
Historical
Monetary System  ·  1971
Modern EM — Crisis Patterns
3 narratives
Turkey Currency Crisis
Resolved
EM Currency  ·  2018—2023
Argentina Default
Resolved
Sovereign Default  ·  2001—2002
Iceland Banking Collapse
Resolved
Banking / Sovereign  ·  2008—2012
Japanese Bubble — The Lost Decades Template
1 narratives
Japanese Asset Bubble
Resolved
Asset Bubble  ·  1986—2003
Historical — The Foundational Events
4 narratives
Great Depression
Historical
Macro / Monetary  ·  1929—1939
Roaring Twenties & 1929 Crash
Historical
Equity / Speculation  ·  1924—1932
Weimar Hyperinflation
Historical
Monetary History  ·  1921—1923
Nifty Fifty Bubble
Historical
Equity Valuation  ·  1972—1974