About the blog

This blog is the product of a curious and restless person who, by chance, studied a bit of Economics and ended up working as a macro / fixed income trader. The blog was born (in Portuguese, I'll usually post first there then provide a translation to put here) roughly three years ago, with the intention to fill a hypothetical gap in the debate in Brazil about real world finance and economics (which, surprisingly, sometimes have little in common with what is discussed within the academy). During this time I managed to reach 800.000 daily visitors and refused, by idealism, dozens of millionaire offers from media conglomerates gather a handful of faithful readers (either that gap wasn't so large or what I write is pure bullshit), to whom I owe my gratitude for the discussions, alerts, and recommendations.

This is a smorgasbord (I've been looking for an opportunity to use this word for years!) that tries to provide a minimally illustrated opinion on some economics and finance themes which appear in (or are omitted by) the media, call attention to some oddities and barbarisms, share interesting readings and, occasionally and irresponsibly, make guesstimates about market trends. Since my levels of maturity, magnificence, and tolerance are still far from the ideal (it's hard to act as a devote Buddhist), sometimes I use this space to pinch some colleagues, academics, journalists, and, surprise, surprise, politicians. I try to follow a minimally consistent 'editorial line'; unfortunately, at least once a week I can't help myself and the poor visitors are forced to share my obnoxious taste on music, movies, literature and soccer football (I root for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, maybe this explains something). To avoid them, just skip the posts tagged as "off-topic".

I try, most of the time, to support my opinions with data, facts, and reliable (= who also respect data and facts) sources. I also try to keep some distance from politics and completely subjective judgments, though, dealing with subjects that are far from being exact sciences (sorry, Eugene Fama), some ideology and contradiction are inevitable. You can learn more about me reading my texts, which talk about me a great deal more than any auto-presentation I can make.

I decided to start an English version of The Drunkeynesian on March 2011, following the advice of fellow blogger João Marcus and trying to meet a growing demand for good information and analysis of the nuts and bolts of Brazilian markets and economics. As I write, the 'country of the future' seems to have reached that putative bright future, and lots of people seem to be interested on it. I think I can contribute with an insider view to justify and explain this hype, or at least provide some excuses if, again, that future has to be postponed.