Thread by @RaoulGMI

Happy New Year!

I just wanted to say thank you for a hell of a year here on Twitter.

We've all hung out together, debated, bounced off new ideas, bickered, trolled, celebrated each others victories and encouraged each other and tried to add value to the community.

We've even had fun nights on Friday night booze Twitter (Asia/Oz/NZ Saturday hangover Twitter). We've both kept each other sane over 2020 and driven each other mad, like a family. We've also enjoyed making fun of each other too and not taking ourselves too seriously.

I've tried really hard to add value where I could because that is what creates a vibrant community, where everyone tries to add value in their own way.

I've nailed some really big macro themes and got the dollar totally wrong too, but overall its been a banner year.

Im sorry for all of you who got fed up with my increasing focus on Bitcoin, but I built my thesis in March/April that it would be the most dominant trade we've ever seen over the next 18 months and that the returns would dwarf any other assets.

As a macro guy, if I see something that big with that good a risk reward, most other trades become a distraction.

Sometimes, laser focus is the single most important thing to do.

2021 will likely be another big macro year...

I don't think it will be a set it and forget it year, outside of crypto (and buying dips), but new secular trends are likely to begin to emerge, which we can capture in the years ahead - be it emerging markets or something else.

And I want to give special thanks to those of you who have been with me for my Global Macro Investor journey. That is where all my thinking gets done and shared amongst some very special people over the last 16 years. I still can't believe that everyone pays me to think...

GMI gave rise to Real Vision and Macro Insiders and also to much of the work you see here on Twitter. @TetotRemi has been by my side for the entire journey.

And a HUGE thanks for the tens of thousands of you who have joined Real Vision in our journey too, and what a journey!

Along with the millions of you that watch our content on YouTube, listen to our podcasts or engage with us on Twitter.

In 2020, Real Vision became a really core part of everyones lives as we all sought for knowledge and understanding of the truly complex economic and financial world we all live in.

We've given it our absolute best to help people but we endlessly strive to improve too

2021 will be a HUGE year for Real Vision and Im so delighted to have @coloradotravis helping us navigate rapid growth and change, as we grow into a tech-forward platform and hyper-engaged, large group of financial communities, and not just the best content provider.

We are hard at work building out our community The Exchange, our applied education offerings, our podcast network, our UX and lots of exciting announcements are to come.

This has all been made possible from our members and our investors.

The $25m of capital we raised as a business over the last 6 years has come entirely from our members investments in RV. That is the best testament to all the hard work everyone at Real Vision has done over the years and how supportive our members are of our mission.

And as ever, a MASSIVE thanks to ALL the RV gang and especially to @Damianhorner, my creative genius Co-Founder, confident and crazy plan-hatcher.

But most of all, thank you ALL for putting up with my endless charts, my long tweet threads, my thinking aloud, my questioning of narratives, appalling typing and spelling, getting some things dead wrong and my passion for Real Vision and how it can help change lives.

Family, here is to a great 2021!