The Most Important Of All Unimportant Forecasts

World Cup Time!!!!!!!

Robert Tipper and Juan Correa are our guests.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) - Secret Forecast Origins

(01:23) - Meet The Authors

(03:02) - Juan Football Roots

(07:41) - Marco World Cup Memories

(10:07) - Robert Germany Stories

(14:47) - Jacob 2014 Awakening

(19:06) - Why Soccer Is Hard

(21:50) - Inside The Model

(28:28) - What Doesnt Predict

(30:22) - Group Stage Surprises

(31:40) - Home Edge And Curse

(35:16) - Why Champions Collapse

(36:08) - Argentina Winner Curse

(37:37) - Group F Chaos Picks

(39:36) - Bracket Quarterfinals

(41:30) - Portugal Dark Horse

(43:30) - France Wins It All

(45:42) - France Identity Debate

(47:11) - Football And Immigration

(50:22) - Geopolitical Matches

(56:27) - USA 2010 Donovan Goal

(01:01:01) - Can Soccer Unite America

(01:03:37) - Building US Infrastructure

(01:09:30) - Closing Thoughts Farewell

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Referenced in the Show:

2026 BCA World Cup Forecast - https://www.bcaresearch.com/reports/most-important-all-unimportant-forecasts-3rd-edition-2026-world-cup-04-06-2026/219501?token=99a83421876851853383a4eb1118ddb9

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Marko Papic is a macro and geopolitical expert at BCA Research, a global investment research firm. He provides in-depth analysis that combines geopolitics and markets in a framework called GeoMacro. He is also the author of Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future.

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