Something tells me this will be a year for the history books. Two key areas market participants have high hopes for, Bitcoin and animal spirits, will be tested. Oh, and there's a potential trade war on the horizon.

For decades, the so-called "global macro" investment strategy produced only so-so returns because looking into the future of a more-or-less stable world was not that difficult and therefore, contributed little value. But the catalyst for the next episode of dramatic change has arrived for investors.

About that infinite money glitch scheme known as MicroStrategy, “Every strategy has its limits at some point. Sometimes it’s like a structural thing where the market just cannot handle any more, like you’re kind of seeing now. Sometimes it’s more based on the particulars of the strategy.”