by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 20, 2022 | Wooden Nickel
The Wooden Nickel is a collection of roughly a handful of recent topics that have caught our attention. Here, you’ll find current, open-ended thoughts. We wish to use this piece as a way to think out loud in public rather than make formal proclamations or projections....
by John E. Charalambakis | Apr 18, 2022 | Commentaries
In the current edition of this commentary, we would like to focus on three evolving headwinds that sustain our skepticism about economic and market trajectories, namely: Trade flows, developing countries’ potential defaults, and Russia’s intentional moves to...
by Rachel Poole | Apr 13, 2022 | Crossroads
At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics April 13, 2022 | Volume 5, Issue 4| Rachel Poole Here is a summary of the most important events that unfolded last month, and which may affect economic, financial and geopolitical issues in the months ahead: North...
by Rachel Poole | Apr 11, 2022 | Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities decline Global equities declined on the week amid a sharp climb in US Treasury yields. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed the week down 1.26% and 0.27% respectively, while the Nasdaq fell 3.86%. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury...
by John E. Charalambakis | Apr 8, 2022 | Commentaries
It’s time to look under the hood again and cancel the noise while trying to figure out what is happening. There are three issues we will be addressing in this commentary: Inflationary pressures, recessionary risks, and market trajectory. Let us start with the latter....