During a recent trip overseas, a client asked me why I admire Edmund Burk. The question should not have caught me by surprise as we frequently discuss the impact of […]

The reflation trade that started in late 2020 and uplifted the fortunes of banks, energy, and small cap stocks might be experiencing a pause lately. However, as shown below, the […]

By: John E. Charalambakis & Dale Ahearn Monetary theory, which posits that a change in money supply is the main driver of economic activity, has played a central role in […]

When Isaiah Berlin sat down to draft some thoughts about his forthcoming dinner meeting with Vladimir Putin, he contemplated if the focus should be on a single theme (like it […]

In his Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky writes, “What makes a hero? Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? …Who are these so-called heroes and where do they come from? Are […]

The invitation sent by Isaiah Berlin left the date open. The city was supposed to be London.  However, Xi Jinping responded with one precondition: An assessment by Berlin of Biden’s […]

In 1942, Quincy Wright published a two-volume work where, while drawing from distinct disciplines such as anthropology, history, psychology, and mathematics, he tried developing a precise formula that would enable […]

In our commentary two weeks ago, we described how the confidence and sectoral momenta interact and create the four quadrants of market expectations. In that same commentary we also presented […]

Whether we look north or south, east or west, we discover powerful forces that crown this era of metamorphosis and change. With this and the forthcoming commentary on Feb. 9, […]

Last Thursday (January 14th), the team of the President-Elect proposed a new stimulus package close to $2 trillion. Within a few minutes, the markets reversed gains and ended the day […]