By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 15, 2017 |
The proxy war between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Iran is intensifying and our fear is that it may ignite a regional conflict with far-reaching global consequences, especially […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 2, 2017 |
For this week’s commentary, we have chosen to look at three important indicators which could shape up the markets’ trajectory in 2018. We will start with the US which continues […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 26, 2017 |
In this week’s commentary, we opted to discuss electric vehicles (EVs). We are of the opinion that EVs present good opportunities for investment consideration. Such investments could look into at […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 19, 2017 |
Resilient and liquid financial markets are essential to keeping the global economy going. A decade ago payments systems and capital markets seized up almost everywhere and a year later the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 12, 2017 |
A few days ago the IMF published its annual forecasts for developed and emerging economies. Five things are worth pointing out: First, when we review forecasts made for previous years […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 5, 2017 |
Over the course of the last few days, some important pieces were published on the valuation of equities and bonds. At the same time we observed independent referendums taking place […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 21, 2017 |
Throughout the ages, war has been the engine of finance. The collusion between Russia and China in the last few weeks and months in order to bypass the US dollar […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 14, 2017 |
The latest data from Chinese economic activity came in below expectations and point to a possible further slowdown for the next year. Specifically, infrastructure spending dropped and this weighed down […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 6, 2017 |
Our world has been cycling between chaos and order since the beginning of the modern economic era. We define the modern economic era as the period that started with the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 22, 2017 |
Valuation Fatigue and Credit Outlook: An Initial Assessment of 2018
Given the fundamental trends, we expect global growth to remain healthy in 2018, and therefore we also expect that the credit risk appetite will also remain healthy in 2018. Having […]