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Market Perspective, Verisimilitude, and Punishment: Lessons from Euripides’s Electra

by John E. Charalambakis | May 4, 2021 | Commentaries

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 politics on the markets, but my immediate reflection/answer was to quote W. B. Yeats whose poem “The...

Reopening & Execution Risks: Earnings Expectations and the New Wave of Innovations in Historical Perspective

by John E. Charalambakis | Apr 20, 2021 | Commentaries

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 earnings expectations for the full year are robust and strong.  The fact that the leisure,...

Considering the Economic & Portfolio Costs of Free Money: Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) & Practice

by John E. Charalambakis | Apr 6, 2021 | Commentaries

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 attempts to manage the economy. The three main levers used by the Federal...

When Isaiah Berlin Dined with Vladimir Putin: International Diversification and Intelligentsia at a Time when Dreams of Subjugation Converge in the Twilight Zone

by John E. Charalambakis | Mar 23, 2021 | Commentaries

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 was with Xi Jinping when they met), or whether he should let the discussion flow, given the...

Heroes, Heroines, Villains, and Disruptors: Market Dancing to the Music of an Avatar Reproduction

by John E. Charalambakis | Mar 16, 2021 | Commentaries

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 their origins in obscurity or in plain sight?” In The Return of the...
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