by John E. Charalambakis | Nov 8, 2018 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
The international financial system is based on credit. At the heart of that system is the bond market whose global size exceeds $100 trillion. Just in the US, the bond market is above $40 trillion, and the US Treasuries play a central role in that given that they are...
by John E. Charalambakis | Oct 25, 2018 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Yesterday, while I was boarding an overseas flight, the markets were experiencing significant turmoil. During the long flight, I had the opportunity to contemplate the causes of the recent turmoil. The list below, while not necessarily exhaustive, covers the most...
by John E. Charalambakis | Oct 24, 2018 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Yesterday the Nasdaq index touched correction territory by dropping more than 10% since its recent highs. Should we be expecting a correction or even a bear market for the rest of the indexes as well? Our opinion is that the equities are going through a repricing...
by John E. Charalambakis | Oct 16, 2018 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Percy Shelley’s poem titled “Ozymandias” is a sonnet, just a fourteen-line verse form that Petrarch, Spencer, and Shakespeare used during the Renaissance. Following Petrarch’s style, Shelley introduces an octave in the first eight lines which poses a question to be...
by John E. Charalambakis | Oct 11, 2018 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Yesterday’s drop of more than 3% in equities generated concerns about experiencing a correction similar to the one that we saw earlier this year. The fact is that the market has declined by about 5% in the last five days, and tech-related shares have lost about 8.5%,...