By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 29, 2013 |
I boarded the flight from Chicago to London. From the plane’s speakers I could clearly hear Tom Petty’s voice singing his song about “dancing in the zombie zoo”. “How appropriate”, […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 21, 2013 |
Numbers reveal conceptual relationships. Price movements become powerful sources of inferential knowledge regarding changing historical conditions. The rhythms of price movements signify an historical inevitability as has been shown over […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 12, 2013 |
All signs – as initially discussed below – point to a good year for equities in 2014. Of course, we are not deaf to the voices that talk about a […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 6, 2013 |
Next Tuesday U.S. regulators are expected to approve a stricter version of the Volcker rule. The latter prohibits banks from proprietary trading which was at the heart of the financial […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 27, 2013 |
Last Saturday night the P5+1 nations (US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, and China) signed a limited agreement with Iran that paves the way for something which potentially would be very […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 14, 2013 |
Two days ago the third plenum of the Chinese eighteenth central committee meeting ended and all indications point to an historic event. Third plenums tend to consolidate power for the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 10, 2013 |
Goethe’s insights into the seriousness of the problem of historical epistemology reminds us that in human history some have chosen to reject the notion of historical truth by diverting their […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 2, 2013 |
The essence of this commentary is twofold: First, to explain how and why the rising levels of financial lubrication are expected to generate and support a rally in equities and […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 24, 2013 |
In a interview on CNBC Mario Draghi (the head of the European Central Bank, ECB) told us yesterday that he is concerned about capital insufficiencies, balance sheet holes, and backstops […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 5, 2014 |
Assessing the Prospects for 2014, Part III: Market Trends and Rogue Waves
In this third and final commentary regarding market trends and prospects in 2014, I would like us to concentrate on what we assess to be key-elements for equity markets as […]