“Veni Vidi Vici”: “Cur Ante Tubam Tremor Occupat Artus?”
The first part of the title above – meaning “I came, I saw, I conquered” – was pronounced by Julius Caesar in 47 B.C. when he emerged victorious over Pharnaces, the king of Pontus. The second part is taken from Virgil and means “Why should fear seize the...Kiev Calls Belgrade: The Lyceum and the Academy Review Kasbah’s Fall while Searching for Collateral Assets
More than twenty years ago, the late Samuel Huntington coined the phrase “Democracy’s Third Wave”. By that Huntington described the three phases/waves of democratic revolution that the world has experienced, starting with the Jacksonian democracy in the US in the 19th...A Note on Bond Yields, and Monetary Policy: Not Exactly what is Expected
One of my favorite authors is Isaiah Berlin. I consider his anthology of essays by the title “The Proper Study of Mankind” as one of the finest books published in the 20th century. Isaiah Berlin had a notorious ideological conflict with Isaac Deutscher. Their public...Unrelenting Historical Echoes and Markets’ Behavior: Facing an Unavoidable Void?
By Thursday last week we felt that given the markets drop by 5% this year, it was time to put some money to work by investing into companies with strong fundamentals and which seemed to be at a good entry point. We still believe that this will turn out to be a decent...Sign Up for Our Publications
