Wonderful Highs and Miserable Lows: Plotinus on European Tremors and Market Dialectic
What has been happening with European stocks (ticker EZU below) since the beginning of the month? Why have they lost more than 6%, while the S&P 500 (ticker SPY) and the Dow Jones (ticker DIA) have gained more than 3% and 1% respectively? Someone might say that...The Bride of Acheron, Part II: Sophocles’ Antigone and Homer’s Pleonexia Meet Mr. Uncertainty
In the first part of this two-part series, we outlined four possible scenarios that make up Mr. Uncertainty. Antigone stood up to Creon which represented the epitome of self-destruction not just for him and his family but for the whole kingdom of Thebes....The Bride of Acheron: Sophocles’ Creon as an Experienced Market Coordinator, Part I
Last weekend the Financial Times published an article by Ruchir Sharma, titled “What went wrong with capitalism”. Sharma is an analyst whom I highly respect, and in his book The Rise and Fall of Nations, he demonstrates an ability to deduct causes of...Revisiting the Novus Ordo Seclorum: Valuations and Rivalries
John E. Charalambakis In 1774, the Continental Congress was convened to inaugurate what is known as a novus ordo seclorum (new order of the ages). Two years later, the Declaration of Independence will start the greatest experiment in liberty and rights that has ever...Sign Up for Our Publications
