by The BlackSummit Team | Sep 16, 2025 | Wooden Nickel
The Wooden Nickel is a collection of roughly a handful of recent topics that have caught our attention. Here you’ll find current, open-ended thoughts. We wish to use this piece as a way to think out loud in public rather than make formal proclamations or projections....
by The BlackSummit Team | Sep 13, 2025 | Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Make Gains Global equities made gains this week as investors are pricing in a 90% chance of a quarter-point rate cut by the Federal Reserve next week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended the week up 1.59% and 2.03%, respectively, both...
by The BlackSummit Team | Sep 11, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
Geopolitical Concerns looks at the tensions that have surged globally this week as the U.S. shifted defense priorities away from Europe, while China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran signaled deeper alignment, and political instability rattled France and Japan...
by The BlackSummit Team | Sep 6, 2025 | Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Decline Global equities declined this week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended the week down 0.31% and 0.02%, respectively, and the Dow Jones also declined 0.52% on the week. The U.S. 10-year Treasury note tumbled to 4.07%, while...
by The BlackSummit Team | Sep 4, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After, Uncategorized
Geopolitical Concerns reviews how governments across developed and emerging economies are grappling with mounting fiscal pressures, political volatility, and intensifying global power competition. Geoeconomics examines that despite buoyant equity markets in...