The Wooden Nickel

by The BlackSummit Team | Oct 7, 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....

Weekly Market Update

by The BlackSummit Team | Oct 4, 2025 | Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global Equities Make Gains Global equities made gains this week, trading in record territory despite the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended the week up 1.68% and 1.77%, respectively, and the Dow Jones increased 1.76%...

Carbon Market News Roundup

by The BlackSummit Team | Oct 3, 2025 | Carbon Market News Roundup

October 3, 2025 | Volume II, Issue 9 | The FACS Team We’re pleased to announce that the Fundamental Analytics Carbon Services website is now live—explore insights and tools driving carbon compliance and market access here. The FACS platform, linked to ICE,...

Geopolitics & the Day After

by The BlackSummit Team | Oct 2, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After

Geopolitical Concerns examines Russia’s drone-driven warfare in Ukraine, rising Arctic tensions, and shifting global alliances from the Middle East to Asia and Latin America, underscoring the growing complexity and volatility of today’s geopolitical...

Geopolitics & the Day After

by The BlackSummit Team | Sep 25, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After

Geopolitical Concerns examines how the liberal, rules-based international order is fracturing as authoritarian assertiveness, shifting alliances, and Western disunity reshape global power dynamics. Geoeconomics explores the rising volatility...