by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 29, 2025 | Carbon Market News Roundup
Welcome to our monthly newsletter, Carbon Market News Roundup, the goal of which is to introduce our audience to a new asset class market in the making: the carbon market. Our previous issues, along with the rest of our commentaries, may be read here....
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 26, 2025 | Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities made gains this week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq increased 4.59% and 6.73%, respectively, and the Dow Jones rose 2.48% on the week. The U.S. 10-year Treasury note dropped back down to 4.24%, while the price of West Texas Intermediate...
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 24, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we examine the unraveling of America’s traditional expertise-based foreign policy as political loyalists reshape global engagement, while a revived “concert of powers” vision signals a shift toward great-power accommodation and...
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 21, 2025 | Bi-Weekly Market Update
US Equity Markets President Trump’s aggressive tariff policies and rhetoric, especially towards China and the EU, are major drivers of continued market uncertainty and volatility over the past two weeks. This is evidenced by the elevated VIX (hitting a high of over 53...
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 17, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we examine how Europe’s strategic identity is being tested as it stands at a crossroads between deeper alignment with a U.S.-led alliance and economic entanglement with China, amid rising tariff battles and an evolving doctrine of...