by The BlackSummit Team | May 10, 2024 | Commentaries
Below is a summary of last month’s commentaries from BlackSummit’s sister company, Fundamental Analytics. The following describes the highlights of those commentaries, which showcase the factors affecting the energy, agricultural, and other commodities that...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 9, 2024 | Geopolitics & the Day After
To begin this week’s newsletter, we examine the unique risks to the global financial system, as well as how America’s alarming deficit may contribute to them. Then, we look at Russia’s activities in the Balkans, highlighting questions about...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 7, 2024 | 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 formal proclamations or projections. 1....
by The BlackSummit Team | May 4, 2024 | Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Global equities made gains this week as fears of a rate hike subsided and US payrolls came in softer-than-expected. The S&P 500 rose 0.55% while the Dow Jones and Nasdaq increased 1.14% and 1.43%, respectively. The US 10-year...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 3, 2024 | Geopolitics & the Day After
To begin this week’s newsletter, we examine how Gulf States are trying to expand their economic horizons beyond oil. Then, we look at one of the less-examined conflicts, despite the incredible human suffering it has caused, the Sudanese civil war. We then move...