by The BlackSummit Team | May 13, 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 formal proclamations or projections....
by The BlackSummit Team | May 10, 2025 | Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Lower Global equities were modestly lower on the week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost 0.47% and 0.27%, respectively, and the Dow Jones lowered by 0.16% on the week. The U.S. 10-year Treasury note rose several basis points,...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 8, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we examine India’s largest strike on Pakistan in five decades following a deadly terror attack, the mounting threat of a Chinese blockade of Taiwan, and the growing axis between China and Russia aimed at reshaping Eurasia. In...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 3, 2025 | Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Rebound Global equities gained this week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq recouping April’s losses, but still remaining down for the year. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose 7.65% and 10.38%, respectively, while the Dow Jones...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 1, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we examine how Mark Carney’s election victory in Canada and growing unease in Asia signal an international backlash to Trump’s second-term policies, as well as Germany potentially charting a path away from U.S. dependence. In...