Geopolitics & the Day After

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...

Regional Market Watch

by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 30, 2025 | Regional Market Watch

Welcome to our monthly newsletter which covers key developments in non-US markets. With this newsletter, we highlight corporate, debt, and monetary policy news in European, Asian, and Latin American markets. We end this piece with a spotlight on commodities. European...

Carbon Market News Roundup

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....

Weekly Market Update

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...

Geopolitics & the Day After

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...