by The BlackSummit Team | May 18, 2023 | Geopolitics & the Day After, Uncategorized
May 18, 2023 The US debt ceiling standoff continues to make headlines, perhaps bringing more fear than is actually warranted, as we explore in this week’s first entry. In other financial market news, we take a look at the concept of a digital euro which the ECB...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 16, 2023 | Crossroads, Uncategorized
Here is a summary of important events that unfolded over the last month, and which may affect economic, financial, and geopolitical issues in the months ahead: North America Following the Republican-led House of Representatives passing of a bill to raise the US...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 13, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
The BlackSummit Team | May 13, 2023 Global equities fall Global equities fell on the week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed down 0.29% and 1.11%, respectively, while the Nasdaq gained 0.40%. The US 10-year Treasury yield ticked up a few basis points,...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 11, 2023 | Geopolitics & the Day After, Uncategorized
Geopolitical and financial risks continue to mount, threatening to create new crises out of the crises that the world has endured in recent years. The risk of complete US-China decoupling – which would undoubtedly have a huge ripple effect on global growth...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 9, 2023 | Uncategorized, 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. The...