by The BlackSummit Team | Jun 4, 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....
by The BlackSummit Team | Jun 1, 2024 | Weekly Market Update
Global Equities Decline Global equities declined on the week. The S&P 500 lost 0.51% while the Dow Jones dropped 0.98%. Likewise, the Nasdaq decreased 1.10%. The US 10-year Treasury note increased slightly to 4.50%. Meanwhile, the price of a barrel of West Texas...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 30, 2024 | Geopolitics & the Day After
To begin this week’s newsletter, we look at the economic issues that China faces and the issues in Taiwanese domestic politics that will challenge its new president. Then, we examine the record highs that global financial markets have recently been hitting in...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 23, 2024 | Geopolitics & the Day After
To begin this week’s newsletter, we look at a historic shift in the Beijing-Moscow relationship, where Russia’s dependence on China has drastically grown. Then, we examine the role that minerals critical for the green transition will have for geopolitics...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 21, 2024 | Crossroads
At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics May 21, 2024 | Volume 7, Issue 5 | The BlackSummit Team 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....