by The BlackSummit Team | Dec 12, 2024 | Crossroads
North America Tensions with Canada and Mexico have escalated following Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from both countries unless they enhance border security with the US. Canadian officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,...
by The BlackSummit Team | Dec 10, 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 | Dec 7, 2024 | Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Extend Rally Global equities made gains his week with the Nasdaq soaring 3.34% while the S&P 500 moderately gained 0.96%. On the other hand, the Dow Jones lost 0.60%. The US 10-year Treasury note dropped to 4.15%, its lowest...
by The BlackSummit Team | Dec 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Welcome to our new bi-weekly 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 our newsletter with a spotlight on commodities....
by The BlackSummit Team | Dec 5, 2024 | Geopolitics & the Day After
In this week’s newsletter, we first examine the outlook on global trade, highlighting Trump’s potential trade wars and measures other countries could take in retaliation. Then, we move on to investment insights, from the Fed’s worries about US debt...