Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

by Thierry Malleret | Apr 27, 2014 | Weekly Market Update

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Martin Wolf, “A More Equal Society Will Not Hinder Growth” (Financial Times, April 24, 2014 – metered paywall) This is yet another review of Piketty’s much celebrated book (“Capital in the 21st...

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

by Thierry Malleret | Apr 22, 2014 | Weekly Market Update

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Adair Turner, “The High-Tech, High-Touch Economy” (Project Syndicate, April 16, 2014) The financial pundit observes that we live in a hi-tech virtual world in which the value of the most physical...

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

by Thierry Malleret | Apr 7, 2014 | Weekly Market Update

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Nouriel Roubini, “The Changing Face of Global Risk” (Project Syndicate, March 31, 2014) Nouriel thinks that the six main global risks of a year ago (Eurozone breakup, fiscal crisis in the US,...

A Review of the Most Important Global Events in March by Monthly Barometer

by Thierry Malleret | Apr 2, 2014 | Weekly Market Update

March heralds the return with a vengeance of geopolitical risk. The Ukrainian crisis, the rise of secular tensions in much of Asia, sectarian and civil strife in the “arc of instability” that stretches from Western Africa to Central Asia, social unrest in several...

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

by Thierry Malleret | Mar 30, 2014 | Weekly Market Update

BlackSummit Financial Group, Inc. proudly introduces The Monthly Barometer. The Barometer is written by Thierry Malleret, a professional with whom we collaborate with. Thierry brings a uniquely insightful perspective to global economics and geo-politics. We have found...