Publications

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: November 5, 2024 |

The Wooden Nickel: Sell-Side Shortcomings

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 […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 4, 2024 |

US Elections and a Market Allegory through the Eyes of Homer and Palestrina

I was about to fill out my ballot at an early voting station last Friday when Homer nudged me: “Do you recall the island of Ismarus?” “Of course, I do”, […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: November 2, 2024 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global Equities Decline Global equities declined on the week, with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 losing 0.15% and 1.37%, respectively, while the Nasdaq dropped 1.50%. The […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: November 1, 2024 |

Regional Market Watch

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 […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 31, 2024 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

We begin this week’s newsletter by examining the outcome of several elections around the globe, including Japan, Georgia, and Bulgaria. Next, we turn our focus to the fraught world of […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 29, 2024 |

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 […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 26, 2024 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global Equities Decline Global equities declined this week with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 dropping 2.68% and 0.96%, respectively, while the Nasdaq lowered only slightly by […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 24, 2024 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

We begin this week’s newsletter by examining the challenges and potential of the BRICS nations in the global arena. Next, we turn our focus to the implications of aging populations […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 22, 2024 |

The Triangles of Failure, the Promise of a Bust: Contemplations of Salviati, Sagredo, and Simplicio

In 1632, Galileo got permission from the Florentine censors (of the infamous Inquisition era) to publish his findings under the pretense of a hypothesis. The form of the book was […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 19, 2024 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global Equities Make Gains Global equities made modest gains over the week, holding near-record levels, with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 rising 0.96% and 0.85%, respectively, […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 17, 2024 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

We begin this week’s newsletter by examining the state of the Middle East, which is still embroiled in conflict. Next, we turn our focus to Europe’s political and economic ailments, […]