Publications
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: April 9, 2016 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Risk assets returned most of their gains from the past week as earnings season is set to pick up momentum. Analysts are estimating that earnings will fall 9% […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 7, 2016 |
WWW: Wrong Tools, Wrong Targets, Wrong Diagnoses
The world economy may be entering into treacherous territory. Central Banks and policy makers seem to have misdiagnosed the credit problems and applied the wrong medication. We are referring of […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: April 2, 2016 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Equities bounced back in the U.S. once again thanks to soft guidance from monetary authorities while the March jobs report came in slightly above expectations. Despite the renewed […]
By: Thierry Malleret | On: March 29, 2016 |
Monthly Barometer’s Forward-Looking Monthly Review: An Interdisciplinary View of our Complex Global Economy
March 2016 The data, in particular the sharp retrenchment in global capital and trade flows, shows that the world is facing a growing risk of “economic derailment”. In contrast […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: March 26, 2016 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Stocks ended their win streak with a slight decline this week and sit relatively flat for 2016 overall. Bond yields rose this week as several statements from Fed […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 23, 2016 |
The Plumbing of the Financial System: Debt Markets and Structured Products
Over the course of the last few months official foreign accounts have been selling US Treasuries. At the same time, the US Fed has been selling Treasuries to its primary […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: March 20, 2016 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The U.S. stock market delivered its fifth consecutive week of gains and entered into positive territory for the first time in 2016. Thanks to the Fed’s diminished expectations […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 16, 2016 |
Financial Conditions and Helicopter Money: Generational Public Ethos and Norms Greet Mr. Market
We are experiencing a transformational change from post-modernity to meta-modernity. As that transformation takes place public philosophy, customs, policies and norms also change. The metamorphosis which is now at works […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 10, 2016 |
Counterparty Risks and the Gathering Storm: Inadequate Solutions and Absurd Voices
In a recent commentary we pointed out that one of the largest clearing houses asked for a $50 billion capital contribution from member institutions, (see https://blacksummitfg.com/3375 ). We have also […]
By: Lawrence Goodman | On: March 8, 2016 |
It’s The “Never Befores,” Stupid
We are delighted to host the presentation that Mr. Lawrence Goodman made last week at the Stronger Global Economic Growth Conference in Shanghai. Mr. Goodman is the president of the Center […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 12, 2016 |
Credit Impulses and Market Volatility: The Missing Link
Over the course of the last couple of weeks we have read reports that credit facilities are rising, production is on the upswing, Chinese tremors are subsiding, and an overall […]