Publications
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: August 28, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Wall Street saw one of its most dramatic and volatile weeks since the financial crisis. After opening Monday down 1,000 points the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged back […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: August 21, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action A devastating week for the markets has left investors searching for answers. More worries about China and the implications for global growth have been blamed, as have concerns […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 17, 2015 |
On Deep States and Deep Markets: Medea Meets the Neo-Mamluk State of Global Volatility
In the summer months of 1944 World War II had taken a clear trajectory. The deadliest war period in human history was approaching its end. At that time the US […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: August 14, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action All three U.S. averages overcame a turbulent week to post slight gains on the week. Energy stocks led the way despite further declines in the price of crude […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 10, 2015 |
Recalibrating Investment Strategies: Adapting in an Ever-Changing Landscape
If we took a five-minute helicopter view of the global economic landscape, what would we have observe? Starting from the country of the rising sun, we could say that Japan […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: August 8, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Utilities were once again a leading sector in U.S. equity markets this week as stocks delivered weak results. With the 10-Year treasury yield once again dipping below 2.2% […]
By: Daniel Stelter | On: August 4, 2015 |
The Failure of Politics: Merkel’s Euro Debacle?
It may be the great magic trick of the management consulting world: No matter how complex the situation and how iffy the outcomes may appear to be, just draw a […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: August 2, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Some poor earnings reports from a handful of notable companies and weaker than expected economic data kept equity markets in check for much of the week. With the […]
By: Thierry Malleret | On: July 31, 2015 |
Monthly Barometer’s Forward-Looking Monthly Review: An Interdisciplinary View of our Complex Global Economy
The global economic backdrop of slow and diminishing growth forecasts is being exacerbated by the financial drama occurring in countries as diverse as China and Greece. There is no end […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 29, 2015 |
Searching in the Shadows of a Restless Credit Cycle: The Street called Geo-Uncertainty
It is an undisputed fact that the over-collateralization of assets (including toxic ones prior to 2008) and the securitization explosion that took place between 2000-2007, created the seeds of the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 30, 2015 |
Financial Stress and Expectations: The Story of Developed Markets through the Eyes of Emerging Market Realities
As we reported in our Weekly Market Update over the weekend (http://stage.blacksummitfg.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BFG-Weekly-Brief-August-29-2015.pdf), the US and the EU equity markets experienced one of their most volatile weeks. Over the course of […]