Publications
By: Lawrence Goodman | On: May 6, 2015 |
Bitcoin Needs Smart and Safe Regulation
Blacksummit Financial Group is honored to share with its readers the following post from Lawrence Goodman. Mr. Goodman currently serves as the President of the Center for Financial Stability. As Mr. […]
By: Thierry Malleret | On: May 4, 2015 |
Monthly Barometer’s Forward-Looking Monthly Review: An Interdisciplinary View of our Complex Global Economy
Many pundits and investors are coming to the realization that we live in a world in which there is too much of too many things. There is too much debt […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: May 1, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Markets around the globe struggled to maintain their recent upward momentum this week. In the U.S. poor economic data sent markets on a spiral before recovering most of […]
By: Chairman Paul Volcker | On: April 27, 2015 |
Meaningful Financial Reform
A few days ago The Volcker Alliance published its long-awaited report on Financial Reform. It is a historic report that needs to be read by all those who care about […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: April 25, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Volatility stayed on at low levels throughout the week, as little macroeconomic data was reported and earnings held the spotlight. Notable names in the Telecoms, Consumer Discretionary and […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 22, 2015 |
Negative Equilibrium: The Sustainability of the Unsustainable
In its recent World Economic Outlook, the IMF questioned the sustainability of the current growth trajectory around the globe. This should not have been a surprise given the levels of […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: April 17, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Mild gains during the week got wiped out on Friday in U.S. markets. The Dow wiped out its gains from 2015 with Friday’s selloff as commentators threw out […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: April 10, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action U.S. markets offered some needed stability for investors this week. All sectors posted gains during the week while volatility cooled down as earnings season for Q1 was kicked […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 8, 2015 |
White Knights in a Festival of Fools: The Tale of a Dangerous Encounter
Around the globe fundamentals are being ignored. Unsustainable debt keeps rising, the equity markets of dysfunctional economic unions seem to “thrive”, unprecedented monetary measures are implemented and a Leviathan state […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: April 3, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action U.S. equities started the week strong, recovering from losses last week and were able to withstand pullbacks in the following trading days to end the week positive. Earnings […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 28, 2015 |
A Walk Down the Elysian Fields: Cicero Meets Maimonides to Discuss Imbalances and Negative Equilibrium
This past Monday we posted an article by Chairman Paul Volcker on the need for radical financial reform (see http://stage.blacksummitfg.com/2978). Chairman Volcker wrote “it is too clear that […]