Publications
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: Thierry Malleret | On: April 1, 2015 |
Monthly Barometer’s Forward-Looking Monthly Review: An Interdisciplinary View of our Complex Global Economy
As much of the world flirts with deflation or “lowflation”, some pundits turn to Japan to claim “we can happily live with it”. Their rationale: since 2009, Japan has grown […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 29, 2015 |
Lorca on Headwinds and Tail Risks: It’s Five O’clock at the Crossroads of Liquidity and Volatility
Could the markets suddenly unravel? Of course they could. The fiat monetary system is like a mirage, it can tumble because of underestimated circumstances. Imagine for example Greece abruptly leaving […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: March 28, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Volatility continues to manifest in financial markets. Triple digit losses and large intra-day swings characterized much of the week as all sectors and major indices in the U.S. […]
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 […]