Publications

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 24, 2023 |

The Wooden Nickel

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: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 21, 2023 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities tumble Global equities were lower on the week amid high Treasury yields and increasing concerns that the conflict between Israel and Hamas could expand into […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 19, 2023 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

Given the unfolding events in Israel and Palestine, the articles we reviewed this week put a spotlight on Israel’s government as well as the mixed global response to Hamas’s attack […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 17, 2023 |

CROSSROADS

At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics October 17, 2023 | Volume 6, Issue 9 | The BlackSummit Team Here is a summary of important events that unfolded over the […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 14, 2023 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities recover some losses Global equities recovered some losses from the last several weeks. The Dow Jones rose 0.79% on the week, while the S&P 500 […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 12, 2023 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

The world has been devastated by the news coming out of Israel and Palestine this week, with hundreds of civilians killed and tens of thousands caught in the middle of […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 10, 2023 |

Phenomenology and the Attempts for a Market Emulation: Reflections from Descartes & Hegel

“There’s a retired businessman named Red Cast down from heaven and he’s out of his head He feeds off of everyone that he can touch He said he only deals […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 5, 2023 |

Fundamentals of Commodities and Their Trajectories

Below is a summary of last month’s commentaries from BlackSummit’s sister company, Fundamental Analytics. The following describes the factors affecting the energy and agricultural commodities that power and feed the […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 3, 2023 |

Market Reality, Historical Transitions, & Portfolio Rebalancing

There are two distinct but inseparable parts in today’s commentary: First, we discuss epochs of transition and relate those transitions to the developments we are witnessing nowadays. Second, we ask […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: September 30, 2023 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities decline Global equities extended losses this week. The Dow Jones declined 1.34%, while the S&P 500 fell 0.74%. On the other hand, the Nasdaq was […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: September 28, 2023 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

As we approach the fourth quarter, we begin this week’s newsletter by looking at the global economic outlook and assessing the current year’s emerging winners and losers in economic growth. […]