Publications
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 20, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Thanks to a surge in markets on Friday major indices in the U.S. closed the week in positive territory. The main catalyst for the upswing was a deal […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 15, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Major U.S. benchmarks closed the week in positive territory for the year despite the lack of major data releases to support the moves. Technology led the week thanks […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 7, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action U.S. stocks had one of their best weeks in the past five years. Better than expected earnings by some key companies, economic data and a technical bounce served […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 5, 2015 |
Warning: Head-On Collision Ahead
Close to twenty years ago, the Eurocrats decided to defy the laws of gravity in economics, and they started designing a common currency without a fiscal union. Their thinking was […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 2, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Poor economic data and disappointing earnings weighed heavily on U.S. markets early in the week. While the election of Syriza in Greece added to volatility to markets in […]
By: Thierry Malleret | On: January 30, 2015 |
A Review of the Most Important Global Events in January by Monthly Barometer
Yet again and despite the fillip of collapsing oil prices, projections for global growth have been revised downwards – to 3.5% this year and 3.7% in 2016, down from […]
By: Daniel Stelter | On: January 26, 2015 |
A Better Alternative to QE for Europe: Ben Bernanke’s helicopter drop: Money for citizens, not banisters.
Despite all the advertising, launching quantitative easing (QE) in Europe may well be counter-productive. This is due in no small part to significant structural differences between the U.S. and European […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: January 25, 2015 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Markets got the sugar rush they had long been craving as Mario Draghi announced a QE program involving €60 billion per month starting next month through at least […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: January 23, 2015 |
Geopolitical Journal: January 23
Geopolitical Headlines Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Azziz al-Saud passed away on Thursday at the age of 90. He had been hospitalized with a case of pneumonia for weeks. […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 21, 2015 |
Fait Accompli: Searching for Answers Where Answers Cannot Be Found
As it is widely expected, the ECB will unveil today its own version of QE. Welcome to a dead-end where central banks may resemble Prometheus bound by chains made by […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 16, 2015 |
Overfed but Still Malnourished: The Aegean Sea Meets Singapore
About a year ago in a meeting we had in Warsaw, Poland I contrasted Jamaica and Singapore. The contrast was based on a simple observation/fact, which stated that those two […]