By: Joel Charalambakis | On: October 4, 2014 |
Market Action A better than expected jobs report released on Friday provided some good news for markets. All major equity markets in the U.S. were down on the week. European […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: October 2, 2014 |
Geopolitical Headlines Hong Kong – Protests in Hong Kong have gathered steam during most of the past week ahead of a Chinese national holiday on Wednesday. Demonstrators are demanding for […]
By: Thierry Malleret | On: September 30, 2014 |
The global economic outlook is best summed up in the word “precarious”. Why? (1) Projections for global growth are being lowered – to marginally above 3% for this year […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: September 26, 2014 |
Market Action U.S. equity markets experienced considerable swings this week. The Dow saw triple digit falls and increases multiple times. Friday saw markets recovering losses but still ended down on […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: September 19, 2014 |
Market Action Stocks in the US returned to posting gains during the week. Janet Yellen’s press conference on Thursday showed no definitive sign of monetary tightening, boosting markets. Other major […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 15, 2014 |
This Thursday (September 18th), the people of Scotland are called to choose between going alone as an independent state or staying under the umbrella of Britain and the United Kingdom. […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: September 14, 2014 |
Geopolitical Headlines ISIL/Iraq/Syria – President Obama announced the deployment of 475 military personnel to Iraq on Wednesday night to assist airstrikes that have the intent to destroy the terrorist organization […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: September 12, 2014 |
Market Action Equities markets posted poor performance this week in the US and Asia. Little new economic data was released but the momentum for Scottish independence and news of additional […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 10, 2014 |
We are approaching the time when the ECB will pull the trigger and will start buying paper “assets” (i.e. someone else’s liabilities) in the ultimate hope of stimulating a paralytic […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: September 5, 2014 |
Market Action Mario Draghi poured fuel onto the fire that has been lifting European equities. His announcement of further reductions in interest rates, including an even further negative deposit rate, […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 23, 2014 |
Decrescendo Doloros: Central Power and the Internal Forms of Decay
The backbone of fiction, poetry, and drama of current generations is a mirror image of the philosophical struggles of the previous generations. The writings of Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, and so […]