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By: Thierry Malleret | On: June 5, 2014 |

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Nouriel Roubini, “The Great Backlash” (Project Syndicate, May 31, 2014) In this short column, the economist / pundit […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: June 3, 2014 |

A Review of the Most Important Global Events in May by Monthly Barometer

If hard evidence is needed that the global economy is in a “muddle through” situation, the latest data on global trade provides it. In the first quarter of this year, […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 31, 2014 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action US equity markets closed the month of May posting gains. It marks the fourth month in the year that stocks have posted gains. The S&P 500 and Dow […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: May 28, 2014 |

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Michael Spence, “Labor’s Digital Displacement” (Project Syndicate, May 22, 2014) The Nobel laureate in economics explains why digital […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 25, 2014 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action Stock markets in the US posted their first gains in three weeks. The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Friday despite little in the way of […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 24, 2014 |

Anything Goes: Lessons Learned from Market Sages

One of the greatest privileges in my life is to sit down with people I admire and be taught important lessons. I had that honor again last Thursday in London, […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: May 18, 2014 |

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Martin Wolf, “Time for Draghi to Open the Sluice” (Financial Times, May 13, 2014 – metered paywall) The […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 17, 2014 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action A positive start to equities this week quickly reversed course by the time markets opened on Wednesday. Low US Retail Sales prefaced poor data from China and Australia […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 11, 2014 |

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Room for Debate: “How to Regulate Disruption” (The New York Times, May 6, 2014 – metered paywall) As […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 9, 2014 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action Poor international data inspired a downward start this past week. PMI data from China indicated contraction while escalating Ukrainian instability and more punitive sanctions coming from Europe against […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: May 5, 2014 |

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Raghuram Rajan, “Containing Competitive Monetary Easing” (Project Syndicate, April 28, 2014) This is an article based on a […]