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 4, 2014 |
In the last few days we’ve observed geopolitical events taking place from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and from Africa to Asia, shaking the markets and molding expectations. The […]
By: Thierry Malleret | On: September 2, 2014 |
Recent economic developments give credence to the idea that the world has entered an era of slower growth and higher unemployment. Surprisingly, this remains a minority view at a time […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: August 29, 2014 |
Market Action Stocks posted their fourth consecutive week of gains in the United States this week, marked with the S&P’s milestone in crossing 2,000. While data released this week was […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: August 27, 2014 |
5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Jim O’Neill, “Will the Calm in Global Markets Last?” (Bloomberg View, August 19, 2014) Goldman’s Sachs former chief […]
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 […]