Publications
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: September 14, 2014 |
Geopolitical Journal: September 14th
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 |
Weekly Market Update
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: Joel Charalambakis | On: September 5, 2014 |
Weekly Market Update
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 |
Strategic Misconceptions and Market Expectations: The Brighter Side of a Dark Moon
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 |
A Review of the Most Important Global Events in August by Monthly Barometer
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 |
Weekly Market Update
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 |
Weekly Selections From Weekly Barometer
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: Joel Charalambakis | On: August 26, 2014 |
Geopolitical Journal: August 26th
Today Blacksummit Financial Group introduces the creation of a new publication, its Geopolitical Journal. Drafted biweekly, our aim is to summarize and inform our readers of key geopolitical events gripping […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: August 22, 2014 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action All eyes this week were tuned to Janet Yellen in Jackson Hole, Wyoming as the annual congregation of key central bankers concluded on Friday. The statement from the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 22, 2014 |
Hypnotized by Dreams of Utopian Placebos, Part II: Jackson Hole Meets the Texas Ratio
In the last commentary our thesis was that the economic landscape does not suffer from secular stagnation but rather from a complex and confused disequilibrium that diminishes expectations. Rather than […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 10, 2014 |
On the Infinite Appetite for Self-Destruction and the Unlimited Capacity for Trivialization
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 […]