Geopolitics & the Day After
Geopolitical Concerns examines how the liberal, rules-based international order is fracturing as authoritarian assertiveness, shifting alliances, and Western disunity reshape global power dynamics. Geoeconomics explores the rising volatility...
CROSSROADS: Middle East, Asia, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa
Here is a summary of the most important events that unfolded over the last month in the Middle East/North Africa, Asia (ex-China/India/Japan), Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa, and which may affect economic, financial, and geopolitical issues in the months...
CROSSROADS: North America, Europe, China, India & Japan
Here is a summary of the most important events that unfolded over the last month in North America, Europe, India, China, and Japan and which may affect economic, financial, and geopolitical issues in the months ahead. Tomorrow, we will be publishing our Crossroads...
Regional Market Watch
Welcome to our monthly newsletter which covers key developments in major non-US markets. With this newsletter, we highlight corporate, debt, and monetary policy news in European, Asian, and Latin American markets. We end this piece with a spotlight on commodities....
Geopolitics & the Day After
Geopolitical Concerns explores events over the last week that have highlighted the growing instability of the global order, with actions by Israel and Russia coupled with weakened multilateral institutions and shifting power dynamics. Geoeconomics takes a...
The Wooden Nickel
The Wooden Nickel is a collection of roughly a handful of recent topics that have caught our attention. Here you’ll find current, open-ended thoughts. We wish to use this piece as a way to think out loud in public rather than make formal proclamations or projections....
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Make Gains Global equities made gains this week as investors are pricing in a 90% chance of a quarter-point rate cut by the Federal Reserve next week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended the week up 1.59% and 2.03%, respectively, both...
Geopolitics & the Day After
Geopolitical Concerns looks at the tensions that have surged globally this week as the U.S. shifted defense priorities away from Europe, while China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran signaled deeper alignment, and political instability rattled France and Japan...
Anchors at a Time of Multiple Crises
The political crisis in France (which started with President Macron’s snap election last year following his party’s humiliating defeat during European Parliamentary elections) culminated last evening in the ousting of the Prime Minister (the fourth in two years). Mr....
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Decline Global equities declined this week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended the week down 0.31% and 0.02%, respectively, and the Dow Jones also declined 0.52% on the week. The U.S. 10-year Treasury note tumbled to 4.07%, while...
