By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 5, 2013 |
Objective: The energy independence of Europe, the containment of China in Africa, and the development of African assets Goal: Breaking the energy ties between Russia and Europe, limiting the transfer […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 28, 2013 |
The dream became a nightmare for both Greece and Cyprus. Who is to be blamed for this? The purpose of this brief is not to present an outline for all […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 24, 2013 |
There were three events last week that paved the way forward for the markets, namely: The minutes of the Federal Reserve Bank that exhibited some reservation about continuing accommodative monetary […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 15, 2013 |
In this week’s commentary we will briefly show how the buffer zones created by the world’s central banks are expected to result in above (recent) trend growth due to the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 9, 2013 |
The markets are experiencing a temporary upswing due to the velocity of the buffer zones that central banks are creating. Those buffer zones are trying to create a unity of […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 31, 2013 |
In the summer of 2011 we published some commentaries about the development of financial black holes. The argument of this commentary goes as follows: Central banks and governments around the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 26, 2013 |
The words quoted in the title above, were pronounced by Christine Lagarde (the head of the IMF) at the Davos annual economic conference. She was referring to the EU experience […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 15, 2013 |
In this week’s commentary we offer our assessment of a positive outlook for the real estate sector in 2013. We believe that real estate will outperform most – if not […]
By: Chairman Paul Volcker | On: January 3, 2013 |
It is an honor to host Chairman Paul Volcker’s speech on Central Banking, as this week’s commentary. The speech was given in 1990 during the Per Jacobsson Foundation Lectures series. […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 27, 2012 |
I boarded the non-stop flight from Basle, Switzerland to Chicago. It was destined to be an exciting flight due to the persons sitting around me and the topics of their […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 17, 2013 |
Lasciate Ogne Speranza, Voi Ch’intrate: Dante Meets Pandora in Aphrodite’s Island a.k.a. Cyprus
In Dante’s Inferno, the poet is guided in the underworld by the great Roman poet Virgil. As he enters the gate of Hell (Inferno) the inscription reads “Lasciate ogne speranza, […]