By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 18, 2012 |
The events that shaped last week – and potentially the weeks and months, if not years to come – had both geoeconomics and geopolitical dimensions. In situations like these, the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 12, 2012 |
Last Thursday, Mario Draghi the President of the ECB indicated willingness to start again his “asset purchases program”, baptized this time with the title of OMT (outright monetary transactions) a.k.a. […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 26, 2012 |
It has been almost three years now since the rumors started that something was rotten with the Greek public finances. Excesses have been documented. Wasteful expenditures, inefficiencies, and corrupt practices […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 22, 2012 |
Over the last few weeks, we have argued that we are entering a watershed moment in economic and financial history, when significant decisions have to be made, since kicking the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 14, 2012 |
There are good chances that the EU – as we know it – may be headed towards its last tango, made in Berlin. It seems that the EU has lost […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 7, 2012 |
It seems that the regime in Syria is going through its last phase. The emerging civil war may wrap up the first phase of the face-lift in the Middle East. […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 19, 2012 |
I am of the opinion that one of the many things we should always remember from the great teacher is that the “unexamined life is not worth living”. It seems […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 12, 2012 |
People are wondering these days: “Where is the stock market going?” Analysts look at charts, at P/E ratios, at profit margins and several other figures and try to make pronouncements […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 6, 2012 |
A general perception that the global economy is slowing down seems to prevail. At the same time the Euro zone crisis – in spite of the measures taken – will […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: June 29, 2012 |
The markets celebrate today the outcomes of the EU summit. The delusion that through more debt and political manipulations the cancer can be treated is truly the amalgam of illusion […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 24, 2012 |
The Dislocation of Risk and the Mispricing of Assets: The Koilogastor Market
What is a koilogastor market? One interpretation could be a market characterized by gluttony and voracity. Another could be a market whose womb is empty while declaring that a baby […]