Weekly Market Update
Market Action The US equity markets rebounded this week to effectively erase prior week’s losses in all areas save for technology. The Dow gained 381.79 points for the week while the S&P and NASADQ, both registered gains of 49.16 and 95.79 respectively. Technology...
Senor, Is this About Production of a Show by Means of Placebo Effects? Market Trajectory, The Greek Bond Oversubscription, the Failed Chinese Bond Auction, and Mr. Nitup
What a week! It had everything. The Greek bond offering was oversubscribed four times while the Chinese bond auction failed! This is great, isn’t it? Greece is the new China. The problem is that China is a bubble, and we all know that sooner or later bubbles burst....
Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer
5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Nouriel Roubini, “The Changing Face of Global Risk” (Project Syndicate, March 31, 2014) Nouriel thinks that the six main global risks of a year ago (Eurozone breakup, fiscal crisis in the US,...
A Review of the Most Important Global Events in March by Monthly Barometer
March heralds the return with a vengeance of geopolitical risk. The Ukrainian crisis, the rise of secular tensions in much of Asia, sectarian and civil strife in the “arc of instability” that stretches from Western Africa to Central Asia, social unrest in several emerging economies: when considered individually, all these crises…
Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer
BlackSummit Financial Group, Inc. proudly introduces The Monthly Barometer. The Barometer is written by Thierry Malleret, a professional with whom we collaborate with. Thierry brings a uniquely insightful perspective to global economics and geo-politics. We have found...
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The equity markets as measured by the Dow gained 19.78 points for the week while the S&P lost 10.05. Technical indicators imply a cautious approach. Biotech continued to weigh on the market this week. The index is down almost 14% since the end of...
Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer
BlackSummit Financial Group, Inc. proudly introduces The Monthly Barometer. The Barometer is written by Thierry Malleret, a professional with whom we collaborate with. Thierry brings a uniquely insightful perspective to global economics and geo-politics. We have found...
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The equity markets as measured by the Dow and S&P gained 132.74 and 13.77, respectively despite weak performances today. The recent rally was slowed this week by the Fed’s comments on raising rates and Crimea concerns. The health care sector realized...
A Discussion about Crimea and Russia in St. Petersburg: The Eagles’ Echoes
I landed in St. Petersburg around midnight. Got into a taxi (an old Volga bought by the driver in former Eastern Germany when he was serving there on a special assignment) and we started driving toward the hotel. The driver’s name was Nitup. From the very start the...
Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer
BlackSummit Financial Group, Inc. proudly introduces The Monthly Barometer. The Barometer is written by Thierry Malleret, a professional with whom we collaborate with. Thierry brings a uniquely insightful perspective to global economics and geo-politics. We have found...