CROSSROADS: Middle East, Asia, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East/North Africa Last week, Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz declared the seizure of extensive Gaza territory, creating "buffer zones" and effectively isolating Rafah, a city once sheltering over 250,000 Palestinians, with military maps showing a...
CROSSROADS: US, Europe, China & India
North America On April 2nd, U.S. President Donald Trump launched his “Liberation Day” tariff plan, imposing 10%–50% tariffs on nearly all foreign imports using a controversial formula based on trade surpluses, only to contradict prior statements over the...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Rebound Global equities gained this week, attempting to recover some losses from last week's correction. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq increased 5.70% and 7.29%, respectively, and the Dow Jones rose 4.95% on the week. The U.S....
Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we examine the accelerating disintegration of the postwar global order as President Trump’s sweeping tariffs threaten to unravel decades of economic integration and strain the transatlantic alliance, while scholars warn of a...
The Wooden Nickel: Tarrified
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 formal proclamations or projections....
Bi-Weekly Market Update
US Equity Markets President Trump’s aggressive global tariffs, imposed across virtually all the United States’ major trading partners, have ignited fears of a full-blown trade war and potential global recession. The tariffs could raise prices, invite retaliation, slow...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Decline Global equities sank this week following US President Donald Trump's implementation of harsher-than-expected tariffs against U.S. trading partners. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost 9.08% and 10.02%, respectively, and...
Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we explore the unraveling of the postwar order, including the deepening rift between the U.S. and its European allies, Trump’s aggressive trade policies, and escalating political turmoil in France and Israel. In Geoeconomics, we...
The Markets at the Junction of the Platonic Wheel and Jeffersonian Democracy: Trade, Cycles, and the 200-Day Moving Average, Part I
Wealth creation is the trust outcome of production and exchange. Wealth affects production, sale, and exchange of goods and services, and of course, can advance growth due to higher incomes, spending, and investments. The equity market (as a source of wealth) was due...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Tumble Global equities declined this week amid more tariff announcements from the Trump administration. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones tumbled 1.53% and 0.96%, respectively, while the Nasdaq decreased 2.59%. The US 10-year...
