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By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 13, 2023 |
Weekly Market Update
The BlackSummit Team | May 13, 2023 Global equities fall Global equities fell on the week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed down 0.29% and 1.11%, respectively, while the Nasdaq gained […]
By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 11, 2023 |
Geopolitics & the Day After
Geopolitical and financial risks continue to mount, threatening to create new crises out of the crises that the world has endured in recent years. The risk of complete US-China decoupling […]
By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 9, 2023 |
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 […]
By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 6, 2023 |
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities tumble Global equities were down on the week as banking concerns and fear over a US default mounted. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed […]
By: Tyler Thompson | On: May 2, 2023 |
Cheap, Clean, and Risk-Free: Europe’s Strategic Energy Decoupling
Three weeks ago, we wrote about the factors propelling the energy transition. For this week’s commentary, we will detail the energy challenges facing Europe in particular. Despite being the world’s second-smallest continent, […]
By: The BlackSummit Team | On: April 29, 2023 |
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities slightly positive Global equities made small gains on the week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed up 0.87% and 0.86%, respectively, while the Nasdaq […]
By: The BlackSummit Team | On: April 27, 2023 |
Geopolitics & the Day After
For this week’s examination of the Day After, we begin with a look at the tragic fighting in Sudan, examining how forces at play since 2019 have resulted in the […]
By: The BlackSummit Team | On: April 23, 2023 |
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities unchanged Global equities were relatively unchanged on the week, dropping only slightly. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed down 0.10% and 0.23%, respectively, while […]
By: The BlackSummit Team | On: April 20, 2023 |
Geopolitics & the Day After
This week we are continuing our analysis of the financial system as we remain wary of the financial stress the latest bout of bank collapses ensued, especially as central banks […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 18, 2023 |
Canceling the Noise, Not by Bread Alone: Part XXII
Are the financial tremors over? Based on the latest data published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (see graph below), it seems that we are returning to some […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 4, 2023 |
Revisiting the Libation of Bearers: Aeschylus, the Serpent, and Hotel California (Canceling the Noise, Not by Bread Alone: Part XXIII)
Upon return from Troy, Agamemnon is killed by his wife Clytemnestra. Orestes and his sister, Electra, are resolute on killing their mother and her lover, both of whom are thirsty […]