Publications

By: Tyler Thompson | On: November 23, 2022 |

Productive Thinking

I will admit, I have probably devoted too much of my free time in the past three weeks to following the slow-moving train wreck of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. For […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: November 19, 2022 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global Equities Stumble Global equities were slightly down on the week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones declined 0.69% and 0.01% respectively, while the Nasdaq dropped 1.57%. […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: November 17, 2022 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

November 17, 2022 The world is facing a myriad of interconnected challenges, or “megathreats”, that threaten to topple global stability. Geopolitical conflict is exposing and exacerbating the weaknesses in both […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: November 16, 2022 |

CROSSROADS

At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics November 16, 2022 | Volume 5, Issue 11 | Rachel Poole Mustor North America US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: November 8, 2022 |

The Wooden Nickel

The BlackSummit Team 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 […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: November 5, 2022 |

  Weekly Market Update

Rachel Poole Mustor | November 5, 2022 Global Market News Global equities suffer lossesGlobal equities were down on the week as market turmoil continues. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 4, 2022 |

Canceling the Noise; Not by Bread Alone: Part XVI

Wednesday evening, I was reading an editorial praising Chairman’s Powell performance following the Fed’s decision to raise rates by another 75 bps. “One for the hawks, one for the doves,” […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: November 3, 2022 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

This week, we are covering a wide range of topics including markets, great power conflict, digital currencies, and Iran’s protests. First, we look at the wide range of answers from […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 1, 2022 |

The Fifth Voyage of Gulliver: The Vortex of Instability

John E. Charalambakis Jonathan Swift’s marvelous work of Gulliver’s Travels is full of subliminal messages regarding geopolitics, statecraft, rationality/irrationality, and intrigues where trivial issues promoted by fanatical incompetent idiotic characters become the […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: October 25, 2022 |

CROSSROADS

At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics Here is a summary of important events that unfolded over the last month, and which may affect economic, financial, and geopolitical issues in […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: October 22, 2022 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities make gains Global equities made gains this week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones rose 4.74% and 4.89% respectively, while the Nasdaq rose 5.22%. The […]