Publications

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 20, 2022 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

We find ourselves in an era of transformation as simultaneous and intertwined global crises reshape finance, security, trade, energy, and diplomacy. This week, we first review the issues driving fears […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 18, 2022 |

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: Rachel Poole | On: October 15, 2022 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities have mixed week Global equities were mixed this week as US core inflation rose. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq dropped 1.55% and 3.11% respectively, while the Dow […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 13, 2022 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

Global leaders and institutions alike are riddled with fears of an impending global economic recession. As central banks fight to bring down inflation, investors are bracing themselves for a slowdown […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: October 12, 2022 |

Excerpt of Nomi Prins’s new book Permanent Distortion: How Financial Markets Abandoned the Real Economy Forever

We are pleased to present an excerpt from Nomi Prins’s new book Permanent Distortion: How Financial Markets Abandoned the Real Economy Forever. The book tells the untold story of the ever-growing divide between […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 11, 2022 |

Canceling the Noise; Not by Bread Alone: Part XV

John E. Charalambakis Could we see another 15%+ market downturn? Absolutely. Could the bond market illiquidity issues get worse? Yes, they could. Could the Ukrainian war expand and undermine European […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: October 6, 2022 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

We have decided to experiment with the idea of merging our Geopolitical Challenges and The Day After & the Era of Transformation publications, instead of rotating them every other week. We hope you will […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 5, 2022 |

Dancing in the Gates of Fear: Market Mayhem, Catastrophilia, and Xenophon’s Anabasis

Dancing? Catastrophilia? How else would you characterize the following graphs? In the first, we have the wild swings of the markets in the last three months (in a nevertheless bell-shaped […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: October 1, 2022 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities continue to drop Global equities continued their fall, closing out a down week, month, and quarter. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones declined 2.92% and 2.91% respectively, […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: September 29, 2022 |

Geopolitics & the Day After

We have decided to experiment with the idea of merging our Geopolitical Challenges and The Day After & the Era of Transformation publications, instead of rotating them every other week. We hope you will […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 27, 2022 |

Market Turmoil, Plato’s Cave, and Lord Acton: Searching for the “Madonna of the Future”

Henry James described the story of an artist who devoted his entire life to a single painting as “The Madonna of the Future.” Yet, at his death, they found the […]