Publications

By: Tyler Thompson | On: May 3, 2022 |

Yes, Market Timing is Still a Bad Idea

I received an interesting memo from our “Questions No One is Asking” department this week: Is market timing really all that bad? “Of course it is,” I scoffed. “Any freshman finance major […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 2, 2022 |

Canceling the Noise; Not by Bread Alone Part IX

We all know it by now. The Nasdaq lost 13% just in the month of April and is down more than 21% since the start of the year. As for […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: April 30, 2022 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities continue fallingGlobal equities declined this week, with the S&P 500 marking its worst January to April performance since 1939 and the Nasdaq posting its worst […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: April 28, 2022 |

The Day After & the Era of Transformation

“John Charalambakis Ph.D. offers the most astounding and far-reaching commentaries on global reality one can imagine. He reaches back thousands of years in history and makes lessons of history relevant […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 26, 2022 |

Baffling Landscapes: Declining Markets, Ockham Razor’s, Putin, and Verdi’s Spy

Baffling Landscape One: By the time Grosseteste died in 1253, Oxford had become the Aristotelian stronghold. Two Franciscans who followed him pushed knowledge to new intellectual heights that not even Thomas […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 25, 2022 |

Canceling the Noise; Not by Bread Alone Part VIII

There are four issues that we would like to address in the current edition of this special series that we started on February 14th. Where should we park cash to […]

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

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities decline Global equities tumbled this week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed the week down 2.75% and 1.86% respectively, while the Nasdaq fell 3.83%. […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: April 25, 2022 |

Geopolitical Challenges and Statecraft

For this week’s geopolitical look, we begin with a discussion of the self-destructive nature of Putin’s war in Ukraine. From there, we examine how CIA Director Bill Burns has distinguished […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: April 20, 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: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 18, 2022 |

Canceling the Noise; Not by Bread Alone Part VII

In the current edition of this commentary, we would like to focus on three evolving headwinds that sustain our skepticism about economic and market trajectories, namely: Trade flows, developing countries’ […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: April 13, 2022 |

Crossroads

At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics April 13, 2022 | Volume 5, Issue 4| Rachel Poole Here is a summary of the most important events that unfolded last month, […]