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By: Rachel Poole | On: May 31, 2022 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities make gains Global equities broke a seven-week losing streak and made gains. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed the week up 6.58% and 6.24% […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 26, 2022 |

Geopolitical Challenges and Statecraft

The world’s ability to confront and solve global crises has been severely weakened as multilateralism is being crushed under the weight of great power rivalries. Yet, the war in Ukraine, […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 19, 2022 |

Downturn: Monetary Regimes, Disintermediation, and Financial Markets

Many commentators have been discussing lately the similarities between the 1970s and the inflationary pressures of today. Others have expanded their analysis by incorporating stagflationary issues into their comments. We […]

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

The Day After & the Era of Transformation

Introduction: For this week’s look at the Day After, our articles are divided into two topics. The first topic, explored in our first article, is a global economic slowdown in which […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: May 11, 2022 |

Crossroads

At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics May 11, 2022 | Volume 5, Issue 5| Rachel Poole Here is a summary of the most important events that unfolded over the […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: May 9, 2022 |

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities decline in volatile week  Amid large intraday swings, global equities declined on the week as rising interest rates and oil prices rocked the markets. The […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 9, 2022 |

Canceling the Noise; Not by Bread Alone Part X

Thursday, May 5th was quite brutal for both stocks and bonds. The Nasdaq dropped by 5% while the S&P 500 lost 3.6%. Of course, that was after Wednesday’s unexpected rally. […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: May 6, 2022 |

Geopolitical Challenges and Statecraft

The events unfolding in Ukraine today are decades in the making. Since Putin has been in power, he has made it very clear that he not only thinks of Ukraine […]

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 […]