The Battleground of Plenty and Poverty: Reflections on Africa
This week, we will be continuing our series on emerging economies with some comments on Africa. Like many of the regions we have explored in this commentary series on emerging economies, the situation facing Africa presents a two-sided conundrum. On the one hand,...
Geopolitics & the Day After
Uncertainty and new opportunities continue to drive the geopolitical landscape. In this week's edition of Geopolitics & the Day After, we explore a wide range of topics, from China's precarious economic outlook to hopeful predictions of emerging economics. We then...
Market Fundamentals and Direction: Reflections from the Attic of History, Part I
Reflecting over the last three years leaves us with a puzzling enigma: Is this a different world and a different market than the one we were facing in 2019? Unequivocally, the answer is yes, given the pandemic, along with the fiscal and monetary responses to it, the...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities make gains Global equities made gains this week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed up 2.58% and 1.25%, respectively, while the Nasdaq gained 3.25%. The US 10-year Treasury ticked up slightly to 3.76% while the price of a barrel of...
Geopolitics & the Day After
The new era of geo-economic volatility continues to upend global norms and trends across a spectrum of different arenas. This week we begin by discussing the newfound influence that middle powers have accrued in the process of regionalization. Continuing in the vein...
CROSSROADS
At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics June 13, 2023| Volume 6, Issue 5 | The BlackSummit Team Here is a summary of important events that unfolded over the last month, and which may affect economic, financial, and geopolitical issues in the months ahead....
Weekly Market Update
The BlackSummit Team | June 10, 2023 Global Market News Global equities make gainsGlobal equities made slight gains this week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed up 0.39% and 0.34%, respectively, while the Nasdaq gained 0.14%. The US 10-year Treasury yield...
Geopolitics and the Day After
Geopolitical tensions continue to reshape the global economy, with the effects of Russia's war in Ukraine continuing to impact the eurozone's financial stability, and China and its allies pushing forward with new ways to challenge US economic dominance. This week we...
Polyarchy at a Time of Geopolitical Cycles: Canceling the Noise, Part XXV (finale)
With the debt ceiling debacle behind us we are closing this series, as we are of the opinion that a new cycle for the American and the global economy is starting. The starting premise of this last commentary is that we need to view economic transitions in cycles that...
Fighting the Last War
The original iPhone, announced in January of 2007 and released in June of that year, was greeted with plenty of skepticism. Smartphones weren’t entirely brand new, even ones with touch screens, so it wasn’t easily foreseen what an outsider like Apple could provide....
