Market Plays in a Machiavellian Garden with Aristotelian Fences
When we read market headlines nowadays, the focus is on inflation and the direction of interest rates. The stickiness of prices, as demonstrated by the slowdown in the decline of the inflation rate, may reflect forces ranging from strong demand, supply pressures, low...
CROSSROADS
At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics February 18, 2023 | Volume 6, Issue 2 | 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...
Geopolitics & the Day After
February 16, 2023 While we have primarily focused on economic and financial challenges in our last few newsletters, we narrow in on some important geopolitical trends shaping the global world order. First, we analyze the domestic and external challenges facing...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities decline Global equities were lower on the week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones were down 1.11% and 0.17% respectively, while the Nasdaq dropped 2.41%. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury jumped up several basis points to 3.74%. The...
Geopolitics & the Day After
This week we are diving into several headline-making stories, including the fallout of the Adani Group in India, Abu Dhabi's meteoric and somewhat suspicious stock market rise thanks to the IHC group, and the AI race that is heating up following news about OpenAI's...
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 as a way to think out loud in public rather than formal proclamations or projections....
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities make gains Global equities were positive on the week despite a turn on Friday. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose 1.62% and 3.31% respectively, while the Dow Jones declined 0.15%. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury increased slightly...
Geopolitics & the Day After
In this week's edition of Geopolitics & the Day After, we cover a variety of topics shaping the progress, or lack thereof, of global economic growth, including the green energy transition, healthcare, Generative AI, and the state of China's economy. First, we...
From Theranos to FTX: How Fraud Teaches Us Proper Trust
It is remarkable how much we rely on trust to navigate our world. We trust that the person driving the bus is capable and licensed to drive, that the waiter taking our credit card does not use it later to pay for a new Xbox, that the men and women entrusted with our...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities make gains Global equities were positive on the week as US growth data gave a boost of confidence to the markets. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones rose 2.47% and 1.81% respectively, while the Nasdaq rose 4.32%. The yield on the US...
