Regional Market Watch
Welcome to our monthly newsletter which covers key developments in major non-US markets. With this newsletter, we highlight corporate, debt, and monetary policy news in European, Asian, and Latin American markets. We end this piece with a spotlight on commodities....
Geopolitics & the Day After
Welcome to this week’s edition of Geopolitics & the Day After. Each week, we curate and synthesize key developments from global politics, economics, and financial markets, drawing from a wide range of trusted sources. Our goal is to provide you with a clear,...
Empyrean Realms and Tawdry One-Arm Bandits: The Commandatore Comes to Dinner
The chart below uses data from the AAII portfolio survey, ICI assets under management, and the Fed’s own data on financial variables. Taking a perspective of forty years, one must conclude that investors live in empyrean stock realms, while systemically departing from...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Make Gains Global equities made gains this week, trading near record highs. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq increased 2.33% and 4.51%, respectively, while the Dow Jones gained 0.22%. The US 10-year Treasury was little changed at 4.36%,...
Geopolitics & the Day After
Welcome to this week’s edition of Geopolitics & the Day After. Each week, we curate and synthesize key developments from global politics, economics, and financial markets, drawing from a wide range of trusted sources. Our goal is to provide you with a clear,...
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 make formal proclamations or projections....
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global Equities Make Gains Global equities made gains this week as strong earnings overshadowed continued geopolitical uncertainty in the Gulf. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq increased 0.91% and 1.12%, respectively, while the Dow Jones gained 0.55%. The...
Carbon Market News Roundup
Welcome to the latest edition of the Carbon Market News Roundup, our bi-weekly briefing on the evolving landscape of global carbon markets and climate-related regulation. Our previous issues, along with the rest of our commentaries, may be read here. In this issue, we...
Geopolitics and the Day After
Welcome to this week’s edition of Geopolitics & the Day After. Each week, we curate and synthesize key developments from global politics, economics, and financial markets, drawing from a wide range of trusted sources. Our goal is to provide you with a clear,...
Paradoxes and the Agora
Once, Henry Kissinger observed that “the attempt to achieve the ultimate in a finite period of time can produce extraordinary disasters.” The agora of ideas demands the best possible answers. The agora of policymaking/strategy demands preparation for the worst...
