Bundling and Unbundling
In the mid 1990s Netscape Communications, one of the early darlings of the dot-com craze, embarked on a roadshow to meet with prospective investors prior to its IPO. In its last meeting, and already late to board the plane from London back to the States, management...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities make slight gainsGlobal equities made slight gains again this week. The S&P 500 closed up 0.41% while the Dow Jones lost 0.80%. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq jumped 1.85%. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury fell several basis points to...
Geopolitical Challenges and Statecraft
The world finds itself at a crossroads. Nations can emerge from the pandemic and embrace the opportunities for cooperation and mutual global progress, or the world can continue down the road of division and leaderlessness which inevitably leads to stagnation and...
Crossroads: At the Intersection of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics
Here is a summary of the most important events that unfolded last month, and which may affect economic, financial and geopolitical issues in the months ahead: North America Three major US companies were the victims of cyberattacks in May. The first event was a...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities make slight gainsGlobal equities made slight gains this week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones ended the week up 0.61% and 0.66%, respectively, while the Nasdaq gained 0.48%. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury dropped to 1.56% and the...
The Day After & The Era of Transformation
Here is our take on the articles summarized below: For this week’s summary review, we look at some of the forces behind tectonic shifts in the markets of tomorrow. Of course, no discussion of the future would be complete without an analysis of the Covid pandemic;...
Portfolio Rotation and Budgetary Considerations: Reflections from Pre-Socratic Thinkers
During the first and second phases/waves of the pandemic, stocks related to innovation, e-commerce, as well as to sectors that deal with digitalization, performed very well, beyond anyone’s expectations. As the pandemic started receding and the economy endeavored into...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities rallyGlobal equities rallied this week as worries that the US economy was overheating calmed. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones ended the week up 1.16% and 0.94%, respectively, while the Nasdaq rose 2.06%. The yield on the US 10-year...
Geopolitical Challenges and Statecraft
The pandemic has forced the world's multilateral institutions to rethink the way they operate and to address the inefficiencies which, in many ways, have prevented the world from moving forward together. In order to transition to a new era of cooperative...
From Defoe and Locke, to the Birth of America, and the Evolving International Order: Seeking Portfolio’s Alpha
We are experiencing a paradigm shift: A geopolitical and geoeconomicshift accompanied by scientific, technological, financial, and energyevolutions. The world is changing, and we are changing along withit. Over the course of the last four decades, understanding...
