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By: Rachel Poole | On: February 1, 2020 |

Weekly Market Update – February 1, 2020

Market Action   Global equities struggled this week as worries over the coronavirus spread faster than the virus itself. Anxiety about the outbreak caused the yield on the US 10-year […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 27, 2020 |

Global Trade, PMIs, Transformation, and Market Implications: When Lincoln Read Whitman’s Poetry

The latest figures on global trade portray a picture of contraction. Have we entered into a period of deglobalization? The figures tell us a story of the longest period of […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: January 25, 2020 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action   Global equities saw little change this week while the opposite can be said for the yield on the US 10-year Treasury note. Investor concern over the rapidly […]

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: January 22, 2020 | Tags: Guest Commentary

More Important than Valuation: Understanding the Value of Return on Invested Capital

By Joel N. Charalambakis    “In the long term, it’s hard for a stock to earn a much better return than the business which underlies it earns. If the business […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: January 18, 2020 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action   Global equities continued their advance into record territory, again crossing the 29,000 line. Despite the strong equity market performance, the yield on the 10-year US Treasury remained […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 15, 2020 |

Earnings, Valuations, and Equity Markets

Looking back to 2019, we don’t think that it would be a stretch to claim that lower rates and the dovish approach by the Fed lifted up valuations and played […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: January 11, 2020 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action   Global equities continued their record run this week. The Dow Jones crossed 29,000 for the first time ever on Friday. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 8, 2020 |

The Rising Turmoil in the Middle East and the Implications for Portfolio Hedging

There is no doubt that the death of Qassem Soleimani may become a stepping-stone for rising violence, turmoil, volatility, risks, and even a new war in a troubled region of […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: January 4, 2020 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action   Global equities changed little this week after gains made earlier in the week were given up after a US airstrike killed the top Iranian general in Baghdad, […]

By: Rachel Poole | On: January 2, 2020 |

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 The United […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 30, 2019 |

On the Dialectic Morals of Statecraft: A Conversation with Johannes Bredenburg, Spinoza, Corrie Ten Boom, Amartya Sen, and Sir John Templeton.

In the boarding area I could clearly see three distinct figures: Johannes Bredenburg, Sir John Templeton, and Spinoza. I knew that I was destined for another treat in this end-of-year […]