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...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities have another rough weekAfter a rough start the week, global equities regained some momentum but still fell short on the week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones ended the week down 0.42% and 0.51%, respectively, while the Nasdaq barely...
The Day After & the Era of Transformation
Here is our take on the articles summarized below: In times of volatility and uncertainty, William of Ockham would teach that the best bellwethers are often the simplest. For this reason, we focus on two of the main forces driving the markets: inflation and...
Price is What You Pay. Value is What You Get. Part II
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in aroom alone.”Pascal I used the quote from Pascal above to close out a piece a couple ofmonths ago. In it, I lamented that investors seem obsessed with alwaysfinding monocausal explanations for...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities down on the weekGlobal equities declined this week as inflation fears sparked a selloff. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones ended the week down 1.39% and 1.14%, respectively, while the Nasdaq closed down 2.34%. The yield on the US 10-year...
