The Shadows and our Prisoners’ Reality: Plato’s Cave and Energy Prices
John Charalambakis & Joel Fingerman The world experienced a creative ascent in the mid to late 15th century that culminated in the first half of the 16th century. If Renaissance marked the birth of the modern world, then Marsilio Ficino and his translation of...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities narrowly gainGlobal equities narrowly gained after a volatile week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones increased 0.51% and 0.62%, respectively, while the Nasdaq closed the week up only 0.02%. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury soared to...
The Day After & the Era of Transformation
Here is our take on the articles summarized below: To understand the forces moving the world today, we take a lesson from Newton’s second law of motion: a sudden shift in direction (acceleration) in a large system like the financial markets will exert a tremendous...
Flawed Assumptions
“Some people are so far behind in a race that they actually believe they're leading." - Uncle Junior, The Sopranos The Global Financial Crisis often serves as a landmark or reference point for a broad swath of discourse even today, and rightly so. Topics such as...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities down on the weekGlobal equities were slightly down on the week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones dropped 0.57% and 0.07%, respectively, while the Nasdaq closed the week down 0.47%. Meanwhile, the yield on the US 10-year Treasury rose a...
Geopolitical Challenges and Statecraft
The Biden administration is keen on revitalizing American foreign policy and restoring the country’s global leadership position. To do so, the US will have to invest time, money, and political capital in areas of the world that aren’t always making headlines....
When Leo Caprivi Replaced Otto von Bismarck: Bellicose Transitions, Pivots, and the Markets
The world got almost everything wrong about Xi Jinping prior to 2012 and even a few years after Xi took over China’s leadership. By 2017, it was clear that the Chinese dream of subjugating the rest of the world to its illiberal image would turn ugly in its domestic...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities down on the week Global equities lost ground this week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones dropped 1.69% and 2.15%, respectively, while the Nasdaq closed the week down 1.61%. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury increased slightly to...
The Day After & the Era of Transformation
Here is our take on the articles summarized below: As we move into the final third of 2021, the continual advance of change has only accelerated. While the “meme stock” craze has died down from its January highs, the aftershocks of the decisions made by Robinhood and...
Crossroads: At the Intersection of Geopolitical 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 US completed its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, formally ending the 20-year war...
