Publications
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: April 2, 2017 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action Brexit is officially a reality as Theresa May invoked Article 50 to remove the United Kingdom from the European Union. The maneuver sets off two years of negotiations […]
By: Thierry Malleret | On: March 31, 2017 |
Monthly Barometer’s Forward-Looking Monthly Review: An Interdisciplinary View of our Complex Global Economy
March 2017 As in February, robust data continues to support the global synchronized economic recovery. A rise in global trade is taking hold (in volume terms, it just reached […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 29, 2017 |
The Zadig & Micromega Perspective: Global Demand, Servicing the Debt, and Economic Developments
“Zadig” a.k.a. “Destiny: An Oriental Story” and “Micromegas” were two of Voltaire’s philosophical tales dated back in the middle of the 18th century. In the former Voltaire explores the reason’s […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: March 25, 2017 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The stock market’s streak of consecutive days without a 1% move down ended at 67 days, the longest streak on record. Politics is being blamed for the downturn […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 23, 2017 |
Market Valuations and Reflationary Expectations: What Can we Learn from a London Art Exhibition?
A recent investors’ survey done by Bank of America Merrill Lynch found that more and more investors believe that stocks are overvalued. Expectations about earnings, taxes, spending, and regulatory regime, […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: March 18, 2017 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The Federal Reserve proceeded with another rate hike this week, just as markets expected. Chair Janet Yellen cited confidence in the progression of the economy’s fundamentals as the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 15, 2017 |
From Convergence to Divergence: Emerging Markets in Expectation of Higher Rates
Over the course of the last few months, we observe that not only developed markets have been enjoying good returns, but also emerging markets rise along with them. As the […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: March 11, 2017 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The U.S. added 235,000 jobs in February, far above the 198,000 that analysts and economists had estimated. The unemployment rate fell to 4.7% while labor force participation and […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: March 9, 2017 |
Reflation Trades and Upbeat Sentiment: Rates, Oil, and the Containment of Risks
It seems that analysts around the world are singing from the same chorus book, called Reflation. If we could define the latter we would say that it refers to a […]
By: Joel Charalambakis | On: March 4, 2017 |
Weekly Market Update
Market Action The Dow’s streak of closing at consecutive highs ended at 13 but shares still ended the week at further record levels. Markets added more than 1% on Wednesday […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 4, 2017 |
Global Market Resilience: Noise, Global Trade, and Policy Directives
In the last couple of weeks a reality seems to be settling in the minds of over-optimistic investors. That reality says that it would not be so easy to enact […]