John Locke, the Markets, and the Chains of Power on Liberty
John Locke was the first philosopher of the Enlightenment. His works set the stage for classical liberalism which, in turn, was instrumental in the American and French revolutions. The current betrayal of Lockean principles reflects poorly on the judgment of...Phenomenology and the Attempts for a Market Emulation: Reflections from Descartes & Hegel
“There’s a retired businessman named Red Cast down from heaven and he’s out of his head He feeds off of everyone that he can touch He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash He’s not somebody that you play around with much”...Fundamentals of Commodities and Their Trajectories
Below is a summary of last month’s commentaries from BlackSummit’s sister company, Fundamental Analytics. The following describes the factors affecting the energy and agricultural commodities that power and feed the world. Crude Oil Takes the Spotlight in September...Market Reality, Historical Transitions, & Portfolio Rebalancing
There are two distinct but inseparable parts in today’s commentary: First, we discuss epochs of transition and relate those transitions to the developments we are witnessing nowadays. Second, we ask the question of if growth and value could interchange weights as the...Statecraft & Market Outlook, Part II: The Irony of the Market’s Trajectory, Insights from Reinhold Niebuhr
Are we experiencing a tragic market filled with pathos and crowned by ironies? Are there objective patterns in the flow of history (and for that matter of market cycles/waves) related to the unraveling of contemporary events? Isn’t it the purpose of theorizing to find...Sign Up for Our Publications
