Market Plays in a Machiavellian Garden with Aristotelian Fences
When we read market headlines nowadays, the focus is on inflation and the direction of interest rates. The stickiness of prices, as demonstrated by the slowdown in the decline of the inflation rate, may reflect forces ranging from strong demand, supply pressures, low...From Theranos to FTX: How Fraud Teaches Us Proper Trust
It is remarkable how much we rely on trust to navigate our world. We trust that the person driving the bus is capable and licensed to drive, that the waiter taking our credit card does not use it later to pay for a new Xbox, that the men and women entrusted with our...Canceling the Noise, Not by Bread Alone: Part XIX
Are the markets sending signals that run contrary to downbeat expectations? The latter includes IMF estimates for a global slowdown accompanied by recessions around the world, announced layoffs, lower earnings, accumulated disappointments due to losses in both...Lessons from 2022, and Initial Outlook for 2023: Canceling the Noise, Not by Bread Alone, Part XVIII
It is possible that last year marked a pivot in the markets’ trajectory that is being shaped by too much debt facilitated mainly by central banks, geopolitical risks, the deflating of paper-asset prices, the collapse of cryptocurrencies, the limited rising of...The Inevitability of the Predictable Tragedy: A Conversation Among Matthew Arnold, Lord Acton, Canaletto, John Lukacs, and Angelo Roncalli
As I was approaching the gate for my end-of-year flight to Montevideo, I could clearly see ahead of me Matthew Arnold and Canaletto. What I couldn’t see was a painting that Matthew Arnold was showing to Canaletto. As it has been happening for the last ten years in...Sign Up for Our Publications
