From Navigation to Cultivation: Portfolios in the Light of Augustus and Faust, Part I
In the distance, Faust saw something like a flickering orange light. “There must be a fire, out there” he thought, and suddenly Mephistopheles appeared, by stating the obvious: “Yes, of course there is, and it consumes the house of Baucis and Philemon, you know that...Contemplating Technological Evolutions
By: Nicolas Abdelhak, Mohamed Ramzi, John Charalambakis “The only thing that is constant is change” – Heraclitus What is that common theme in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and in Goethe’s Faust? In our interpretation, the underlying theme that the audience of Don...The Hendiadys Way of Investment Pivoting: A Lion AND a Fox; a Serpent AND a Dove
By 1556 AD, King Charles V had abdicated the Spanish throne to his son Philip II. The Habsburg dynasty was well into its way of dominating European (and not only) affairs for the next three and a half centuries. Twenty years later, King Philip II had adopted a motto...September’s Market Turmoil: Identifying the Causes
September – following a long tradition – turned out once again to be a month marked by market turmoil. As it can be seen below, the markets closed down between 4.6% (S&P 500) and 5% (Nasdaq). Source: Koyfin What were the causes then for the market drop and could...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...Sign Up for Our Publications
