by John E. Charalambakis | Mar 23, 2016 | Commentaries
Over the course of the last few months official foreign accounts have been selling US Treasuries. At the same time, the US Fed has been selling Treasuries to its primary dealers whose inventory of government bonds is rising. Moreover, newly issued paper (a.k.a....
by John E. Charalambakis | Mar 16, 2016 | Commentaries
We are experiencing a transformational change from post-modernity to meta-modernity. As that transformation takes place public philosophy, customs, policies and norms also change. The metamorphosis which is now at works may soon resemble the one described by Kafka in...
by John E. Charalambakis | Mar 10, 2016 | Commentaries
In a recent commentary we pointed out that one of the largest clearing houses asked for a $50 billion capital contribution from member institutions, (see https://blacksummitfg.com/3375 ). We have also been pointing out that collateral deficits undermine the stability...
by Lawrence Goodman | Mar 8, 2016 | Commentaries
We are delighted to host the presentation that Mr. Lawrence Goodman made last week at the Stronger Global Economic Growth Conference in Shanghai. Mr. Goodman is the president of the Center for Financial Stability (CFS). Mr. Goodman has served as managing director and...
by John E. Charalambakis | Mar 3, 2016 | Commentaries
In this commentary, and in future postings, neither do we intend to outline all possible scenarios regarding the unfolding of geopolitical and geoeconomic events, nor do we suggest that the anchoring of portfolios is the only thing that investors should do. Rather, we...
by John E. Charalambakis | Feb 23, 2016 | Commentaries
In our commentary dated February 10th (http://stage.blacksummitfg.com/3375) we outlined the significance of collateral velocity and the inherent dangers of another crisis given that the main culprit (derivatives) of the 2008 crisis has not been addressed yet. The...