by John E. Charalambakis | Jun 16, 2015 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Rembrandt’s painting portraying the return of the prodigal son is an amazing and monumental piece of art. It signifies the most joyful moment of reuniting a family and starting a new chapter/direction in everyone’s life. No matter how many times someone has seen the...
by Joel Charalambakis | Jun 13, 2015 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Despite a turbulent Friday the major averages delivered small gains this week, save for the tech heavy Nasdaq. While yields fell on the week the rising trend and widening spreads with corporate bonds lifted Financials this week. Another week has gone by...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jun 9, 2015 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
We live in an epoch where volatility is becoming a trademark. We try to discover causes for this and all we are successful in doing is reshuffling symptoms. Like lemmings we follow a herd mentality that resembles a dance of morons. And as we are dancing along the...
by Joel Charalambakis | Jun 5, 2015 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Both equity and fixed-income assets sold off this week, posting poor results for the second straight week. The drama in Greece and the impact currencies are having on asset markets continue to dominate the news. After the strong jobs report released on...
by Thierry Malleret | Jun 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
On all fronts, global economic growth remains soft: facing headwinds in the US, tepid in the Eurozone, underwhelming in Japan and decelerating across emerging markets (with exceptions, such as India). For reasons expanded below, and barring a productivity miracle...
by Joel Charalambakis | May 29, 2015 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action U.S. stocks performed poorly this week as all sectors sustained losses. Poor economic data, led by a revision for Q1 GDP to -0.7%, contributed to the selloff on Friday but equities still remain within a tight range. Japan’s Nikkei hit a 15-year high on...