by Joel Charalambakis | Jan 4, 2015 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Rising volatility in U.S. markets and international worries pushed major indices down for the past week. Some disappointing data, particularly in housing, took some steam out of equities. The Euro hit a multi-year low against the dollar over the weekend....
by Thierry Malleret | Jan 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
The combat against lowflation, or possibly deflation, will be by far the greatest economic challenge of 2015. The world economy is now deflation-prone, and in almost all developed economies, inflation is below target. If inflation expectations were to ease...
by John E. Charalambakis | Dec 28, 2014 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
I boarded the nonstop flight from Miami to Buenos Aires. As in the previous years during this time, it was destined to be an exciting flight. My fellow co-passengers in that specially-designed section of the plane were Montesquieu, Tolstoy, Mordechai, Callias II,...
by Daniel Stelter | Dec 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Blacksummit Financial Group is honored to publish the following piece by Dr. Daniel Stelter, with his permission. This is the first of three posts by Dr. Stelter that we will be publishing and distributing. Dr. Daniel Stelter is the founder of the German discussion...
by John E. Charalambakis | Dec 23, 2014 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
The purpose of this commentary is not to convey our outlook for 2015. That will be forthcoming in two parts in the next couple of weeks. Rather its purpose is to express some concerns regarding clouds that are gathering in the investment horizon and which are molded...
by Joel Charalambakis | Dec 20, 2014 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Markets experienced their most turbulent week since the decline of mid-October. Going back to December 9th the Dow Jones lost close to 5% in the span of a week. Reasons for the decline are not entirely clear but talk of illiquidity, especially in...