by John E. Charalambakis | Aug 24, 2013 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
We live in an era of financial repression where savings are penalized due to low interest rates. The latter is the outcome of the financial crisis. This in turn was caused by collateralizing questionable assets, derivatives’ volume explosion, securitizing...
by John E. Charalambakis | Aug 18, 2013 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Understanding market trends is more than merely intellectual gymnastics on financial and economic themes. Every market era emphasizes different aspects of its inheritance depending on its own problems. Our challenge nowadays – where a market theme is absent – is...
by John E. Charalambakis | Aug 10, 2013 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
The developed world’s crisis of 2008 was the result of credit over-extension fed by international imbalances and a finance sector that was issuing instruments whose collateral base was questionable. Developing economies such as the Chinese resorted in avoiding severe...
by John E. Charalambakis | Aug 3, 2013 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
For a crisis to culminate and show its true face, time is critical in the sense that it should enter a saturation phase which in turn will signify that the downturn is inevitable. It is my opinion that the next two years will be that saturation phase that may produce...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jul 29, 2013 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
The current market record-setting highs may signify an upward bias carried by momentum and liquidity. The first graph below shows the performance of the S&P 500 over the last month, while the second graph portrays its performance in the last twelve months. Two...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jul 23, 2013 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
The best thing that the US has to export is the USD. From that perspective, it is the strategic advantage of the US to create those conditions necessary for the demand of its currency. The phrase “take it or leave it” originates with Thomas Hobson from Cambridge,...