by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 27, 2023 | Geopolitics & the Day After, Uncategorized
For this week’s examination of the Day After, we begin with a look at the tragic fighting in Sudan, examining how forces at play since 2019 have resulted in the conflict seen today. From there, we pivot to examining the US commercial real estate market, which...
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 23, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities unchanged Global equities were relatively unchanged on the week, dropping only slightly. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed down 0.10% and 0.23%, respectively, while the Nasdaq declined 0.42%. The US 10-year Treasury yield rose a...
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 20, 2023 | Geopolitics & the Day After, Uncategorized
This week we are continuing our analysis of the financial system as we remain wary of the financial stress the latest bout of bank collapses ensued, especially as central banks continue to navigate the dangerous waters of inflation. The controversy over AI...
by John E. Charalambakis | Apr 18, 2023 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Are the financial tremors over? Based on the latest data published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (see graph below), it seems that we are returning to some normalcy. However, if the commercial real estate sector in the US and/or Europe starts its own series...
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 15, 2023 | Geopolitics & the Day After, Uncategorized
Though we saw promising reports this week that inflation is slowing down, the IMF is warning that there remain risks to the global financial system that could hamper growth and result in a “hard landing”. The bank collapses we’ve witnessed as of late...
by John E. Charalambakis | Apr 11, 2023 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
In the first part of this series, we emphasized China’s ambition to replace (if needed by force) the liberal balance of power with an illiberal autocracy (consequently, limiting the role of the US dollar as the international reserve currency) where useful idiots...