The Wooden Nickel

The Wooden Nickel is a collection of roughly a handful of recent topics that have caught our attention. Here you’ll find current, open-ended thoughts. We wish to use this piece as a way to think out loud in public rather than formal proclamations or projections. A...

Weekly Market Update

Global Market News Global equities falterGlobal equities were lower on the week, ending a four-week winning streak. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones declined 1.21% and 0.16% respectively, while the Nasdaq dropped 2.62%. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury rose several...

Geopolitical Challenges and Statecraft

For this week’s examination of the geopolitical forces shaping the world of tomorrow, we look at how the rules of yesterday have begun to fracture under the weight of new challenges. We begin with a historical exploration of how several crises have produced...