by Tyler Thompson | Mar 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Whether public or private, equity markets operate on the same underlying assumption – the investor is contributing capital now to participate in the future success of the company, at the risk of participating in its failure as well. Until that success is...
by Rachel Poole | Mar 26, 2022 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities make gains Global equities advanced this week, marking the first time that markets have seen a consecutive week of gains in 2022. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones closed the week up 1.79% and 0.31% respectively, while the Nasdaq rose...
by The BlackSummit Team | Mar 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
“John Charalambakis Ph.D. offers the most astounding and far-reaching commentaries on global reality one can imagine. He reaches back thousands of years in history and makes lessons of history relevant for today…The world would be a better place if global leaders...
by John E. Charalambakis | Mar 22, 2022 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
In the autumn of 324 BCE and just a few months before his death, Alexander the Great organized a magnificent banquet in the Babylonian city of Opis, by the banks of the Tiger River. There were more than nine thousand guests from several nations at that banquet. All...
by John E. Charalambakis | Mar 18, 2022 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
The Fed raised rates last Wednesday by 0.25%, a very inadequate response to the realities of fast-approaching double-digit inflation. Gone are the days of decisive bold leadership of a Fed led by Paul Volcker. At the same time, expectations are that a peace agreement...
by Rachel Poole | Mar 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
As we continue our analysis of Russia and the war in Ukraine this week, we dive deeper into some of the fears that have emerged as a result of the conflict, namely a wider war between Russia and the West, and the possibility that Russia could deploy a nuclear weapon....