Commentaries

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 5, 2024 |

Running for Cover: Volatile Echoes from Economic, Financial, and Geopolitical Fronts

What a week that was! It seemed that anywhere we turned our sights, signs of volatility were dancing over our heads. The objectives of this commentary are twofold: First, to […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: July 30, 2024 |

The Great Green Flood

In the race towards a green energy transition, China has at times been an example to follow, and at other times a potential disruptor. As the world is making sweeping […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 9, 2024 |

Statecraft and the Dollar’s Trajectory: From the Impulse of Passion to the Paths of Prudence

Power does not guarantee security. Preserving the global order is costly. Restraining the forces that aim at destabilizing the global order is even costlier. The fate of the dollar and […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: July 2, 2024 |

Electrifying the Future: The EV Market Landscape

As the global automotive industry accelerates toward a cleaner, more sustainable future, the electric vehicle (EV) market has been significantly elevated and demands exploration. It is a fact that EVs […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: June 25, 2024 |

Wonderful Highs and Miserable Lows: Plotinus on European Tremors and Market Dialectic

What has been happening with European stocks (ticker EZU below) since the beginning of the month? Why have they lost more than 6%, while the S&P 500 (ticker SPY) and […]

By: The BlackSummit Team | On: June 18, 2024 |

India’s Economic & Geopolitical Aspirations

In this special edition newsletter, we turn our focus to India, diving deep into its economic and geopolitical landscape, as well as the nation’s aspirations for the future. While India […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: June 11, 2024 |

The Bride of Acheron, Part II: Sophocles’ Antigone and Homer’s Pleonexia Meet Mr. Uncertainty

In the first part of this two-part series, we outlined four possible scenarios that make up Mr. Uncertainty. Antigone stood up to Creon which represented the epitome of self-destruction not just for […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 28, 2024 |

The Bride of Acheron: Sophocles’ Creon as an Experienced Market Coordinator, Part I

Last weekend the Financial Times published an article by Ruchir Sharma, titled “What went wrong with capitalism”. Sharma is an analyst whom I highly respect, and in his book The Rise and […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 14, 2024 |

Revisiting the Novus Ordo Seclorum: Valuations and Rivalries

John E. Charalambakis In 1774, the Continental Congress was convened to inaugurate what is known as a novus ordo seclorum (new order of the ages). Two years later, the Declaration of Independence […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 15, 2024 |

Market Rhymes, Geopolitical Reality, Importing 19th Century Russian Populism, and the Irreversibility of a Reverse Categorical Imperative: Investment Options, Part III

Several questions are surfacing following the weekend’s geopolitical developments. Here are a few of them: Has the paradigm of the Middle East conflict been shifted, and if yes, can it […]