By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 5, 2018 |
With little doubt, emerging markets have entered into bear territory with the Chinese index down more than 20% since January. This is happening at a time when central banks are […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: June 21, 2018 |
Whether President’s Trump’s threat of imposing additional tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports is a negotiation tool or a real threat remains to be seen. What/who also remains […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: June 13, 2018 |
A few days ago, it was reported that Social Security will be tapping into the Trust Fund in order to pay its obligations. As our total indebtedness reaches $200 trillion […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 30, 2018 |
The inverse correlation between the US dollar and emerging markets currencies is a well-known fact. That inverse correlation has been affirmed again over the last few months as the greenback […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 17, 2018 |
In late 1999/early 2000, the excitement of the internet and the dot-com exuberance attracted capital away from investments that require a medium to long-term perspective. The result was that supplies […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 10, 2018 |
The dollar has been getting stronger at a time when the Chinese have started to price oil in renminbi. In simple statecraft language, such action by the Chinese could just […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: May 2, 2018 |
We live by appearances and as we pretend that all things are getting better and that debts do not matter we are becoming villains perpetuating a culture of Pyrrhonism[1] where […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 19, 2018 |
This year’s market gyrations should be viewed under the microscope of leverage. When we do that as the first figure shows below, then we can possibly start comprehending that in […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: April 5, 2018 |
In this week’s commentary, we would like to discuss our perspective for the short-term based on some changes we have been observing in the market. However, before we show this […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 12, 2018 |
Trade Disputes, Emerging Markets, and Supply Chains: Rising Tensions and Conflict Inflation
Emerging and developed markets depend to some extent on a China-centric supply chain. As trade tensions between the US and China (as well as between the US and the EU) […]