Commentaries

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 25, 2017 |

New Market Highs and Underperformers: Fundamentals Meet Technical Charts

The market celebrated a Dow Jones Industrial Average that reached 20,000 yesterday. Is this too much of good news? Is it sustainable and could it be that investors are carried […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 19, 2017 |

Shifting Regimes and Changing Winds: Reflections on Trade and Market Implications at the Dawn of a New Era

One of the main issues debated at the Davos conference this week is the possibility of a new trade regime, as President Trump takes office. Discontent with globalization and the […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 12, 2017 |

Investment Outlook 2017: Part II

In last week’s commentary we covered mainly the initial outlook for equities. In today’s post we would like to present an initial outlook for other markets such as bonds, commodities, […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 3, 2017 |

An Initial Market Outlook for 2017: Part I

The only certain thing about a prognostication is that it will be wrong. Keeping that humble thought in mind, we offer our readers our initial thoughts on the markets’ trajectory […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 19, 2016 |

Meta-modernity Meets the Post-Literate World in the Era of Post-Truth: A Discussion among Cincinnatus, Empedocles, Virgil, Ibn Rushd, Hobbes, Spinoza, Canaletto, Doremus Jessup and Milton Friedman

  As I was boarding my usual end-of-the-year overseas flight I could clearly hear the arguments of a heated debate: “Do values matter and are they supposed to create the […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 19, 2016 |

Mispricing Risk and Market Conditions at the Dawn of the New Year: Rules, Aleppo and the Banks of the Nile

Historically speaking credit markets serve as a reliable signal regarding global economic conditions. Tight spreads between corporate and government bonds have been indicating improving economic conditions, faster growth, higher incomes […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 14, 2016 |

Corporate Earnings Expectations and Market Multiples: Forthcoming Policies and Capital Cushions

Since the presidential election equity funds have experienced four consecutive weeks of inflows, while bond funds have been experiencing outflows. This makes sense if we consider the anticipated lower tax […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 7, 2016 |

Seeking Roses among the Thorns: Prospects and Challenges in the Investment Landscape

There is rhetoric, and then there is reality. There are expectations, and then there is reality. There is a death valley but also the valley of peace. There are fears, […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 24, 2016 |

European Developments Meet Bruegel: The Icarus Effect

While the markets enjoy historic highs and particular sectors experienced rallies (such as financial and healthcare) one of the questions that investors may have is whether value can be found […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: November 17, 2016 |

The Meeting of Trends: A Value-Oriented Investment Strategy

In the last two commentaries we focused on asset allocation in times of change and on particular sectors that may benefit from forthcoming policy changes. In this commentary we would […]