Commentaries

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 28, 2013 |

The Parallel Universe of Greece and Cyprus: Where Do they go from Here?

The dream became a nightmare for both Greece and Cyprus. Who is to be blamed for this? The purpose of this brief is not to present an outline for all […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 24, 2013 |

The Softening of Inflation Targets and the Trajectory of the Markets: Upswing or Downtrend?

There were three events last week that paved the way forward for the markets, namely: The minutes of the Federal Reserve Bank that exhibited some reservation about continuing accommodative monetary […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 15, 2013 |

On the Restless Efforts to Jumpstart the Global Economic Engine: Riding the Tide

In this week’s commentary we will briefly show how the buffer zones created by the world’s central banks are expected to result in above (recent) trend growth due to the […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: February 9, 2013 |

Temporary Upswings and Credit Markets: Looking at Asia

The markets are experiencing a temporary upswing due to the velocity of the buffer zones that central banks are creating. Those buffer zones are trying to create a unity of […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 31, 2013 |

Capital Markets and the Velocity of Buffer Zones: Recent Economic Developments Using QE Lenses

In the summer of 2011 we published some commentaries about the development of financial black holes. The argument of this commentary goes as follows: Central banks and governments around the […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 26, 2013 |

“Collapse, Avoid a Relapse, Don’t Relax”: Prospects, Downside Risks, Central Banks, and Existential Threats

The words quoted in the title above, were pronounced by Christine Lagarde (the head of the IMF) at the Davos annual economic conference. She was referring to the EU experience […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: January 15, 2013 |

The Prospects for Real Estate: Part II of Assessing the Prospects for 2013

In this week’s commentary we offer our assessment of a positive outlook for the real estate sector in 2013. We believe that real estate will outperform most – if not […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 27, 2012 |

Uber Alles, the Intersection of Basle and Chicago: A Conversation with Moses, Solon, William Gladstone and William Jennings Bryan

I boarded the non-stop flight from Basle, Switzerland to Chicago. It was destined to be an exciting flight due to the persons sitting around me and the topics of their […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 21, 2012 |

Majoring in the Minors: Economic Realities and Phantom Diversions

In this commentary, we will discuss examples of how misguided policies and debates focus the public’s attention to minor issues, with the result being that the causes are not addressed, […]

By: John E. Charalambakis | On: December 15, 2012 |

Smoking Mirrors and Angelic Demons: Assessing the Prospects of 2013, Part I

The renewal of the swap lines among the major central banks was a footnote for the financial markets and for the financial publications in the last couple of days. However, […]