By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 19, 2011 |
The markets nowadays are in purgatory. What is the task of professional market watchers and fund managers? In a nutshell we would say it is to unmask portfolio holding’s self- […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 12, 2011 |
A friend describes in a book he wrote about twenty five years ago, how when they were kids he and one of his friends went into a five-and-dime store and […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: September 2, 2011 |
China has been in the news again recently, and hence we would like to offer an update on our previous writings on the subject. However, before we do so, allow […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 29, 2011 |
When the EU started feeling the heat in its periphery, and fearing damages to its core, it established the EFSF (European Financial Stability Fund). We have expressed elsewhere some of […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 22, 2011 |
Markets could implode from within creating black holes where everything goes in and nothing comes out, destroying in the process paper wealth but also real economies. The essence of Gamma […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 16, 2011 |
It seems that we are on a ship, that has lost its anchor, left the port for a journey in uncharted waters, and we suddenly discovered that the gorilla we […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 8, 2011 |
Last Friday’s evening downgrade by the S&P was ill-timed and ill-advised. We wrote a week ago that we would not be surprised if it took place. We will reiterate our […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: August 1, 2011 |
As we are drafting this commentary, the news is that a deal for the US debt limit is very close to be completed, that will involve the raising of the […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: July 21, 2011 |
As an opening statement allow us to paraphrase David Liss’ claim in his novel A Conspiracy of Paper, where he claims that finance is an animal, and the government needs […]
By: John E. Charalambakis | On: October 9, 2011 |
Dark Energy or Dark Matter? The Greed and Fear of a Market that Seeks Life Through Death
The markets are known to be moved by the forces of greed (upswing and bullishness) and fear (downturn and bearish trend). In a similar way, in the cosmos there are […]