The World’s stock markets form a complex highly interdependent and dynamic network which embraces the entire global economy. This system of systems, comprising over 45000 interacting corporations, provides an instantaneous reflection of the world’s economy and its state of health. As of the end of November, the total value of equities in the 58 major…
Recent news (August, 2014) speaks of slowing economy in Germany and of France, where economy has come to a virtual standstill. Our complexity and resilience analysis of the Eurozone and its member states shows, moreover, that the Eurozone, seen as a system, is not out of the crisis yet. In actual fact, complexity, which measures…
A recent article on the troubles and tribulations of the F 35 fighter claims that: “… this flying supercomputer …..is a cascading series of compromises that has produced an aircraft inadequate to meet any of its functions…” Critics claim that the F 35 “can’t turn, can’t run, can’t climb”. While the issue of the true…
The ASSETDYNEX tool (www.assetdynex.com) has a new and powerful graphic feature which enables users to quickly visualize the time histories of the complexity, resilience and value of portfolios. Complexity provides a multi-dimensional measure of the vitality and volatility of single stocks, portfolios or markets. The following examples, corresponding to main stock market indices, are…
