Dunkelflaute

Dunkelflaute

This is by far one of my favorite German words. The direct translation is dark doldrums, and if that doesn’t say everything there is to say, I don’t know what does. Dunkelflaute’s more modern meaning is a period of time, often several days, with little or no sunlight...
Beyond Stress

Beyond Stress

It was difficult to find an appropriate topic for this first Risk Report of 2025. In true New Year’s fashion every common risk topic—inflation, interest rates, dollar strength, bank regulation, and more—has been thrown into the air like confetti and it is not yet...