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Russian war games: Take advantage of growing hostility

November 25, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
Russia is making bold steps. Its leaders are traveling across the globe in an effort to gain support and unify America’s enemies. Investors have a rare, but proven, opportunity to take advantage of the situation. By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com Baltimore – (TFN): Russia is doing all it can to spit in America’s eye. First, it sells [...]

Russia’s financial desperation will lead to trouble

November 12, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing, News that Matters · Comments 
Russia is going broke and is desperate for power. Its oil is worth almost a third of what it once was and its budget is suffering dramatic blows. Smart investors can make money off the country’s offensive ploys to get back on track. By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com Baltimore – (TFN): If you think the situation is bleak [...]

Rusal vs. Norilsk (NILSY): Who wins if nickel loses?

October 3, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
Russian billionaires are squabling over the world’s largest nickel producer. But while they struggle for control, no one has considered what’s best for Norilsk (NILSY). Commodities prices are falling, and demand is sliding. Could Rusal save Norilsk? More importantly, does anyone care? by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore — (TFN): Yet again, Russian billionaires are reenacting a [...]

Gazprom (OGZPY) wins as the EU “unbundles”

September 26, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
The European Union is trying to “unbundle” its energy conglomerates. Too bad it can’t do the same thing for the biggest threat to Europe’s energy supply. Gazprom (OGZPY) wins when RWE loses. by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore — (TFN): First, you should know that Russia owns Europe. Let’s dispell any ideas to the contrary. [...]

From Russia with Love: Medvedev means profits

May 9, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“Though it’s admittedly unpleasant to say so, there’s a point at which the effects of high oil prices are so great that in the short run they far outweigh one’s distaste for the thuggish Russian regime.” — Martin Hutchinson by Martin Hutchinson Baltimore – (TFN): New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [...]

Hope and Change: See if you’re smarter than Hillary

February 28, 2008 · Filed Under Politics · Comments 
Baltimore — (TFN): Remember back in 2000, when Texas governor George W. Bush was asked who the leader of Pakistan was? His inability to answer the question provided weeks of Schadenfreude and newspaper ink for the teacher's pets of the media, politics, and entertainment industries.  But just the other day, Hillary "35-years-of-experience-instantly-ready-to-be-commander-in-chief" Clinton was asked who [...]

Energy Investing: Buy Gazprom before the (other) election

December 26, 2007 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
"If you haven’t heard of Gazprom, pardon me for asking, but what rock have you been hiding under for the last five years? The corporation is the largest natural gas company globally, and it looks like that situation isn’t going to change anytime soon, unless they discover natural gas reserves under one of the ethanol-dedicated [...]