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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 [...]
Tags: Chavez, Cuba, eastern europe, energy, energy production, financial news, gazprom, global powerhouse, hackle, latin american, medvedev, missile defense system, Petroleos de Venezuela, putin, russia, russian natural gas, Venezuela, war games
Energy prices are plunging. Some of us love to see the decline. But countries like Russia and everybody in the OPEC cartel are counting pennies that were once dollars.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): I hate it when my day gets off to a rough start. One early-morning hitch tends to set off an [...]
Tags: crude prices, Energy prices, financial news, market vectors, market vectors russian etf, moscow, nyse:RSX, opec, putin, rsx, russia, russia etf, russian economy, wholesale gasoline prices
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 [...]
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 Spaghetti [...]
Tags: alumina, aluminum, bauxite, bhp, billiton, Commodities, copper, deripaska, medvedev, nickel, nilsy, norilsk, palladium, platinum, potanin, putin, rusal, russian billionaires, stephanie grimmett
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. [...]
Tags: china, commission, ec, energy, eu, european union, gazprom, Germany, liberalization, medvedev, monopolies, natural gas, ogzpy, pipelines, putin, russia, rwe, ukraine
“Like it or not, with the invasion of Georgia, we have a new Cold War – as well as the profit opportunities that accompany such a conflict. International investors were able to make a lot of money during the “first” Cold War.” — Martin Hutchinson
by Martin Hutchinson
Baltimore — (TFN): Like it or not, [...]
“The end of the easy money era and the war in Georgia don’t, at first glance, seem to have an obvious connection. But they are linked.” — John Stepek
Blogger’s note: Want to know who caused Russia’s war against Georgia? Well, you could say Allan Greenspan started it. Or you could blame [...]
Mechel (MTL) plummets as Putin prepares for plunder. Short MTL if you can and by Gazprom on the cheap!
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN):
Last Thursday, shares in Russian coal mining and steel company Mechel (MTL:NYSE) crashed almost 38 percent, after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin complained the company was charging higher domestic prices than they were [...]
“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 [...]
“Although they’ve had an incredible run, we have to remember there’s a reason we still call them emerging markets. With that status comes a significant amount of risk. I don’t care what’s happened over the past five years; I care what’s going to happen over the next two.” — [...]
Tags: Andrew Mickey, china, emerging market, fxi, India, inp, putin, rsx, russia, stabilization, volatility
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 [...]
"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 [...]
Tags: energy, energy and politics, gazprom, Gazprom (OGZPY: OTC), liquid natural gas, lng, medvedev, natural gas, natural gas pipeline, pipeline, Politics, putin, russia, russian politics, stephanie grimmett