Disasters and the opportunities they present

[SOL]

This won't last long. A disputed buffer zone will be created. Vlad's not losing in his backyard.
Likely some sort of selling climax today and perhaps next week, then sideways consolidation.

More importantly, IS SOL PALHA OKAY? Let's not forget he's in Ukraine, I think!!! His plans to go to Turkey may have been nixed.

Shilajit and methylene blue ain't gonna protect you from shrapnel and bombs.

That is not true nothing can prevent you from bombs etc. but I am in a safe zone, right now. I would not sit around in a bomb zone. I have played enough games years before going into the ms13 areas in central America and gang zones in the Philippines, etc as to why I did i wanted to prove to the people with me that you can go anywhere if you use MP correctly but i am not that crazy anymore lol

Glad to hear you're safe and I say that for more than just purely mercenary reasons. However, I do hope you have instituted succession planning and key man insurance?

I meant to say this is true. I am almost in Poland so out of harm's way, but the situation is being made to look worse than it is. So far the attacks are precision attacks, and my contacts here (call them the smart money) are going to use the coming disaster the Media is promoting to purchase assets that will go on sale. I will wait in the Poland area until around March 2 as that is what I am being told is when things will calm down. If it does not then its on to Turkey and then Vietnam.

[Yodean]

However, I do hope you have instituted succession planning and key man insurance?

ROFL. I've been meaning to ask BossNinja about what you said for some time now ...

[nicolas]

What are your thoughts on buying Russian stocks now? Either RSX or individual companies. I don't know what kind of sanctions the market is pricing in, but the move seems a little exaggerated. And there's relatively low traded volume today, I'm not sure what to make of that.

Note: I've added about a 1/8th-lot to the index (European ETF similar to RSX) and SBER.

[Yodean]

What are your thoughts on buying Russian stocks now? Either RSX or individual companies. I don't know what kind of sanctions the market is pricing in, but the move seems a little exaggerated. And there's relatively low traded volume today, I'm not sure what to make of that.

Note: I've added about a 1/8th-lot to the index (European ETF similar to RSX) and SBER.

That could work.

For me personally, when there's a lot of hysteria about "World War 3" and the possibility of nuclear attacks, etc. I like to mainly buy the mega-cap Tech Titans that are cheap. They'll probably bottom first, then lead the way up. You'll always get more chances at a later date to get in cheap in terms of the more speculative, smaller-cap plays.

My current market modelling is that BTC and Skynet, among a few others, will likely lead the way up, or sideways, and give some advance clues about future market direction.

[Budge]

Laugh it can't get any worse, so he did, and it did.

FYI - Just looking at futures I track, this is what they've done over the last week:
Gold 3.52
Palladium 14.63
Platinum 0.96
Silver 5.15
S&P 500 -7.32
DJI -7.27
Nas100 -9.03
Russ2000 -7.80
CU -1.55
Crude 3.91
NatGas -0.04
Brent 8.71
Corn 9.02
Wheat 19.21
Oats -4.17
Meal 3.42
S Oil 8.43
Soy 5.37
Feeder Hogs -4.82
Lean Hogs 1.38
Live Cattle -2.64
Cocoa -3.33
Coffee -4.04
Cotton 0.59
Lumber -3.67
Sugar 2.28
Bitcoin -19.58

[Budge]

What are your thoughts on buying Russian stocks now? Either RSX or individual companies. I don't know what kind of sanctions the market is pricing in, but the move seems a little exaggerated. And there's relatively low traded volume today, I'm not sure what to make of that.

Note: I've added about a 1/8th-lot to the index (European ETF similar to RSX) and SBER.

That could work.

For me personally, when there's a lot of hysteria about "World War 3" and the possibility of nuclear attacks, etc. I like to mainly buy the mega-cap Tech Titans that are cheap. They'll probably bottom first, then lead the way up. You'll always get more chances at a later date to get in cheap in terms of the more speculative, smaller-cap plays.

My current market modelling is that BTC and Skynet, among a few others, will likely lead the way up, or sideways, and give some advance clues about future market direction.

My 2 cents (FWIW) just looked at NILSY which I own and it's getting the crap kicked out of it while nickel is still rising. That and the universal hate/propaganda campaign against Vlad the Invader and the Russian Bear, red in tooth and claw, tells me to wait on adding to my position.

[Yodean]

My 2 cents (FWIW) just looked at NILSY which I own and it's getting the crap kicked out of it while nickel is still rising. That and the universal hate/propaganda campaign against Vlad the Invader and the Russian Bear, red in tooth and claw, tells me to wait on adding to my position.

Yeh, and by some miracle copper is up a tad right now - another asset I use to gauge sentiment. I'm looking at the next 7 trading sessions (roughly until the end of next week) to accumulate, so some nibbling today. This going on margin thing is pretty interesting, new to me.

[MarkD]

Yodean

Did you purposely begin posting in neon green or has the site altered text? It's difficult for cataract eyes to read.

[Yodean]

Yodean

Did you purposely begin posting in neon green or has the site altered text? It's difficult for cataract eyes to read.

Lol, I was seeing Red for a while there, and not just in my brokerage account, but I'm better now and decided to go with some shade of green.

Green shoots ...

[MarkD]

Much nicer to see green. On all accounts.

[SOL]

Laugh it can't get any worse, so he did, and it did.

And then it suddenly gets better and they start to cry. I wonder why said the clown in town, to which his grandma replied because it's the month of July and the crow shat in your eye. The clown replied so it's time to buy a pie

[SOL]

Putin's speech in Oct 2016, provides chilling clues

I’m not going to list everything, all that matters is we have modernized our military-industrial complex and we continue to develop new generation warfare. No matter what we said to our American partners to curb the production of weaponry they refused to cooperate with us, they rejected our offers, and continue to do their own thing.

They rejected everything we had to offer. So here we are today and they’ve placed their missile defense system in Romania always saying ‘we must protect ourselves from the Iranian nuclear threat’. “Where’s the threat? There is no Iranian nuclear threat.

The missile defense systems are continuing to be positioned. That means we were right when we said that they are lying to us. ... So they built this system and now they are being loaded with missiles.... We know that technologies advance. We even know in which year the Americans will accomplish a new missile, which will be able to penetrate distances of up to 1000km, and then even further. “And from that moment on they will be able to directly threaten Russia’s nuclear potential.

We know year by year what’s going to happen and they know that we know. It’s only you (the media) that they tell tales to, and you spread it to the citizens of your countries. Your people, in turn, do not feel a sense of the impending danger - this is what worries me. How can you not understand that the world is being pulled in an irreversible direction?
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Please note that all our analysis is based on MP and we take the observer's standpoint of view.

From a strategic point, Putin has just relegated NATO to the dustbin of time. UK's fat Boris who appears hard-pressed to even pay for a decent comb acts tough when at best he is nothing but a fat, dishevelled weak slug. Military wise, Russia could bury the Uk with very little effort. However, that is a separate story.

The latest developments have also sidelined America. Now polarization is set to become a global issue and not just a western disease. The world is going to splinter into two main axes and (several sub-axises that will more or less align with one of the two main ones). The first one is the USA and its lackeys and the second one is going to be the Sino-Russia alliance. Iran has more or less agreed to join this alliance, most of Africa will follow this alliance. Eurasia is almost fully under Russian Control and in South America, Both Russia and China are hard at work.
https://eurasiantimes.com/china-flexes- ... ne-taiwan/

Note that as soon as Russia attacked Ukraine, China started to flex it's muscles

China ‘Flexes Its Muscles’ Amid Russian Military Ops In Ukraine; PLAAF Warplanes Send A ‘Chilling Reminder’ To Taiwan

Taiwan and Ukraine share one common factor — both are backed by the US and its allies. Just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered military strikes on Ukraine, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry claimed that nine Chinese aircraft had entered its air defense identification zone (ADIZ).

Beijing considers Taiwan a breakaway province and has vowed to reunite it with the mainland, if necessary, by force.

Eight J-16 fighters and one Y-8 reconnaissance aircraft were involved in the mission on February 24, according to the ministry. The ministry also disclosed the aircraft’s flight paths, stating that they flew over an area to the northeast of the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.

https://eurasiantimes.com/china-flexes- ... ne-taiwan/


Then we have the fact that Russia and China are working on an Alternative to SWIFT

Banks conduct virtually all hard-currency transactions via SWIFT, or the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. But a new Chinese alternative might allow Russia to conduct most of its trade in yuan rather than dollars.

China’s Cross-Border International Payments System (CIPS), founded in 2015, is still under development and includes only 80 foreign banks. But there is no reason in principle that CIPS can’t substitute for SWIFT. And if Russia successfully shifts its trade payments out of the dollar system, the blow to American prestige and power would be enormous

“However, it is a double-edged sword: the economic consequences would not only be serious in Russia, but also in Western Europe. In addition, the decoupling of Russia and China from the US dollar would be accelerated. Both countries are already working on competing payment systems.”

Russia also has developed an interbank messaging system, which now covers about 20% of domestic financial payments

https://asiatimes.com/2022/02/chinas-sw ... sanctions/

Foreshadowing the possibility of stricter economic sanctions, Russia has already started building its alternative payment system called SPFS. Similarly, in 2015 China also launched its own version of payments systems called Cross-Border Interbank Pay...

Although both systems are in the nascent stage of development and not as widely accepted as SWIFT, it indicates Moscow and Beijing's recognition of the need to come together amidst the threat of exclusion from the international financial system. Beij...

In his interview with Russian media, Zhang Hanhui said that China was pleased to see that the Russian government has expanded "purchase of financial products denominated in renminbi (RMB), and investment in reserve currency" among other uses of RMB. ... Notably, Russia's third-largest oil and gas producer, Gazprom Neft, switched to renminbi for settlement of fuelling Russian planes in China. It is the first Russian company to switch to renminbi-based settlement

Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/cu ... 84943.html

From a military perspective, Russia has won the battle for supremacy with the West. The west spoke big but ran like chickens when Russia attacked Ukraine. Now China and Russia will work together and they will eventually come up with a system that will at least compete with SWIFT and a host of nations will jump ship. As it stands Russia is now going to win a lot of followers from military leaders worldwide. We expect Russia's arms sales to surge and for both Russia and China to become increasingly hostile towards the West.

For the risk-takers after this war is over. Ukraine is going to be ripe for a host of opportunities, especially in the real estate sector.

[SOL]

Appears reality slapped Turdwater and Unfreeland upside the head. Cancelled emergency and unfroze bank account. Destroying confidence in one's banking system doesn't play well.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/bl ... -accounts/

Well his handler looks like she is about to get a heart attack

https://youtu.be/lgB6iqOq4Jw

[stefk]

Dare I say that Russia is a tactical investor ? with these figures, we see they dont live above their means.

Its a motto of TI "live two, three levels below your means".

But all the wesren nations live four levels above their means

The economical sanctions against Russia, its totally ridiculous.

Now, if Putin wins politically in Kiev, it will be total victory for him.

[AstuteShift]

Slavs are used to living in a tough conditions

Sanctions are a joke like SOL states

Most of the masses in USA can’t even cook, and credit card debt is like a national pass time lol