wayneL
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Maybe, but I would be seriously selling Taiwan at the moment.
Maybe, but I would be seriously selling Taiwan at the moment.and i have no way of buying some of the stocks .. DAMN
after various virus responses around the world ... the geo-political risk isn't that much greater now
Sitting on my hands and have increased cash, no plans to buy anything yet, nor sell, the simple fact is Australia's major trading partners are all in Asia, so what is happening in Europe doesn't really matter to Australian stocks in the long run, just a bit of short term pain, mainly oil related. My view is, if anyone thought Putin was going to do nothing about Ukraine wanting to join NATO is nieve. This invasion could of been prevented by the West saying Ukraine would not be allowed to join NATO.
Excellent post & comments you made @ waterbottleShort term pain? I would argue not...
We've just witnessed destabilisation in Europe that has forced several governments to reassess the safety of their borders. NATO is meeting as we speak as nearby eastern European countries feel that they are next in line!
This is not just a skirmish. Crimea was small portion of land that resulted in sanctions for several years.
This is an assault on an entire country, that may develop into a regional conflict and drag the rest of the world into it.
Meanwhile, China is biding it's time and learning from both Russia and the West. It shares the very same philosophies that Putin published only 2 days ago - it believes in reunification of ancestral lands and it does not abide by borders drawn up and enforced by modern international laws/treaties. Its eyes are set on Taiwan.
And now we await a response... From a Western world that has been hamstrung by its own internal squabbles. The USA of today hangs a series of humiliating losses on its belt.
Even if one were to ignore its record, Russia is not some Afghanistan or Iraq or Vietnam. The options for a physical response are limited. Diplomatic responses are off the table. Economic responses will just anger Putin and feed into his narrative.
My point is, this will be a difficult event for any government to respond to, let alone successfully resolve. And in the very likely chance that there is no resolution (given the possibility of MAD), what signal does that send to the world? That our rule-based system of international law is no longer valid? That Might is once again Right?
It would pave the way for nefarious actors to redraw borders and usher in a period of global instability.
The events of the past 24hrs will have impact us for years. These are global events and they will have a global impact. This has the potential to reshape economies for years and create new political blocs.
We thought coronavirus was a global challenge, this is bigger IMO and there is nothing short term about it.
Get ready for some hot action
i wonder how many of them were pension funds ??Foreign funds now own 81% of all shares listed on Moscow Exchange -bourse
Global foreign funds increased their holdings of Russian stocks to more than 80% of all shares trading on the Moscow Exchange in the first half of this year, the bourse said on Thursday, attracted by higher dividend yields than in other emerging markets.www.reuters.com
Doesn't sound like that drop is going to be affecting ordinary Russians... investors from the United States and Canada accounted for 54% of the total, with 22% from the United Kingdom and 21% from the rest of Europe
Russian dark money bought up London/US property and foreign assets. Also foreign politicians.Foreign funds now own 81% of all shares listed on Moscow Exchange -bourse
Global foreign funds increased their holdings of Russian stocks to more than 80% of all shares trading on the Moscow Exchange in the first half of this year, the bourse said on Thursday, attracted by higher dividend yields than in other emerging markets.www.reuters.com
Doesn't sound like that drop is going to be affecting ordinary Russians... investors from the United States and Canada accounted for 54% of the total, with 22% from the United Kingdom and 21% from the rest of Europe
Yep, all you have to do is get rid of Trump and the worlds problems are solved. ?The reason why Vlad should be absolutely terrified... NOT
LMAO, we are ****ed.
I don't remember Margaret Thatcher taking a backward step.Old world diplomacy, when will we learn. There is of course a simple solution, if Ukraine a former prominent member of USSR can join NATO, then why can't Russia, problem solved. Perhaps the world should be run by women, instead of male despots, at least women would not be so keen to send their children to war.
It’s kind of a zero sum game though, Russia is now going to be selling much less stuff into Europe, so what ever extra sales they make to China, will be offset by lost sales to Europe.They're increasing ties with Russia not reducing them.
New 100 million tonne coal deal for example and new gas pipeline agreed in recent days according to media reports. China's pivoting toward Russia and away from Australia and others in that action.
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