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Russia Crashes Into Bear Market As Europe Drops Most In 9 Months
Broad European stocks dropped 3.3% on the week - the biggest fall since June of last year. Despite a late-day surge on the back of surprising relief from Lavrov's comments on not invading Ukraine (well, he's hardly going to pre-announce) Germany has seen its worst 2-week drop in 28 months. Sovereign bond spreads rose 10-13bps on the week for the peripheral nations (which is actually notable given how tight they trade now). Russian stocks have plunged 22% from Feb 18th highs and Russian 10Y bond yields surged to near 10% yields. Ukraine's short-date bonds remain at yields around 50% and the Hyrvnia is losing ground.
Germany's DAX is back at 5-month lows and this is the worst 2-week slide since Nov 2011...
Russia enters a very fast bear market...
As Russian 10Y yields surge...
Charts: Bloomberg
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Puty Putin don't care. He is all about the big picture.
The warm water Port at any cost. The Russian market will bounce back.
Swamp Donkey's http://hedge.ly/NdXYJP
ZH hit it on the head the other day. We do anything that ticks off Putin and he will drop the economic bomb, seize western assets and default on western banks. Done deal.
Correct, from the balance sheet perspective, the Russian government is doing okay, Russian private equity is not. (Just the opposite in the U.S.S.A).
@Vamp
+1
Russian companies withdraw billions from west, say Moscow bankersLet's embargo their oil. Ooops, gas at $10 a gallon might piss off voters in an election year. Guess we can't do shit to Russia. And they know it!
Russia in a bear market ... theres gotta be a pun in that...
The US is in a bull(shit) market.
that'll be 25 bucks for your Bic Mac in Mother Russia. "fries and drink extra."
No actually it's about $1.25 for a pita bread sandwich with tomatoes, lettuce, and sour cream from McDonalds in russia. Drink about $1.00. Coming from a person living in Russia right now. And it's pretty tasty. Also healthier than the shit in America. By the way, coca-cola and sprite etc here in Russia are made with real sugar. Sugar is bad for you yeah, but High-fructose shitsyrup is even worse for you. And it's what is in most American colas.
True. I talked to a lady the other day who said she spends extra to get Coca Cola from Mexico at Costco because it does not have high fructose shit. Russia has it's act together compared to imploding USSA. The USSA is joke and Obama, the Clintons and Bushes are a prime example of what a disgusting farce Amerika is.
Coca-Cola in Peru is made with real sugar as well.
The Russians have long since recognized the dangers of paper promises. They really don't give a shit folks.
Now as for all those western sheep, not so much.
hedge accordingly.
what do you think their war effort is running on you dipshit.
this is massively inflationary.
the USA never had any intention of taking and holding "Middle Eastern real estate."
What if these people put up a fight? Or worse...DEFEAT YOU.
You'll need more than tanks and NKVD here.
So now all those vehicles are running on paper? You really are a moron, and I don't think you are a vet. Certainly not one that ever saw action or has been to Russia or done business with Russians.
I'm starting to think he's a veterinarian that a horse kicked in the head.
man, these trolls and their name calling...dipshits, morons, this veterinarian, payfone, and et.als...i guess when u cant compete with logic and reason you go with contempt...
There are no attacks in my original post. Do you actually have anything to add or not?
I do a lot of business with people in Russia. What great insight do you have?
Maybe he's John Kerry. That would hit ALL the criteria.
It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature Fuckers (read: NATO/FED/GOLDMAN/ZIONISTAS).
"I crush bear market like tiny clown car." - V. Putin
http://www.awsm.com/img/2010/vladimir-putin-riding-bear.jpg
Economic warfare
Putin know the west is bluffing. If the west starts sanctions then he will throttle down energy to Europe, play currency wars and wait it out. In the big picture he knows that the financial house of cards in the west will fall with any sort of serious external jolt. Russia has very little debt and is tough enough to go it alone. In the U.S. the population will wilt if the cable goes down for a week.
What if the West isn't bluffing?
What if their goal is to secure those natural gas lines for themselves...and cut off natural gas from going TO Russia?
The Europeans will yank Uncle Sam's chain if the heat goes off. If putin starts shaking the derivatives tree then you will have all sorts of stinky money types on the red phone to Zero.
Then China will be very happy because they can buy more gas from a trusted partner instead of some crazy dessert states where they still live in the 10th century.
Europe doens't pump gas into the russian fields
"...cut off natural gas from going TO Russia?"
??????????
The Russian businesses have $700 billion in debt with US and European banks. If they decide to default then good luck to the banks trying to collect. Russia will still have it's oil and gas fields.
If they defaulted on that much debt the US would take the gas and oil.... Or at least try. You can fuck with Ukraine, you can't talk shit till you're blue in the face, don't fuck with the m,oney though...lol
The cable down for a week?!?
WTF, you want to kill us all?
BTFD.
Somebody is unleashing HFT short machine on them.
money changers are going do whatever they can to try and stop putin. crashing paper markets in order to create internal instability is probably one of their top strategies.
Unfortunately for them, the only russians with a real vested interest in paper bullshit are very powerful oligarchs, so good luck with that. Let me say it again, people define boarders, not the other way around.
Are there any good funds/equities to play Russia? Love it when the US incompetents in charge (USIIC) are talking down the Russian people and supporting Ukraine facists. Did you see the map on ZH that showed the dependency on Russian gas? This is just talk, want to catch the pop.
Of course everything remains just peachy here in trouble free US though, stawks r cheap, free moneys 4eva, etc etc.
So whats keeping the us market afloat? POMO? or is this all just a charade?
quick what is a product I can use to trade russia that has liquid options! all I can find are leveraged etfs with shit volume and wide markets.
What does not kill you makes you stronger.
Except for bears, bears will kill you.
The stock market doesn't mean the same thing to Russia as it does here. The entire market cap of the Russian market is less than the value of 10 months' worth of oil exports alone (natgas NOT included in calculation).
That market could go to zero and Putin would be completely unfazed.
but think of the children!
why wont anybody think of the children!?!
BTFD rooskie bitches
Perfectly logical. It's not the concern over potential war, but worries of foreign investors that their assets will be frozen once the witch hunt begins.
For sure, McDonalds is well known in Russia as the widest network of free toilets :) and for free WiFi, as well. It is also known as a place where you can get some shitty fast food for incredibly low price. Nobody cares if it disappears some day.
Putin has plenty of resources to sell and doesn't need to print rubles to do it. Russia has less then 1/2 the population of the United States and a whole lot more land.
Putin will sell what he wants, where and when he wants...with Chinese help.