I wanted to throw caution to the wind with the financial powerhouse of Singapore. As a disclaimer, I think Singapore is an amazingly impressive country, with some great history, it’s high functioning, with a surreal airport, it’s stock market has some great companies that are undervalued with great dividends (see my article on RE4), it’s […]
Tag: geopolitics
Fighting for What?Small Poll; Big Message
Is Anywhere Worth It? I had asked this question to some associates: Is there a country you’d be willing to fight for (in combat; militarily) that you’re not apart of In other words, I wanted to get a sense of whether there were some countries, some philosophies, some ideologies, that people felt that they’d be […]
BRICS-11 are Solid Don’t Overlook Them
What is BRICS 11 about? Who Are They? BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (hence BRICS). It was unofficially named by Golden Sachs in 2001 as a marketing plough to get people to invest in emerging markets, officially formed in 2006 and with South Africa joining in 2010, BRICS […]
Would You Consider Moving Here?
The Iron Curtain Continues to Flip I have keenly witnessed events take place where the countries that were always left-leaning over the last 100 years become more conservative, traditional, strict, and business-friendly. On the other hand, countries that were more conservative, tradition and business-friendly have adopted every aspect of leftism you can imagine, causing their […]
LOOK! Russia’s New Shipping Route
“You Should Sanction Us More Often!” A new shipping route that the Russians are working to develop couldn’t have come at more perfect timing with global turmoil both in the Red Sea (Suez Canal) and the Panama Canal (protests over copper mine and Darien Gap immigraton). Russia is seeking to become an alternative shipping route […]
Russia is Welcomed into Africa; Major Implications for Markets
Commodities & Guns are the Best Forms of Leverage Much attention has been given to Africa and it’s recent military coup of their so-called democratically elected statesman. Mali & Burkino Faso have also seemed to have their own similar uprisings. Uprisings of this sort are not uncommon for the continent let alone West Africa, but […]
The National Game of Russia is Chess
A HUGE misstep by the Americans The imbeciles in Washington have decided to go ahead with another blunder of seizing Russia’s (from the Central Bank) Forex reserves to the tune of around 300 Billion USDs. It is BY FAR the biggest mistake of the USA since they began aggressively weaponizing the usage of the dollar. […]
Europe will have no gas
What did you expect, Europe? Europeans are going to be without gas. Politics ALWAYS destroys wealth and prosperity, especially when you target the most fundamental resource that any economy needs– Energy. Sources Of what is being sold, it’s going for higher prices than they were getting otherwise after the Nordstream pipeline exploded last year. The […]
A Shortage of Fertilizer in the EU–Food Crisis
Starting Shit with Everyone–Literally There’s a major problem with fertilizer companies in continental Europe. Due to the economic sanctions on Russia, misallocation of investments and a endless regulation to investment markets in the energy space, gas prices have made it uneconomical to continue to produce fertilizers. Many companies have completed shut down or are only […]
The Quiet Middle Eastern Country Punching Above Its Weight
Qatar Player It’s very easy to get trapped in on one market or worse yet, 20-30 stocks that come up on the CNBC ticker at the bottom of our televisions. God forbid you listen to Jim Cramer. Perhaps because there are just so many companies to choose at any given moment it is easy to […]