Tag: Russia

My #1 Pick in Russia, the World’s Most Hated Stock Market

Russia is the market that investors love to hate. With Russian President Vladimir Putin annexing Crimea at his...

Obama’s Crimea Comments Lead to Lower Stocks

After U.S. President Barack Obama commented that the Crimea-Ukraine-Russia situation was testing the international order, investors responded by...

Obama Administration Misfires with Foreign and Fiscal Policies, Former Senator Says

The Obama administration is fumbling diplomatically in its response to the growing threat to Ukraine, as well as...

Stocks Fall for the Week as Ukraine Situation Continues

Stocks closed at a record high last Friday, March 7, but they had no such luck this week,...

Investors Try to Satisfy Their “Yen” for Safety

The yen closed Friday with its biggest weekly gains in more than a month against the euro and...

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Markets Sink as Threat of War Rises

The escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine has scared the “green” out of Far East markets, creating a...

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How the Spillover Effect from Global Events will Influence the U.S. Market

Given all of the geopolitical turmoil of late that’s rocked many of the biggest emerging markets in the...

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Ukraine-Russia Conflict Deflates Global Markets

With the threat of war between the Ukraine and Russia escalating, markets and investors reacted as you might...

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Why the “Emerging Market Crisis” of 2014 is Nothing to Worry About

With the U.S. economy showing strength and Europe back from the precipice of collapse, today's doom-and-gloom crowd has...

Why Emerging Markets will Finally Soar in 2014

It has been all doom and gloom for emerging markets. Despite this, I am going to stick to...