Posts Tagged ‘ Russia ’

Hyperinflation and Our Bankrupt Babushka Future

Oct 12th, 2009 | By Paul Tustain | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Those people who have saved for the future could soon form our own generation of bankrupted, Babushka pensioners... Twenty-five years ago the Russians found themselves in a hole. They had an official price for petrol (gasoline) of 1 ruble. But the cost of providing it, for example by buying it on world ...read more

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Stalin Lives!

Apr 2nd, 2007 | By Byron King | Category: Emerging Markets
YES, DEAR READERS, Stalin lives on Russian television. The Los Angeles Times recently published an article on the late-deceased absolute leader of the late-deceased Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and on that I will comment shortly. But first, allow me to explain the byline. I am in Long Beach, California ...read more

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The Russian Bear Is Back

Jan 31st, 2007 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Oil
"A 'too-good' deal in Russia, is, in fact, no good at all." -- Eric Kraus, Truth and Beauty Perhaps there is no better quote to illustrate the unique place of Russia in the investment world than this simple comment from the Financial Times: "Gazprom [the giant Russian oil and gas company] does ...read more

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