Analysts ask if China is helping Putin hide his money
One of Vladimir Putin’s long-term strategies for ensuring Russia would not be at the mercy of foreign markets and Western governments was to build huge cash reserves. These reserves, which…
Cutting off Putin’s cash
The West’s sanctions on the Putin regime are said to be the most restrictive ever imposed. That’s the marketing. The reality as Sen. Pat Toomey writes in the Wall Street…
Sanctions make the case for globalization
While Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has served to further expose him as the murderous tyrant he is, that conflict has also shown us all something about globalization: it’s powerful. And…
The other casualty of war: wheat
While rapidly rising gasoline prices have –rightly – gotten a lot of attention, the other global commodity that’s quickly becoming a casualty of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is wheat. As…
The political calculation at the heart of oil sanction reluctance
While a wide variety of sanctions, public and private, have been imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, oil and gas remain off the official list of forbidden products….
Woke investment strategists were investing in…Russia
A growing fad among institutional investors is something called ESG – a strategy where customers’ money is put to work only in companies exhibiting a firm commitment to proper environmental,…
State pension funds wrestle with Russian investments
Several U.S. public-sector pension funds are being asked to get rid of whatever holdings they may have in Russia – from stocks and bonds to property and other investments. The…
