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EM investors brace for geopolitical impact

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... macro-related factors," Martin Currie said. The fund manager has maintained its exposure to Russia since 2014 when it annexed Crimea - a similar portion to the country's weighting in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. "We have not been prepared to ...

Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... down. We've been through this before. The 1990 Gulf War, September 11, and more comparable Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Just like today, these brought fear in the market. Just like during those times, markets will recover and even proceeded ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... be sure, the numerous sanctions imposed on Moscow by "the West" starting in 2014 as "punishment" for its annexation of Crimea back in 2014, sent the country into recession in 2015 and 2016 but the economy has improved since then. Preliminary estimates ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... Federal Reserve's continued withdrawal of policy stimulation. The big dump of biotechs and social media stocks; Putin and Crimea and Ukraine (which by the by, made us worry about RISING oil prices); Israel/Palestine war, ISIS and QE end. Now them, they ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... what they see. To be sure, Putin might be taking advantage of this lull to ponder his next move - recall the lull between Crimea's secession crisis in late Feb/early March and reignition of hostilities sparked by the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... 10% correction being bandied about two weeks ago either. Heck, that's even lower than the 17.82 printed on 14 March when Crimea decided to secede and get back in bed with Putin which is again lower than this year's high of 21.44 hit on the 3rd of February. ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... vehicles with official Russian military plates brought back memories of the "little green men" involved in the annexation of Crimea back in March. Wearing green uniforms without insignia, those men claimed to be local volunteers, although they were clearly ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Geo-political risks remain and shall remain until perhaps, the US/EU lets Putin have it - Ukraine, that is, like they did Crimea and Georgia before it - or let Putin have it. Financial markets will continue to be on the defensive around until the big ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... readiness on the Ukraine border with more than a dozen battalion-sized combat groups". Not that Putin ever went away since Crimea, the markets just chose to ignore him and his tats for the 'West' tits. Speaking of tit for tats, Reuters reports that "Russian ...
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