Category: Russia

  • Demographics and market predictions – where Austrian reality trumps Keynesian mythology

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    Real people = real demand = real cash flow. It’s a simple equation. Here is Robert Kiyosaki interviewing the great Harry S. Dent Jr. in a timely reminder of the importance of demographics. This is relevant in our covid-19 panic stricken world amid collapsing interest rates and voluminous fiat stimulus. The irony of our times:…

    The Bolshevik – Boris Kustodiev (1920)
  • After Oil: Money, Food and Polymers – New Business Activities for the Middle East

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    A billion dollar future secured by shrimps? Read on… I wrote this article for the Al Jarida newspaper and it was published on Saturday 7 February 2015. This article took a full page as I was developing an argument for Kuwait and other oil rich countries after demand for crude oil declines. It is published here:…

  • 2015: The Year For the Downside of Solar Energy and the Upside of Banking

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    How financial success for some doesn’t equate to project success for others Photographer: Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images Downside of Solar? Yes, downside.  The side where you slide down and things get easier and more efficient, and lower priced, and better, and people want more of it. That’s what is happening with solar power.  Look at this…

  • Seasons Greetings and Financial Events for 2014

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    Setting the scene for 2015 based on what has happened in 2014 As we close the chapter on 2014 and turn our attention to what lies ahead for 2015, I think I can safely say that 2014 has been like no other. I’ve been studying the financial markets for several years and the signs are…

  • The Speech that Signals the Change of the World and Setting the Scene for the 21st Century.

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    Address by President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, about how Crimea has joined the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin addressed State Duma deputies, Federation Council members, heads of Russian regions and civil society representatives in the Kremlin.  PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Federation Council members, State Duma deputies, good afternoon. Representatives of the Republic of…

  • We are the Russians – Here We Come!

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    How studying secular-rational values helps you understand a culture Ever wonder about the psychology of the Russian people? Let’s look at where they come from. What are some headlines about Russia as a country?  (Just a few, because there are many): So lots of space for people, lots of space for food for the people…