Slightly ignored I sold my XOM calls. Brent futures up over 3%. Took some VXX 25c 2/25th ones. Not making any assumptions yet. Frequently, witnessed the ES turn R/G overnight. But it currently looks like a texbook bear flag or rising wedge rn. Esp on the slow buildup.
there are no sanctions which will harm Russia more than West itself Russia has full backing of China Do west really want to mess with China and Russia in the same time? There are some minor players like Venezuela,Kazakhstan and Iran, if those put simultanious embargo with Russian on oil and NG for west it's going to be stone age in Europe in a week and in USA in a month.
Sanctions have already started, and more to come as the Security Council meets tonight. They aren't getting together to eat crumpets and discuss the Olympics.
These "sanctions"? "White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden would sign an executive order that will “prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons to, from, or in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine.” These sanctions affect exactly 0 people. Effectively no sanctions at all.
you don't even remotely understand how the world works 2 permanent members of the security council China and Russia can block any stupidity from the USA and UK So the security council will be nothing but a talk So sanction will come from USA, EU and UK If any serious stupidity from that side 2 things will happen - counter sanctions and possible full scale Ukraine invasion with parting country to several parts Basically what happened today - everybody wanted that as the end result. So sanction will be just a token. Now to end that story US must announce NATO will never expand and everybody will be happy and can return to BLM and LGBTHQER+ problems
anti Russia? In what way does Russia want Ukraine to be pro-Russia? Does czar Putin want to invade any country it feels "anti-Russia"?
Basically yes, like US invades any country around the globe it considers security threat Imagine Mexico get weapon and money from Russia to get back Texas. Or better make sure US becomes 50 different independent states
The sanctions I heard in the car radio is to prohibit any US person and entity to invest in those two regions. I don’t know about you, unless you are a Ukraine/Russian-American, I don’t think I ever go there. Russian has veto in security council, China will back them so it is a meeting about nothing.