@Navsteva Unless Putin takes Odessa, Kharkov and Dnipro, a peace would be a defeat.
And in any case there would another war soon after Europe rearms.
Russia needs to break Ukraine's back so that it will never recover. It should be left a landlocked country of 15 million people.
@FinanceLancelot 100% Agree.
I see people being long the stock market and short oil, and I can't understand their logic.
Even if you expect stocks to grow due to money printing, then oil should go up as well.
And if you short oil because you expect a recession, then you shouldn't be long stocks.
@DarioCpx@TFL1728 Both oil and the stock markets are priced to perfection - i.e. they assume that the best possible outcome is also the most likely.
I wonder how a person going short oil, or long the Nasdaq, expects to make money. All possible positives are already priced in.
@ilpetulante Sono piu' di 100 anni che fregnate contro il capitalismo.
Nel frattempo i paesi che hanno abbandonato il socialismo e hanno adottato il capitalismo - Europa dell'est, Cina, Vietnam, etc. - si sono arricchiti moltissimo, mentre l'Europa Occidentale continua a perdere terreno.
@China_TVv Are you kidding? I visited China with my partner and my son this spring, and I loved it!
Of course I had to pay...
I would live to have a chance to return to China for free!
@KobeissiLetter How many times has Axios published the terms of "the deal" so far?
I can't believe that the Iranians would be so stupid to accept these terms.
@RSA_Observer As you rightly say, time is on Iran's side.
Congress may soon make it impossible for Trump to continue the war, oil reserves are being depleted, and this incoming weekend will see the USA markets closed for 3 days. If Trump decides to roll the dice, it will probably be now.
@RSA_Observer It is the third day in a row that this "imminent agreement" has been announced.
I doubt the Iranians are such fools as to accept these conditions. Re-opening Hormuz in exchange for the promise of negotiations and a possible future gradual removal of sanctions? Are you kidding?
@ArmchairW Let's be realistic. The ratio is probably 5/6 to 1, which is still impressive.
I would estimate 200K Russians KIA and 1,000K+ Ukrainians KIA.
@marcosagusstinn Nothing stops me from investing in any European company on any European stock market.
What actually stops people from investing in Europe is the ridiculous EU bureaucracy and the crazy taxation.