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Eastern Europe Proves That High Growth And High Income Are Still Possible
Eastern Europe: History… Culture… And Superb Investment Yields
Eastern Europe has grabbed its fair share of international headlines recently.
Unfortunately, due to Russia’s invasion of Georgia, many of them have come for the wrong reasons.
If you look past the mainstream doom-and-gloom, though, what you’ll find is a region full of much brighter opportunities for savvy investors. And as the difficulties in Georgia get pushed into the past, the world’s focus will once again shift away.
But that’s normal – Eastern Europe is usually overlooked by the developed world anyway. Here’s how to separate yourself from the crowd and become a smarter investor…
The Prestigious…
22Sep2008 | Smart Profits Report | Comments Off | ContinuedREALITY BITES AGAIN
The U.S. had taken advantage of temporary confusion in Russia, during the ten-year-long post-Soviet-collapse interval, and set up a client government in Georgia, complete with military advisors, sales of weapons, and even the promise of club membership in the Western alliance known as NATO. These blandishments were all in the service of the Baku-to-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which was designed specifically to drain the oil region around the Caspian Basin with an outlet on the Mediterranean, avoiding unfriendly nations all along the way.
At the time this gambit was first set up, in the early 1990s, there was some notion (or wish,…
20Aug2008 | Daily Reckoning | Comments Off | ContinuedRussian Oil… Under Serious Constraints
I spoke on this subject in the middle of April, but there is more news coming…
“News of falling oil output has hit Moscow political circles like a bomb.â€
So states a recent article in the Hundustan Times, another “go to†source for news about what is REALLY happening in the energy industry.
The Kremlin has invested heavily in Russia’s image as an energy superpower. During the recent Russian Victory Day celebrations on May 9, many commentators referred to Russia’s energy sector as one of the key elements of Russian power. Energy took a top billing, right along with Russia’s traditional military might and still-potent…
6Jun2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | ContinuedWith the New Russian President Vowing to Steer a Steady Ship, U.S. Investors Can Look to Profit
New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wants better links with Europe. Judging by the performance of outgoing President Vladimir Putin, Europe should beware: The so-called “links” he’s seeking may resemble those used to chain together prisoners in the Gulag.
On the other hand – though it’s admittedly unpleasant to say so – there’s a point at which the effects of high oil prices are so great that in the short run they far outweigh one’s distaste for the thuggish Russian regime. And at $123 a barrel, we may be at that point.
Politically, Russia has pretty much reverted to the pre-1991 Soviet system.
Today,…
9May2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedRussia vs. the Ukraine: Gazprom always wins
The Ukraine government is a teenage boy, and a rather ungrateful teenage boy, at that. The former Soviet Bloc country wants to be independent and chose its own friends. But at the same time, it still wants an allowance from good old Dad.
And in this case, Dad is Russian natural gas giant Gazprom, which threatened yet again this week to cut off not only the Ukraine’s allowance, but its electricity, too. And those threats aren’t going to end anytime soon.
In the good old days, the USSR subsidized energy to Soviet states. And even after capitalism and Gazprom emerged from the…
15Feb2008 | Stephanie Grimmett | Comments Off | Continued
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