The Money Runner
Sanctions or Bullets
The market magnet is the mid-point between the dot.com bubble high valuation and the valuation low since, Do the math. $SPY $USO
We are at War!
David Nelson, CFA CMT Fears of a coming Fed hike and rising cost of capital hardly seem a worry when Russian troops are firing on a nuclear plant and geopolitical tensions rival those of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Like it or not we are at war. The broad-based sanctions including the denial of Russia to access its […]
The Cost of Freedom
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Half a world away freedom is dying tonight. Ukraine citizens represent what America used to be more than a half century ago. I guess the reckless shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Lviv was my breaking point forcing me into a Network Character Howard Beale moment screaming “I’m […]
The Nuclear Option
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Images of ordinary citizens taking up arms to defend their country as a full scale Russian invasion of the Ukraine unfolds, forces investors to focus on more than just market fundamentals and the health of the economy. Today we have to consider a sociopath with his finger on the nuclear trigger. As of […]
From Khreshchatyk to Wall Street
David joins the BNN news team to weigh in on the most recent events out of Ukraine and the global market reaction. “Already China has come out willing to blunt any sanctions the west imposes on Russia.”
Bleed Out!
By David Nelson, CFA CMT With 190k Russian troops poised to cross the Ukrainian border ready to launch the largest battle since World War II investors seem desperate for positive news that all out war can be avoided. Headlines suggesting Biden and Putin had agreed to a summit followed by Russia recognizing breakaway regions of the Ukraine speaks […]
Cyber War – Act II
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Late Friday a massive Ransomware attack linked to Russia based REvil hit thousands of companies in more than 11 countries. The attack comes just weeks after a Biden warning to President Putin laying out 16 critical infrastructure sectors that are hands off. Cyber-attacks are quickly becoming the biggest threat world economies […]
