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China and Russia dominate BRICS' current account dynamics and this is not about to change. Both China and Russia have been posting strong current account figures in recent years, and this is not changing with the onset of the Russia sanctions in 2014 and the Trump Trade Wars in 2018. The two...

It’s not being widely reported, but the gold standard is back, at least in Russia. Since the last financial crisis, Russia has more than quadrupled its gold reserves, at least according to official data. See the chart below from the World Gold Council: There has long been a buzz, e...

Elliott R. Morss, Ph.D. ©All Rights Reserved Introduction In Part 1 of this two-part series, I suggested that the largest countries measured by GDP, population, and geographic area would be the primary drivers of global futures. Here, I look at their military and economic dimensi...

Nowadays, while trying to find investment candidates many of them inevitably come from emerging markets. This is not a coincidence. The U.S. market outperformance versus emerging markets has meant that many of the best growth/valuation/ safety compromises are often found outside of the U.S. ma...

(Source: AZ Quotes , caption and editing by the Author, sagacity by T.S. Eliot) The true state, of what was referred to as "rotten" in the Eurozone, has become clear as elections for the top jobs commence. European Council President Donald Tusk, a Polish native, made it clear that Fra...

The purpose of this article is to assess the macro-fiscal flows for Russia and determine what effect these flows will have on the stock market and the economy. The chart below shows the national budget information to the present day over a ten year period tracked alongside the stock market. ...

New research reported by the Deutsche Bank Research (DB) shows that, on average, there is a positive (albeit non-linear) relationship between the per capita income and the share of middle class in total population: Source There is an exception, however, although DB's data does not test...

As recently posted by me on Twitter, here are three charts showing the evolution of Russian foreign reserves and external debt: Remember the incessant meme in the Western media about Russia eminently in danger of running out of sovereign wealth funds back at the start of the Western sanction...

By Erik Norland So far this decade, Brazil and Russia's currencies have turned in nearly identical performances. Spot real ((BRL)) and spot ruble (RUB) values are down about 55% versus the U.S. dollar ((USD)) (Figure 1). Figure 1: Spot Real and Ruble are Down About 55% This Decade Versu...

Interactive Brokers - Emerging Markets: The Week Ahead (Mar 4 - 8) The Russian Federation has been recently enjoying a bout of positive economic momentum, with its sovereign credit profile bolstered by improvements in the country’s ability to withstand certain external shocks. ...