Russia Experiences A Double Whammy As It Heads For A Recession
Sarfaraz A. Khan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 7:32AM CST
RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), BP: 38.12 (-0.24), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
After Hour Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 4:50PM CST
INSY: 42.16 (+0.27), DNOW: 25.73 (-0.61), MTRX: 22.32 (-0.15), RDNT: 8.54 (-0.65), ONVO: 7.25 (-0.41), PES: 5.54 (-0.06), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), CEMP: 23.51 (+0.54), LPI: 10.35 (-0.16), HTA: 26.94 (-0.46)
Ruble weakens as Russian economy shrinks
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 8:30AM CST
RSXJ: 19.85 (-0.43), RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
What Lies Behind The Plunge Of The Ruble?
Ed Dolan - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 11:54AM CST
Russia's economy is in trouble. Growth has come to a halt. A recession looms in 2015. Inflation, interest rates, and capital flight are up. The government's budget is under strain. More than any of these, what makes the headlines is the plunge of the...
RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
Russia sees GDP falling 4% in 2015
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 6:08AM CST
RSXJ: 19.85 (-0.43), RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures: The CBR Bails Out Russian Exporters And Borrowers
Craig Pirrong - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 4:55AM CST
As part of its efforts to address its looming financial crisis, the Central Bank of Russia announced a new program to assist Russian companies needing dollar and euro financing , and in particular, needing dollars and euros to repay maturing loans....
RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
Ruble rebounds after Russia combats its decline
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 2:55AM CST
RSXJ: 19.85 (-0.43), RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
Russia raises forecast deficit for 2015
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 25, 8:16AM CST
RSXJ: 19.85 (-0.43), RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
Russian Finance Ministry says ruble instability is over
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 25, 2:54AM CST
RSXJ: 19.85 (-0.43), RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
Russia placed on CreditWatch Negative at S&P
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 24, 1:05AM CST
RSXJ: 19.85 (-0.43), RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
Ghosts Of LTCM And 2008 Collide - Putin Is Crushed
Andrew Hecht - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 5:00AM CST
When I worked on the trading floor at Salomon Brothers in 1990 and 1991, there was a group of reclusive traders that were different from others at the company. All around them from the government bond, foreign exchange, gold and other market trading...
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Russia orders next steps to stabilize ruble
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 3:29AM CST
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China to help Russia with currency troubles
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 2:34AM CST
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The Ruble Rebounds
Pater Tenebrarum - Seeking Alpha - Sat Dec 20, 11:12AM CST
Is the Panic Low In? Below is a daily chart of the Russian ruble. When we recently wrote about the currency's collapse (see " The Russian Rubble "
RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
Ruble strengthens after government steps up support
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 3:25AM CST
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The High Cost Of Currency (Rouble) Stability
Lars Christensen - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 12:35AM CST
This is from Reuters Thursday: The Russian currency has opened higher Thursday, continuing its recovery from the biggest intraday drop since 1998 default on so-called 'Black Tuesday'. The dollar was down 65 kopeks at the opening on the Moscow...
RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)
Russia, Gold, Oil, And Interest Rate Extremes
Chris DeMuth Jr. - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 1:19PM CST
In the publishing world, anything sells involving the civil war, weight loss, and get-rich-quick schemes. Publishers know that each of these categories enjoys a certain number of book buyers who buy every single book on their favorite topic. I have...
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It's An Ill Wind, But ETF Sails Catch 'Em All
Peter F. Way, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 10:38AM CST
RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05)
Pass/Fail Test?
Douglas Tengdin - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 8:20AM CST
Could Russia become a failed state? Almost a century ago the Russian people rose against their leaders. The feckless Romanov dynasty had presided over a brutal conflict with Germany, mass poverty at home, and brutal repression of dissent. An...
RUSL: 16.54 (-3.51), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), RUSS: 28.10 (+4.05), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73)