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The Gulf Briefing: Swapping Petrodollars for Assets
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Gulf sovereign wealth funds strategy evolved, though. It has shifted from a preference for “portfolio funds” that buy numerous small stakes in a lot of companies to “investing...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Emerging Markets-Brazil’s Real, Stocks Slide after Budget Proposal; Other EM Currencies Weak
After sliding as much as 2.3% against the dollar, the real was last down 0.2%, while the Bovespa stock index dropped 1.5% after the incoming Lula administration proposed guide...
By Rachel Ziemba
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How Has El Salvador Fared Since Accepting BTC?
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At the time of writing, bitcoin use in El Salvador has fallen by roughly 60 percent, no doubt a testament to the poor performance the coin has exhibited throughout the 2022 ye...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Not Just Oil: Understanding US-Saudi Relations in Five Charts
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Saudi Arabia is emboldened to chart a different course than the previous decades, seeking to diversify its portfolio away from oil, which still makes up about 75% of its expor...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Hundreds of Russians Sanctioned over Ukraine War Are Not Barred from Entering Canada
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Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C., said it’s surprising those sanctioned individuals are admissible “becaus...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Emerging Markets-Brazilian Real Leads Latin American Currencies Higher
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The real gained 1% against the dollar, while an index for Latin American currencies ticked 0.2% higher. "In a number of the Latam countries, especially Brazil, the balance she...
By Rachel Ziemba
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment: $60 Million Lost, $375 Million Spent, Little to Show So Far
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Data from Bloomberg Economics shows that El Salvador tops its ranking of emerging market countries that are vulnerable to a debt default. Even as it retires some of its outsta...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Biden Is Blamed for Downturn in New Oil Drilling, but Fossil Fuel Companies Are the Ones Hitting Pause
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Fossil fuel companies and markets are still reeling from the economic downturn during the pandemic and the associated oil price crash, according to Rachel Ziemba, an energy ex...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Biden’s ‘Unthinkable’ Options for Punishing OPEC
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Biden might be better served by playing things cool when it comes to OPEC and accentuating the positive when it comes to moving the country away from oil, some analysts said. ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Biden Team Seethes over OPEC+ Cut That Darkens Election Outlook
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Some Democratic lawmakers have proposed ending Saudi weapons sales or pulling troops out of the kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. But Rachel Ziemba, a fellow at the Center...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iran Eyes Petrochemical Expansion amid Russian Price War and US Sanctions
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Refined polymers and compounds are found in everything from fertilisers and plastics to laundry detergents, paper and clothing. While many people may not be as familiar with p...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Putin’s War Machine Funding Is Unscathed by Latest Sanctions
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When the new US sanctions were announced, attention turned immediately to Nabiullina. She has served as Russia’s central bank governor since 2013 and was appointed to a new fi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Price Cap on Russian Oil Wins Backing of G7 Ministers
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Top officials from the world’s leading advanced economies agreed on Friday to move ahead with a plan to cap the price of Russian oil, accelerating an ambitious effort to limit...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Europe’s ‘perfect storm’ energy crisis: Record heat, war in Ukraine and overdependence on Russia
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It’s been one of the most consequential ripple effects of the war in Ukraine: the energy crisis that has gripped much of Europe since the Russian invasion. The continent has d...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Gas prices are dropping across the US. Why now? Which states could hit $3 per gallon?
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After the national average for gas surpassed $5 per gallon in June, U.S. drivers are finally finding some relief at the pump. But how low could prices go? ... "There might be ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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The U.S. has sanctioned Vladimir Putin's long-rumored romantic partner
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But at this point in the war, it's unclear how far sanctions against any one individual will go to deter Putin, says Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iran sanctions spotlight opaque brokers and middlemen behind oil trade
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Iran is no stranger to sanctions. The county weathered the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure campaign”. Russia has even turned to Iran for lessons on coping with wester...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Inflation raises old debate on currencies being pegged to dollar
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"Regional authorities are not ready to give up the predictability of pegging to the dollar until they are willing to move to a basket peg. Not that depegging would be a panac...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East nets half of China’s Belt and Road funding
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A number of countries saw their BRI investments drop off completely this year, including Russia, Egypt and Sri Lanka, although Dr Wang said the reduction of investment in Egyp...
By Rachel Ziemba
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NEOM’s IPO plans welcomed by global wealth funds
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Rachel Ziemba, founder of New York-based geo-economic advisory firm Ziemba Insights, was more hesitant and said it was too soon to determine the impact a raft of new PIF-backe...
By Rachel Ziemba
