{"id":11191,"date":"2014-10-23T03:42:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=11191"},"modified":"2014-10-23T03:42:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T07:42:00","slug":"russias-ruble-in-a-world-of-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/russias-ruble-in-a-world-of-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s Ruble in a world of pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s ruble is in a world of pain, having lost one-third of its value against the Dollar over the last 40 months. The down-trend is accelerating, emphasized by two large 13-week Twiggs Momentum peaks below the zero line.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"RUBUSD\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-10-23-rub.png?resize=525%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RUBUSD\" width=\"525\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Putin has backed himself into a corner and has no way out but to escalate. His current strategy in Eastern Europe of one-step-back-two-steps-forward is becoming predictable and the European Union is likely to run out of patience, responding with further sanctions. Increasingly threatening behavior in the Baltic is also unlikely to intimidate, merely strengthening alliances and resolve.<\/p>\n<p>George Soros on the Ukraine crisis:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russia is challenging Europe to its very existence but neither leaders nor citizens are aware. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/261DLJe27h\">http:\/\/t.co\/261DLJe27h<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Sl1iD4WEhv\">pic.twitter.com\/Sl1iD4WEhv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anders \u00d6stlund &#8211; \u0407 (@andersostlund) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andersostlund\/status\/525183504066560000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former Swedish PM Carl Bildt seems to agree:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Ukraine\u2019s Vote, Russia\u2019s Fate&quot; by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlbildt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@carlbildt<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HfENdCm0Uh\">http:\/\/t.co\/HfENdCm0Uh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Project Syndicate (@ProSyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProSyn\/status\/524833236485419008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ambrose Evans-Pritchard weighs in on Russia&#8217;s economic woes:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colin_Twiggs\/status\/525096169311977473<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s ruble is in a world of pain, having lost one-third of its value against the Dollar over the last 40 months. The down-trend is accelerating, emphasized by two large 13-week Twiggs Momentum peaks below the zero line. Vladimir Putin has backed himself into a corner and has no way out but to escalate. His &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/23\/russias-ruble-in-a-world-of-pain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Russia&#8217;s Ruble in a world of pain&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,26,33],"tags":[1304,3006,3521,3614],"class_list":["post-11191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forex","category-russia-former-ussr","category-uk-europe-countries-regions","tag-european-union","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-vladimir-putin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia&#039;s Ruble in a world of pain - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia&#039;s Ruble in a world of pain - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russia&#8217;s ruble is in a world of pain, having lost one-third of its value against the Dollar over the last 40 months. 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