Not taking sides, but the West is too weak - A lot of words and not much action. Take for instance Germany, they have committed 5000 helmets to Ukraine, nothing else - they are concerned about their gas supplies from Russia.
The real problem will be if the other nutter invades Taiwan amidst all this! Then the other nutter from the peninsula will become trigger happy too.
A different perspective for consideration.
What markets do not like, and trade on, is fear of the unknown.
By invading Ukraine and calling it a war in the next couple of days the uncertainty of what the west might do will dissipate, because none of the countries in the west have any intention of putting troops on the ground and the next couple of days will prove that to the markets.
So certainty is restored. Cynical perhaps but that is the way markets behave. The markets do not care about Ukraine but they do care about a global conflict and the risk of nuclear mistakes if a global conflict arises.
If Germany and the EU stamp their feet but keep buying Puto's gas and industry keeps functioning and people stay warm in the EU now this also creates the certainty that the markets feared would be lost if the West took military action.
There is even an argument that the West will all sure up their balance of payments with the cash they will now grab from the Russian Oligarchs as a result of the sanctions. Given the debt accrued during Covid they all need extra tax.
The only chaos is on the markets and on the streets of Ukraine.
The military of the USA and the rest of the Western powers is still on the parade field and in their beds. They are not marshalled on the Ukrainian border. There is no chaos in the ranks of these forces. All of the forces that might cause China to reflect are still available and where they should be.
China does not get any advantage out of retail investors being in a panic around the world. In fact Russia's behaviour gives the Chinese something to leverage in their diplomacy with the US.
The CCP can now say we are not like Russia we are a nice enemy we just want to be friends and share(steal) your advanced technology.
The above is not in anyway support for Puto and his invasion of Ukraine under the guise of peacekeeper nor does it take away from my horror of what ordinary Ukrainians now face.
It is simply about the markets.
Retail shareholders do not control the markets institutional investors do. Retail are simply cannon fodder in the market and should they join the military they will be similarly situated.
Brainchip fundamentals have not changed since we discovered they can run for 4 years on their current access to capital. The only pressure in the present scenario as it is said to be playing out is that oil prices might rise so people will want EV's and EV's need AKIDA. Some costs might rise but OPEC has been artificially restricting supply so they will probably do an arms deal with someone and in return keep prices under control by increasing supply.
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