MORE MARKET VOLATILITY - UKRAINE CRISIS
Summary
I think it likely that we can all agree that world leaders don’t really seem to be very good these days, inflated egos and social media soundbites are no basis for running a country well. A weakened EU, a divided UK (most nations now seem to be), the stalwart of Germany out of the way, a pandemic that has cost billions and an energy ‘crisis’. Or perhaps this is purely about the energy supply lines that go from Russia through Belarus and Ukraine and it makes up the majority of their income from abroad (worth a glance at a piece from five years ago here). He probably took reassurance from Syria, Afghanistan or Yemen where the world basically made an noise and then left quickly. Whilst we are again confounded by the folly of war by the few on the many, we can hope that this ends soon with minimal loss of life.