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Again: do it. The sooner we can cast off the yoke of the Middle East's hold on our power generation via oil, the better. Things like this can only accellerate the process: good. Keep it up and accellerate even more.
Just a tip, in political circles acceleration is generally a term to avoid. It's a loosely defined, dogshit ideology. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism
True, but I'm only talking about specifically cutting ties with the M..E (gradually) and transitioning to a green energy model ASAP, not about the wider political implications.
It's very clear that's not what OP was talking about
i am starting to think excessive rich people are not THAT good for society
Eat the rich.
I know that no one is actually serious when they say this, but I think all it would take would be one.
If we just drag Bezos or Musk out in the streets and have an actual barbecue with them I feel like the rest would start to support a wealth tax pretty fucking quickly.
The rich would use the media to create a zombie style fear of the average person and sow paranoia to rouse security systems like police and national guard to action. They would lock down everyone rather than suffer losing one person.
Keep in mind that eating just one rich isn't as scary as the promise of eating more. The rich will use their their considerable resources, and cooperate, to stop them from succumbing to populist hunger.
I have to say, all that work makes the meat sound tastier to me lol.
You got me hungry, I wonder if it would be like eating an aged veal? 🤔
Nope gotta taste them all.
You won't drag anyone.
Dibs on the Bezos bbq ribs
Yep you keep your Bezos ribs.
I'll need more sauce
Money is not true value, currency is a placeholder for true value that is used to facilitate trade. Rich people are worth less than the profits they extract from coordinating labor. But they extract enough to think they're still better than those they exploit.
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Call. Their. Bluff.
We'll see if Saudi Arabia's attempt to control the West works this time. They sure do a good job with the U.S. despite being behind 9/11.
Sell to whom? Do Euro bonds work differently than in the US?
You can sell bonds in the US and it's only slightly different from selling a stock. The bond changes hands, but the government debt and interest payments remain static. (The buyer and seller get to deal with premium/discounts and accrued interest, but that has zero effect on the underlying debt from the issuing government)
I don't understand why this would be a bad thing for them to sell.
Europe is selling new bonds all the time, and the price buyers will be willing to pay for them will fall.
I don't see how KSA selling their bonds on secondary market will lower the "price" of new issue.
Why would you buy the new issue that yields like crap when the older bonds that got dumped are much cheaper?
The price of the bond and the yield are in an inverse relation. In other words, by dumping the bonds you increase their yield. Europe would be forced to pay a higher yield on new issues
I mentioned premium/discount in my comment. When you sell a bond on the secondary market, the price goes up or down to match prevailing interest rates. It should have no effect on new issue prices.
I am simplifying quite a bit here, but the gist is sufficient unless European bonds work differently which was my original question.
The price moves with supply and demand on the secondary market. Normally, yes, that'll tend to vary to balance yield with the prevailing interest rates, however, the threat seems to be to dump bonds onto the secondary market, presumably without a minimum price. The glut would mean buyers could purchase them below that balance price, giving them a better yield. This would have (at least) two knock on effects, firstly it would make it harder for governments yo raise funds through bond issues as they'd effectively be competing with the cheaper 'dumped' bonds and so would need to offer an equivalently high yield, and secondly may allow 'undesirable' governments or groups to amass significant amounts of European debt, which potentially gives them more political leverage than European governments might like.
A sensible response. Thank you. I couldn't wrap my head around how this would affect the market, but yeah if the volume is big enough and the price is low enough it could muck things up.
It’s not clear how much European debt Saudi Arabia holds, but its central bank’s net foreign currency reserves stand at $445bn. Saudi Arabia holds $135.9bn in US treasuries, placing it 17th among investors in the US bonds.
Best info on their holdings I could pull from fake news coverage. I am going to assume they hold less EU than US. So lets say 130billion.
European sovereign bond issuance continues above pre-pandemic levels: in 2021, European sovereign bond issuance, including issuance from EU Member States, the UK and the European Commission, accumulated EUR 3362.3 bn in proceeds,
Note that's with a 3.3T
I am not a bond trader so I am not sure how big of impact Saudi sell off would cause but for them to drive the price, they would be taking big losses on top of what is likely an underwater position.
They may well be looking at how much the EU holds in Saudi assets, seeing those at potential risk of being seized and deciding tge write-down on dumping the bonds would be worth it. Long term, I don't think it would have an effect on prices, but short term it may well do, depending on how concentrated their holdings are.
From what I can see, normal trading volume in bonds is about 500% per year, or about 2% per day assuming 250 trading days per year. If the 130bn you mention is spread across all government bonds across the EU then it accounts for about 4% of the total, or about two days of normal trade. Dump all of that in one go and it'd definitely have a short term effect. If their holdings are more concentrated they could have an even bigger effect on the bonds they hold.
Bonds tend to be issued on a regular basis, so even a short term drop in price could be timed to affect an auction. That has the twin effect of reducing the amount the government in question raises, and also tying them into effectively higher interest rates, potentially for decades to come.
I'm no expert trader either, so I could be barking up the wrong tree, but I assume that they would have a clear expectation of the results before making that threat, and I can't really see any other effects it could be expected to have.
It should have no effect on new issue prices.
That is my understanding, short of KSA flooding secondary market to where nobody shows up at the auction but I doubt they got enough bonds to do this or that they would sell them in such manner anyway.
The prevailing interest rates is what is affected when a large holder dumps their bonds, it increases the market interest rates
Using bonds to blackmail the European Union? I hope they will be barred from buying bonds for all eternity.
And how much UAE assets is held in Europe?
Do they have anything other than oil?
Bonesaws, sand, slavery, and abusing women.
I'm sure they have a large pile of money parked in Europe, just like Russia does.
Ah, sorry. I read your comment backwards.
Of course confiscating UAE assets would be a gigantic escalation and will never happen. 😔
EU is working of confiscating Russian funds so a precedent is coming.
I know they have lots of luxurious properties in France
How many elected officials are there in Europe?
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