Crises of the Russian market: how they differed
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The Russian market has lived through several severe shocks, and lumping them together as "a crisis" loses what genuinely separates them.
1998
A crisis of sovereign debt and the currency regime. A default on domestic obligations and a sharp devaluation. Instruments regarded as risk-free stopped being so.
The lesson: "government security" does not mean "risk-free", only "a risk of a different nature".
2008
An imported liquidity crisis. The fall was deep and fast and the recovery relatively fast. Commodity dependence acted as an amplifier — The 2008 crisis: how one segment's problem became the world's.
2014
A combination of falling commodity prices and external restrictions. Devaluation, a rate rise, a revaluation of all foreign-currency debt.
The lesson: exporters and domestic companies moved in opposite directions — Exporters and the exchange rate: who gains from a weak rouble.
2022
A crisis less of prices than of infrastructure. Part of the assets became unreachable for their owners while formally retaining their value.
What they share
In all four cases leveraged and concentrated portfolios suffered most. And in all four, selling at the bottom turned a drawdown into a permanent loss — How to live through a drawdown without making decisions you regret.
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