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27 octombrie 2024

Ben Madadi nuances the advice on the dollar

Ben Madadi - an individual investor with a consistent and highly visible presence in the Romanian capital market for more than two decades - reacted to the article "Direct Advice: How to Correctly Read a Dangerous Dollar”, adding nuance based on his personal experience. Below we reproduce the opinion he shared with us (his views are always regarded by investors as benchmarks for action in the Romanian capital market):

Direct Advice: How to Correctly Read a Dangerous Dollar

Do not confuse a "strong dollar” with a "healthy economy.” A dollar that appreciates rapidly amid global fear and liquidity stress can mask serious internal tensions and signal disruptions elsewhere in the financial system. For investors, the real stake is not the dollar's level, but the moment when this appreciation begins to cause damage.

The United States is dismantling the global order

The U.S. withdrawal from 66 international organizations triggers a structural shock that dismantles the postwar global architecture.

India builds monetary walls in an increasingly constrained world

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) intervened again in the currency market to support the rupee, in a context marked by persistent capital outflows from portfolios, weak regional signals, and uncertainties stemming from trade relations with the United States, according to a Reuters report on January 9, 2026.

Breaking news: Rupee defense creates speculative opportunities

The volatility of the rupee exposes the currency to short-term speculation, amid repeated interventions by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the exchange rate, interventions reported today by Reuters in the context of capital outflows and geopolitical pressures.

1 Euro5.0887

1 Fr. elveţian5.4644

BNR

1 Liră sterlină5.8578

BNR

1 Dolar SUA4.3702

BNR

1 Gram Aur627.8925

BET25730.88

BET FI92624.9

BET NG1893.28

EU under drone pressure: report forces European Parliament to act

International study rewrites dinosaur history

Digitization: The largest radio theater platform in Romania is launched

Pope Leo XIV's First Extraordinary Consistory Addressed Curia Reform and the Role of the College of Cardinals

The protests started in the Grand Bazaar, a location in the capital Tehran, that is, in a traditionally sensitive space for the regime, because the commercial base has the capacity to mobilize and acts as a "thermometer" of society; they then spread to universities and to cities or provinces, especially in the west (including Ilam, Lorestan, Kermanshah), where the cited sources describe violent confrontations between demonstrators and the security forces who used ammunition to disperse the crowds. (Photo source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/)

The Iranian crisis explained: the devaluation of the rial, street deaths and the geopolitical stakes

What we have been seeing for a week in Iran represents a crisis, in which a very visible economic shock - caused by the exchange rate of the rial, the increase in prices and inflation - triggered protests in commercial and urban areas (bazaars...

Earthquake at the UN: 31 agencies remain without the US after Trump's decision

Black Swans: Five Scenarios That Could Destroy the World in 2026

• Rare, but not impossible; nor devoid of deep political meaning

Synthesis: Risks Defining the World in 2026

Systemic uncertainties mark the year 2026, foreshadowing a future with multiple probabilities, in which economic, political, technological, and environmental developments are dominated by major risks.

The Dollar: Financial Constraint Through Force - A Synthesis

From Panama and Iraq to Venezuela and Russia, recent history shows that states that have attempted to exit the dollar-based financial architecture have quickly encountered either war or the threat of military force combined with sanctions, which...

Charlie Chaplin, in "The great dictator", 1940

Donald Trump's Aggressiveness Signals How Grave the U.S. Economic Situation Is

The desperation with which Trump plunges into conflicts suggests that the financial and economic situation of the United States is far more serious than we had imagined.

World Bank Warns: "Water Is No Longer Local”

UK had its warmest, sunniest year on record in 2025

"The insurance sector within the ASF is poorly managed”

Trump Tests NATO's Resistance to Breakup

In the early days of 2026, US foreign policy under President Donald Trump has generated some of the most controversial and tense geopolitical developments in recent memory - from a military intervention in Venezuela to rhetoric about NATO ally...

Global Investment Assets - $261 Trillion

• US stocks and bonds account for 47% of the world's portfolio

"Liberation of historical territories” - Vladimir Putin's new aggression manual

According to Vladimir Putin's recent statements, it seems that the liberation of Russia's "historical territories” has officially become the explicit justification for a war of conquest, rhetorically packaged as a defensive...

According to Belgian media, representatives of the Belgian capital's police force said that around 8,000 people and almost 1,000 tractors arrived in the European quarter to participate in the protest, although a much smaller protest had been initially authorized, and that water cannons and tear gas were used after some protesters threw stones, potatoes and broke windows, threw fireworks and set fire to "two bins" of tires, with a cloud of smoke visible in the city. (Photo source: Facebook / Ferma Magazine)

The European Parliament, under fire from a hijacked uprising

Last Thursday's violent protest in Brussels, presented by the organizers as a revolt "for the survival of farmers" and against the "Brussels dictatorship", in reality looked like a siege with hidden objectives broader than the...

Hospital recruitment competitions and pension and salary accumulation extended to 2026

Private sector enters, for the first time, into major CERN projects: 860 million euros in donations

Russia Completes Tests of First Quantum Computer - Experts Warn Technology Still in Its Early Stage

Winter's Tale - Three Carolers

I admit from the start, I'm very sensitive when it comes to carols and carolers. I have a weakness that, if it were human, would walk around wearing a red fez and whistle "Oh, what wonderful news!".

Sarajevo imposes traffic restrictions after being ranked world's most polluted city

Study: Hydrogen may indirectly contribute to global warming

The European Commission has approved 60 million euros for social scholarships for students in our country

IMM Romania accuses: minimum wage increase - political barter behind entrepreneurs' backs

US, China and Germany - the world's top three countries by GDP

• World economy reaches $117 trillion

Earth's Atmosphere Has Been "Traveling" to the Moon for Billions of Years

Atoms and molecules from Earth's atmosphere have been migrating into space and settling on the moon's surface for billions of years, according to new research that solves a long-standing mystery dating back to the Apollo missions.

Ministry of Education launches Code of Ethics for Research Staff

The Ministry of Education and Research, through the National Research Authority - Romania (ANC), announced the launch of the Code of Ethics and Professional Deontology for Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Staff, a document that...

FIFA takes step back in 2026 World Cup ticket scandal

Negligence, the main cause of deaths on the railway in our country

IEA: World coal demand to hit record high in 2025

Global coal demand hit a record high in 2025 but is expected to decline by 2030 as renewables, nuclear and abundant natural gas erode its dominance in power generation, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said, as quoted by Reuters.

Arctic records warmest year on record

"Automating energy processes will reduce industrial customers' bills by 18%”

• (Interview with Levente Toth - CEO & Founder Veltol Holding)

Alarming study: thousands of glaciers will disappear annually in the coming decades

Photo source: facebook/ /Harbin.International.Ice.and.Snow.Festival

"Ice City", the world's largest winter theme park

National Premiere: First VR Simulator for Forensic Investigation Launched at Valahia University

Hospitality and administrative services - the industries most dependent on immigrant workers

Immigrants play a crucial role in the labor markets of developed countries, but their employment patterns differ significantly from those of native-born workers, according to visualcapitalist.com, which presents the jobs that foreign-born workers...

Kommersant analysis: Failed IPOs and investors withdrawing from the Russian capital market

• The top ten companies on the Moscow Stock Exchange concentrate over 60% of capitalization and liquidity • At the end of November, the IMOEX index was 14% lower than in January 2025 • Experts estimate a total capitalization of shares of about 50.8...