09.03.2014 - 17:49 [ Quartz ]

“Buy when there’s blood on the streets”—investors in Ukraine are taking the advice literally

(13.12.2013) Baron Rothschild’s purported adage on investing, “buy when there’s blood in the streets,” is generally taken as a euphemism by contrarian investors. But as the anti-government protests in Ukraine enter their fourth week, with sporadic bouts of violence, some bond investors are taking the advice literally.