18.12.2013 - 02:25 [ Quartz ]

‚Buy when there’s blood on the streets‘ – investors in Ukraine are taking the advice literally

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.