Saturday, April 2, 2022

ZeroHedge: "One Bank Sees 10% Chance Of 'Civilization-Ending Global Nuclear War'", Here's How To Trade It

When making bets on civilization-ending global nuclear war always require collateral up front.

Should you somehow survive, tracking down your counterparty through the smoldering radioactive rubble for payment would not be fun. 

First up, from the Daily Mail, March 30:

Two Russian fighter jets that violated Swedish airspace earlier this month 'were equipped with NUKES with the aim of scaring Stockholm' after Putin had threatened military action if Sweden or Finland joined NATO

  • Four planes had taken off from Kaliningrad in Russia before flying over Sweden
  • The jets violated the country's airspace over the island of Gotland on March 2
  • Two of the aircraft - Sukhoi 24 attack planes - are now said to have carried nukes

Two Russian planes that violated Swedish airspace earlier this month were equipped with nuclear weapons, it has emerged. 

The flyover near the island of Gotland on March 2 was a deliberate act designed to intimidate Sweden, according to Swedish news channel TV4 Nyheterna.  

A total of four planes had taken off from the Russian air base of Kaliningrad. ....
....MUCH MORE

And from ZeroHedge, March 6:

One Bank Sees 10% Chance Of "Civilization-Ending Global Nuclear War", Says Buy Stocks Anyway

For what it's worth, I don't think they were real nukes.