Palladium Shock: The Collapse of the Russian Tech Reserves

As the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, the global technology sector was booming, hungry for components to build the next generation of cell phones and computers. They all relied on palladium, a critical precious metal largely controlled by a shadowy Russian state conglomerate. What followed was one of the most chaotic supply crunches in modern financial history. This deep dive chronic...