Hedge Fund Investing In A Post 2008 World
Monday, 15 March 2010 | 5:05 pm
Investing is not for the faint of heart. Neither is it for the psychotic risk taker. Investing requires balance, rationality and a good deal of detached and independent thinking. So don’t listen to me. Figure it out for yourselves. Here are a few common declarations by investors and a few (loaded) questions they should ask.
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Sovereign Debt Investing: A Distress Investing Approach
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 | 4:35 pm
The credit quality of sovereign debt is the subject of current scrutiny and debate. The business of government is a complex one with multiple objectives and indeed philosophies. Some believe that governments are inherently inefficient and therefore should have their mandate clearly defined and limited. Others see government as an arbiter that corrects market imperfections.
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Why Equity Markets Are Weak
Friday, 05 March 2010 | 11:08 am
Its not fundamentals that are driving equity markets and responsible for the current weakness. Fundamentals were bound to weaken once the first round of inventory restocking had taken place and the benefits of cost cutting had been realized.
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US Indebtedness
Friday, 05 March 2010 | 11:04 am
Debt levels as a percentage of GDP:
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2008 – 2009: Crisis and Recovery
Friday, 05 March 2010 | 11:00 am
Having attended various lectures by academics, regulators, central bankers and investors in the opening weeks of 2010, and being surprised at the diversity of views among the experts, I thought to look back at the 2008 credit crisis in a bit more detail to see what I missed. I tried to look back at the
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