This overview outlines the incentives and impediments to Indian private equity investing, and examines potential investments by stage and industry with particular emphasis on finance, telecom, and software services. Exhibits cover annual growth of the Indian private equity market, M&A and IPO activity, and recent Indian private equity investments, including company, industry, and disclosed cost….
This paper argues that policy portfolios have been misrepresented as inflexible constructs, set in stone by means of efficient frontier analysis, and are incompatible with tactical and opportunistic investing. The appendices discuss the use, abuse, and methodology of portfolio optimization models.
Rising momentum in the global economy and capital markets threaten to force already-stretched equity valuations to even higher levels.
The bulls had their way in 2003, and while the economy could surprise on the upside in 2004, equity valuations and economic structural problems remain a concern.
Free-flowing global liquidity, improving economies, and rising earnings growth prospects pushed capital markets higher in 2003—will the same factors provide a fillip in 2004?
An introduction to the sector of financial instruments whose value is based on that of some underlying security, such as a bond or a share of a stock. This primer covers the definitions, characteristics, and uses of the major types of derivatives as well as issues and guidelines for implementation.
Much as they did in 1999, equities with negative earnings have far outpaced their profitable peers this year.
Will their speculation-driven rally persist?
Despite skimpy yields, the European inflation-indexed market looks poised for rapid growth.
Is the most explosive rally in the post-bubble era the long-awaited end of the bear market, or a replay of past equity rallies that ended up fizzling instead of dazzling?