The Investment Frontier

Author : Gavin Graham,Al Emid,David Feather
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118556337

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Investing in Frontier Markets by Gavin Graham,Al Emid,David Feather Pdf

The only comprehensive guide to reaping big returns investing in the hottest new growth markets This book makes a compelling case that, just as today's well-rounded portfolio includes emerging market funds, tomorrow's well-rounded portfolio will include frontier market funds. More importantly, it alerts you to the vast opportunities and potential pitfalls of investing in frontier markets while providing expert advice and guidance on how to research and invest in the most promising frontier growth markets. Widely considered to be the next emerging markets, frontier markets, such as those of certain sub-Saharan African, Eastern European, Asian, and Central and South American countries, are showing strong signs of reaching economic critical mass. If you are an investor on the lookout for authoritative, actionable information on the next big investment opportunity, this book is for you. Provides sector-by-sector analyses that let you assess opportunities and risks in each frontier market Provides strategies and tools for determining the most efficient methods for executing, monitoring, and exiting investments Guides you through the wide diversity within frontier markets, showing how to differentiate countries on the basis of economic development and wealth distribution and other factors

Author : Marko Dimitrijević
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231542357

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Frontier Investor by Marko Dimitrijević Pdf

Where are the next decade's greatest investment opportunities? Veteran investor Marko Dimitrijevic argues that they can be found in frontier markets, which account for seventy-one of the world's seventy-five fastest-growing economies and 19 percent of the world's GDP. Yet many investors ignore them. Fueled by new access to technology and information, frontier markets are emerging even faster than their predecessors, making them an essential component of a globally diversified portfolio. In Frontier Investor, Dimitrijevic shows through colorful case studies, compelling charts, and fascinating travel anecdotes that it is not only possible but prudent to invest in these unfamiliar and undervalued options. Dimitrijevic explains how frontier markets such as Nigeria, Panama, and Bangladesh are poised to follow the similar paths of Chinese, Indian, and Russian markets, which were considered exotic two decades ago. He details a strategy for how and where to invest, directly or indirectly, to profit from frontier growth. Dimitrijevic covers the risks, political and otherwise, of these markets, the megatrends that promise exciting investment opportunities in the coming years, and the prospects for countries beyond the frontier, including Myanmar, Cuba, and even Iran. Rich with experience and insight, Frontier Investor opens up a whole new world—and worldview—to investors.

Author : Gavin Graham,Al Emid
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118615898

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Frontier Markets For Dummies by Gavin Graham,Al Emid Pdf

Frontier markets are producing excellent returns for investors. This guide will help you discover the best approaches to investing in these up-and-coming global markets, maximizing returns, and diversifying your portfolio.

Author : Clark C. Spence
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415190096

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British Investments and the American Mining Frontier, 1860-1901 by Clark C. Spence Pdf

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Howard J. Atkinson,Donna Green
Publisher : Insomniac Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781897415030

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The New Investment Frontier III by Howard J. Atkinson,Donna Green Pdf

Exchange traded funds have been called the next generation of mutual funds. Essentially, ETFs are low cost, tax-efficient index funds that trade on a stock exchange. In 1999, there were 33 ETFs trading on North American stock exchanges with assets of US39.6 billion. Five years later, despite going through the worst equity bear market in 70 years, ETFs number over 300 and assets have soared in excess of US300 billion globally. Canada was home to the first successful ETF in the world. Now the largest Canadian ETF, the i60 Fund, is one of the most heavily traded TSX issues.

Author : Gavin Serkin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118823712

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Frontier by Gavin Serkin Pdf

Get ahead of emerging markets with top-performer picks for up-and-comers Frontier helps investors successfully navigate markets that are yet to “emerge,” with expert advice on spotting opportunities and minimising risks. With first-hand insights into frontier markets as we travel with big-name fund managers from Mark Mobius to Morgan Stanley, this practical guide ranks countries, stocks and bonds on a five- to ten-year horizon to steer investors toward the most promising destinations. Written in a compelling and accessible travelogue narrative, each chapter covers a specific country, providing invaluable market analysis and a deep understanding of the political, economic, and social background of those most likely to outperform. The key focus is on fresh ideas, based on the assessments from top performing money managers when meeting challenges, hostilities or adversity, and observations after interviewing high-level government officials and executives. With advanced economies shackled by debt and sluggish growth, investors are increasingly turning to emerging markets for better returns. Yet the money managers who came out on top in China, India, and Brazil are now focusing their attention on markets that have not yet emerged. This book applies the perspective of ten of the most successful fund managers in their field, providing an unparalleled guide to assessing investment potential in places better known for conflict, poverty and corruption. · Discover which markets have the best prospects, and which are potential disasters · Analyse individual markets by metrics including macro data, global relative value comparisons of stocks and bonds, buy/ sell triggers, and more · Learn which industries, stocks and bonds should be considered in each market · Examine each country through real-life on-the-ground assessment of corruption, conflict and other risks as well as inspirational breakthroughs that signal opportunities This is a practical manual for all investors - whether students or professionals - wanting to get to know the most promising new markets while avoiding the pitfalls. A must-read for corporate executives seeking global capital, Frontier provides a better understanding of the changing international investment dynamic. Robin Wigglesworth, FT: “Invaluable.” Mark Mobius, Templeton: “I love it! Beautiful descriptive writing.” Aliko Dangote, Wealthiest African: “Captivating tales, masterly woven.”

Author : Tom Trimbath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1440109206

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Dream. Invest. Live. by Tom Trimbath Pdf

Define your dreams. Invest your money. Live your life. Define your own dream, and you can ignore the trappings most people chase. Invest your money yourself, and you can take advantage of your skills and experiences. Respecting your own knowledge and working to a clear goal that you defined gives you an advantage over the investment titans. America's pioneers understood the rewards available to those who also understood risk and the frontier. They built better lives for themselves. They can be role models for those of us in this modern world. Properly balancing your money, your goals, and your time can let you live a life now while you journey towards your dream. Pioneers had to bounce along in a covered wagon and survive brutal winters. Our journeys don't have to be as risky and can be much more rewarding. In an understandable and entertaining way, Tom Trimbath reveals his intriguing path through the jungle of investing. His "buy small, sell large" strategy can be interesting to spectators as well as speculators. Tom makes it seem do-able. Vicki Robin, YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE

Author : Sudhakar Satyanarayan,Panayotis N. Varangis
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Capital market
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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An Efficient Frontier for Internatonal Portfolios with Commodity Assets by Sudhakar Satyanarayan,Panayotis N. Varangis Pdf

Includes commodities and assets from emerging equity markets in investment portfolios produces significant risk/return benefits.

Author : John Denis Haeger
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1981-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438405377

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The Investment Frontier by John Denis Haeger Pdf

The American West did not grow in isolation from the East. On the contrary, New York financiers and other eastern entrepreneurs were crucial to America's western economic development, providing the necessary capital and expertise to transform the West into a productive part of the nation's economy. This thesis is powerfully demonstrated by John Denis Haeger in this study concerning the "Old Northwest" (the present-day states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin) during the years 1815-1840. The result of years of research in manuscript collections and government documents, the book provides a comprehensive picture of early land speculators, examining their investments in farm lands, town lots, banks and transportation improvements, as well as their influence on western businessmen and institutions. It also explores their political and economic affairs on the East Coast, since these matters dramatically affected the scope of their western investments. Historians' generalizations about nonresident investors or eastern speculators have previously assumed a common type and business method when, in fact, easterners possessed varying economic goals and utilized different business strategies. To demonstrate this, Haeger compares and contrasts the promoter Charles Butler and the conservative speculators Isaac and Arthur Bronson, key figures among New York's financial elite, whose careers and strategies are for the first time described in detail. The activities of these investment pioneers, whose "every move was calculated to return profits," challenge the traditional images of westward expansion as a largely unplanned and spontaneous movement of people and capital.

Author : William J. Bernstein
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Asset allocation
ISBN : 1478227133

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The Ages of the Investor by William J. Bernstein Pdf

"The Ages of the Investor: A Critical Look at Life-cycle Investing" is intended to be the first installment in the "Investing for Adults" series. Just as grown-ups do not believe in the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, or Santa Claus, "Investing adults" know that there is no such creature as the Stock-picking Fairy or the Market-timing Fairy. Further, there is no Risk Fairy who will write you cheap options that will protect your stock holdings against loss. Investing adults are familiar with Gene Fama, Zvi Bodie, Jack Bogle, and Burton Malkiel, and understand that a mean variance optimizer does not blend vegetables. In other words, this series is not for beginners. Future topics will, with luck, include the limits of market efficiency and diversification in increasingly non-segmented global markets.

Author : John D. Haeger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 058506069X

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The Investment Frontier by John D. Haeger Pdf

Author : Harry Markowitz
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300013726

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Portfolio Selection by Harry Markowitz Pdf

Embracing finance, economics, operations research, and computers, this book applies modern techniques of analysis and computation to find combinations of securities that best meet the needs of private or institutional investors.

Author : Jagdeep Singh Bachher,Adam D. Dixon,Ashby H. B. Monk
Publisher : Springer
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137508577

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The New Frontier Investors by Jagdeep Singh Bachher,Adam D. Dixon,Ashby H. B. Monk Pdf

Who holds the power in financial markets? For many, the answer would probably be the large investment banks, big asset managers, and hedge funds. These are the organizations that are in the media's spotlight and whose leaders and employees command outsized salaries and bonuses. They are the supposed leading edge of global finance and their power seems almost absolute, even as questions abound about their social and economic utility. But more and more asset owners are confronting the status quo, the power to exact high fees and the focus on the short term. The New Frontier Investors chronicles the rise of this new group of long horizon asset owners that includes some of the world's largest pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and endowments. These asset owners are driving the business of asset management to a new frontier by retaking responsibility of the end-to-end management of their investment portfolios and by re-conceptualizing investment decision-making. The lessons illustrated in The New Frontier Investors fly in the face of conventional wisdom, which has it that these asset owners are at a disadvantage to the private sector fund managers and other service providers. These asset owners are supposedly not able to attract talent nor do they have the organizational capabilities to compete. That many are located far from the markets in which they invest only exacerbates the problem. But this is incorrect. This expanding group of asset owners is learning how to make the most of their scale and long time horizons, finding new ways to attract talent, to collaborate, and to build greater alignment with the users of capital. They are not at a disadvantage. They are at an advantage. The New Frontier Investors is essential reading for anyone wanting to see a change in global financial markets and the professionalization of asset owners worldwide, from public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds to foundations and endowments. It is thus required reading for the senior executives and employees working in the field of beneficiary institutional investment, as well as government officials and others that have a stake in the design and governance of beneficiary financial institutions and long-term capital.

Author : Temitope W. Oshikoya,Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429575594

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Frontier Capital Markets and Investment Banking by Temitope W. Oshikoya,Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti Pdf

This book discusses the role of capital markets and investment banking in Nigeria, the largest frontier market economy in the world by both population size and gross domestic product. Offering a systematic framework combining conceptual principles with real practice, the book enables the reader to gain useful insight into how capital markets and investment banking work in the real world of a frontier market. The book provides a synopsis of the economic attractiveness, financial systems intermediation and capital markets, as well as the regulatory framework within a frontier market. It explores capital raising through equity and underwriting and private equity, paying particular attention to putting capital to work on mergers and acquisitions, project and infrastructure finance and real estate finance. Furthermore, it analyses asset management, pension industry and securities trading in a frontier market. The authors use detailed case studies from Nigeria to illustrate the operations of investment banking in frontier markets. The cases, tables and charts serve as useful illustrations of the topics under discussion. With the authors’ combined experience of more than 50 years as economists, finance and investment professionals and in executive leadership positions in the financial services industry, this book will interest the academic community, professionals in the financial industry, retail and institutional investors interested in frontier markets, development practitioners in international organizations and policy makers including securities and capital market regulators.

Author : Panagiotis Andrikopoulos,Greg N. Gregoriou,Vasileios Kallinterakis
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780128094914

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Handbook of Frontier Markets by Panagiotis Andrikopoulos,Greg N. Gregoriou,Vasileios Kallinterakis Pdf

Handbook of Frontier Markets: Evidence from Asia and International Comparative Studies provides novel insights from academic perspectives about the behavior of investors and prices in several frontier markets. It explores finance issues usually reserved for developed and emerging markets in order to gauge whether these issues are relevant and how they manifest themselves in frontier markets. Frontier markets have now become a popular investment class among institutional investors internationally, with major financial services providers establishing index-benchmarks for this market-category. The anticipation for frontier markets is optimistic uncertainty, and many people believe that, given their growth rates, these markets will be economic success stories. Irrespective of their degrees of success, The Handbook of Frontier Markets can help ensure that the increasing international investment diverted to them will aid in their greater integration within the global financial system. Presents topics in the contexts of frontier markets and uses tests based on established methodologies from finance research Features contributing authors who are established university academics Emphasizes financial institutions and applications of financial risk models Explores finance issues usually reserved for developed and emerging markets in order to gauge whether these issues are relevant and how they manifest themselves in frontier markets