Archive for April, 2008
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Another example of Company changes comes from AKZO Nobel.This company was "a conglomerate, a residue of a previous economic era when people thought that the different business parts would positively influence the whole company results and that investigations for one business unit might give positive results for other units. That ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
When it comes to profits through investing, there are two things investors need to remember: State Street and ETF (exchange traded fund). As the investment world evolves, State Street is rising to the top of the heap. Boasting "$15.1 trillion in assets under custody and $2 trillion ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Today, I read a couple of interesting papers on "cumulative advantage". Simply put, cumulative advantage means that if an object is slightly more popular than another at just the right point of time, then it will tend to become more popular still.Let me illustrate this with a simple example. In ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Investing in oil can be seen as a great hedge against the current downturn in the worlds equity markets. The commodities markets have been booming in recent years as demand outstrips supply, fueled by the booming Asian economies or India and China. Many industry commentators have noted this commodities to ...
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