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During periods of financial stress, such pools of capital are integral to stabilizing the markets. Leveraged investors - those that have borrowed funds to purchase assets - are being forced to liquidate their holdings as the value of their collateral falls amid the financial market sell-off. It is the un-levered capital, like that in Asia, that can step in when the market decline is overdone to purchase assets that will generate an attractive return going forward...
Sophisticated investors are well aware of the opportunities presented by the current volatility. For example, amid the recent panic, the yields available on the corporate bonds of some companies with good prospects have shot up alongside those of weaker firms. Many investors who had stayed on the sidelines for some time, given the lofty valuations of stocks and corporate bonds, have now begun to take the opportunity to add selectively to their portfolios. It is likely that market turbulence will continue to test the discernment and fortitude of investors. Whether and how quickly the large pools of Asian capital rise...
...Federal Reserve cut the short-term interest rates that determine what homeowners pay on adjustable-rate mortgages. Meanwhile, investors desperate for someplace other than the stock market to put their money piled into mortgage securities, driving down the cost of fixed-rate loans. Housing markets, already doing well amid the strong economic growth of the late 1990s, exploded...
...Nawaz Sharif, the democratically elected Prime Minister. Sharif's highly publicized return from exile on Sept. 10 lasted just four hours; Musharraf had him deported again. But if the general's first expulsion of Sharif--then an unloved head of an inept and corrupt government--brought Musharraf to power amid widespread acclaim, the second may well hasten the President's downfall...
...recent achievements. “I think I’ve gotten a little bit more confident.” As a whole, Harvard’s confidence has been bolstered by the two wins, especially its recent triumph over Vermont. But the team is trying to stay focused amid the lofty expectations surrounding the team. “Our mindset is to take one game at a time,” senior co-captain Matt Hoff said. “Every time we step on the field, we’re expecting to have a better game than...