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...with business leaders in Japan, which is traditionally the biggest foreign investor in Thailand. What did you tell them? I said this is a hiccup for Thailand, to not lose confidence in the country, that democracy will prevail and that their investments will bear fruit...
...Beijing may have good reason to apply the brakes. In frothy markets, investors tend to form unrealistic expectations about companies' prospects because they buy into an ill-founded theme, whether it be consumer demand for tulip bulbs or, in this case, the notion that China's economic growth is boundless. David Webb, an independent investor based in Hong Kong, says that's what's happening with many China stocks. "Once you get past the hubbub, the fundamentals behind these prices just aren't there," Webb says...
...surprisingly, comparisons are being drawn between China's stock boom and the U.S. dotcom bubble of the late 1990s. Certainly there are similarities, such as a frenzy for initial public stock offerings. As investor demand for Chinese stocks has intensified, so has the list of mainland companies eager to cash in on the mania by going public. In 2006, Chinese companies raised more than $53 billion in the Hong Kong and Shanghai markets through IPOs and secondary share offerings, up from $24 billion the year before. Among them was the largest IPO in history, November's $22 billion listing...
...government study of mutual funds revealed that they were, on average, average, or worse. This was an affront to many on Wall Street who assumed that, of course, professional investors beat the market. It was left to legendary investor Benjamin Graham to explain in a speech to securities analysts that "neither the financial analysts as a whole nor the investment funds as a whole can expect to 'beat the market,' because in a significant sense they (or you) are the market...
...Critics worry that taking away what little autonomy the Central Bank has left will give Chavez unfettered access to spend foreign reserves, which they say could further weaken the currency and spike already-climbing inflation. Maza also admitted that the nationalization call was generating investor fear and he even critiqued the management of the state oil company, saying it was sacrificing needed investments in oil infrastructure for massive spending on Chavez's social development programs...