Young and Invested

The Era Of Unintended Consequences

Investors like themes, they like to operate and think according to the major themes that dictate new developments. I think one of the biggest themes in this current investment environment and in the next few years will be the dominance of unintended consequences – an environment where the unintended consequences of actions will speak much [...]

First Dose Of Moral Hazard Delivered

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With an aid package finally being confirmed for Greece, the first dose of moral hazard has been confirmed and the Greek government can look forward to some breathing room now that they don’t have to rely entirely on the market to roll-over the short-term debt that’s coming due. It is [...]

Two Big Issues – RIM’s Future Hangs in the Balance

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With the number of opinions being expressed on major companies like Research in Motion and Apple, it can get awfully overwhelming to try and understand from a high level what the situation is. This has especially been the case with RIM in the last few days when they released so [...]

Google Boasts its Backbone

I heard about this in a few podcasts recently and knew it was bound to happen sooner or later – Google finally acted in alignment with its typical image (a fearless, untamed titan) and resisted China’s attempts to continue censoring its search results.
Part of Google’s initial entry into the Chinese market was conditional on censorship [...]

Short-term Versus Long-term Investments

So you’ve saved up money from your summer job or internships (or career), and are ready to dabble in the world of investments. Fantastic! Choosing investments is both exciting and challenging; there are numerous investment options that you can explore, and the ones you may end up choosing will likely be based on your personality [...]

Expert Interview – Puru Saxena

In our first edition of Expert Interview, Y&I is very excited to bring you the insights of Puru Saxena, founder of Puru Saxena Wealth Management (http://www.purusaxena.com/). Based in Hong Kong, Puru has his finger on the pulse of the East markets, and provides investment advice and asset management for numerous clients. As a highly regarded [...]

Memory of a Crisis

A few prominent investment banks wiped, a crashed housing market, oil prices plummeted, investors running from the market bears, people hoarding the last remaining gold, American automakers in serious peril … sounds like a financial hurricane went through in 2009, doesn’t it?
Looking back at it now, one question still glows in embers – who was [...]

When Correlations Collide

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If you pick up any finance textbook, it’ll tell you that international diversification is good. International diversification is good because the returns on stocks in different stock markets, in different regions, are supposed to be un-correlated, hence falling markets in one region can be offset by growth in other regions. [...]

Blogger Interview – Babak

In this edition of Blogger Interview, Y&I is very excited to bring you the insights of Babak, one of the brightest young financial bloggers online, and a highly  followed blogger on Seeking Alpha, with more than 4,600 regular readers. He shares with us his opinions on some of the major issues confronting investors in this [...]

Is the United States an “Emerging Market”?

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When finance professionals learn about investing in the emerging markets, they are taught to look out for certain key statistics that can provide indications of whether those markets are suitable candidates for investment.
Some of the main indicators looked at include the country’s:

Budget Deficit to GDP: A general guideline is that [...]