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These entities take money from investors and buy various kinds of assets, some of which may be risky – like short-maturity corporate debt.
As a result, when the possibility arises that a money-market fund will be unable to pay investors in full – as happened after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 – all hell breaks loose.
As head of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont, he fleeced investors of hundreds of millions of dollars in the early 1990’s.
The technique works by buying up the stock of worthless companies through nominees, selling it on a rising market to genuine investors, and then unloading all of it.
It was not just small investors who were ruined; what stands out is the greed and gullibility of the rich who were sold the same rubbish by the “young and stupid” salesmen Belfort preferred to hire.
A decent banking system has two functions: to look after depositors’ money and to bring together savers and investors in mutually profitable trades.
But if the US debt ratio really is on the fast track to triple-digit levels, investors in the US and abroad may rightly fear that the government has lost control of the budget process.
In that case, investors will insist on a risk premium: higher interest rates on Treasury debt.
Foreign investors now own more than half of net government debt, and that proportion is likely to keep growing.
Smart investors are now betting that the most recent economic data will show an annual GDP growth rate of 3% for the second quarter of 2003.
Moreover, the emirate appeals to foreign investors with special economic zones that few other states can match.
Two billion people live within a four-hour flight radius of Dubai, so it is unsurprising that it has emerged as a compelling location for visitors and investors alike.
As one businesswoman I interviewed put it, “Dubai has all the ingredients of an extremely popular attraction for investors and tourists from around the world,” with “a substantial number of Arab youth aspiring to come and live the ‘Dubai Dream.’”
The Fairness of Financial RescueBERKELEY – Perhaps the best way to view a financial crisis is to look at it as a collapse in the risk tolerance of investors in private financial markets.
Finally, governments must implement regulations that strike a balance between protecting investors and consumers, and giving banks, retailers, and financial-technology and telecommunications companies room to compete and innovate.
Investors need to be offered heavy discounts to persuade them to part with their money.
Though investors may bid up prices of existing capital assets, their attempts to save only slow down the economy.
As for liberalization, China is committed to implementing policies to open up further its markets to trade and foreign investment, while protecting the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors.
A bit of opportunism is also at work, for they undoubtedly also oppose EU regulation of taxation and social norms, adoption of which would deny them their comparative advantage for Western investors.
And yet risks to financial and fiscal stability could arise if higher inflation and currency depreciation were to spoil investors’ appetite for Japanese government bonds, thereby pushing up nominal interest rates.
And we know how herd behavior by investors means that a single salient bank failure can turn a financial mania into a panic, and then a crash.
In Latin America, for example, some 60% of all FDI regulatory changes in 2007 were unfavorable to foreign investors.
Of course, not every measure that makes the climate less welcoming for foreign direct investors is protectionist.
In the case of inward FDI, protectionism involves new official measures that are used to prevent or discourage investors from coming to or staying in a host country.
This suggests that a reevaluation of the costs and benefits of FDI was already underway, led, interestingly enough, by developed countries, which in the past had championed liberalization of entry and operational conditions for foreign investors and their protection under international law.
The bottom line is that the investment climate for foreign direct investors is becoming less welcoming.
But even if Chinese retail investors begin to channel their money toward innovative ventures, identifying the companies and industries most likely to succeed will be difficult.
This means that the pace of RMB internationalization could become more measured than international investors have expected.
Deciding whether or not to rescue a specific financial institution, whether to ensure systemic stability or for other reasons, has visible consequences for individual investors.
Many countries provide investors in publicly traded firms with levels of protection that are patently inadequate.
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