A leveraged buyout, or LBO, is an acquisition of a company or division of another company financed with significant amount of debt. LBOs were also used by corporate raiders such as Carl Icahn for taking over target companies.
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Modern Portfolio Theory: An Introduction
Modern portfolio theory, or MPT, is a popular investment theory which suggests that investors can maximise returns and minimise risk by carefully selecting different types of assets in their portfolio. The theory is considered as a mathematical formulation of the concept of diversification in investing.
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Apr 06, 2010
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The Basics Of Financial Markets
The term “financial market” is used to represent the market that facilitates the buying and selling of financial securities such as stocks, bonds, futures, options etc. Financial markets can be divided into money market and capital market. Money market is a market for debt securities that pay off in the short term.
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Mar 29, 2010
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World’s Greatest Investors Part 14 – Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is the most famous stock market investor in India. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RARE Enterprises, his privately owned investment vehicle. Jhunjhunwala is often described by the media as “the Indian Warren Buffet.”
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Mar 28, 2010
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An Introduction To Foreign Exchange Market
If there was only one currency in the world, there would not have been any need for foreign exchange market, foreign exchange rates or foreign exchange. But in a world of many national currencies, the foreign exchange market plays the crucial role of providing the requisite machinery for making payments across borders, transferring funds and purchasing power from one currency to another, and determining the exchange rate.
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Mar 26, 2010
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World’s Greatest Investors Part 12 – Peter Lynch
Peter Lynch is considered as one of the greatest stock pickers in the world. He was the fund manger of the highly successful Fidelity Magellan fund for 13 years. During his tenure, it was the top ranked general equity mutual fund in the US. His Magellan fund averaged 29.2% return over these years and elevated him to a globally acclaimed fund manger.
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Mar 15, 2010
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An Introduction To Futures Trading
A futures contract or simply futures is a standardized contract to buy or sell a certain underlying asset at a certain date in the future, at a specified price. The underlying asset can be a commodity like gold, silver, crude oil and rice or financial instruments stocks, bonds, indices, interest rates, currencies and other derivatives.
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Mar 13, 2010
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