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Uncertainty still looms for Nigerian banks | Frontier Markets
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Random macro musings centered around the frontier. Uncertainty still looms for Nigerian banks. July 20, 2012 in Financial Services. Reiterates the “non-significance between CAR and selected bank profitability and performance metrics” while suggesting regulators focus rather on “intrinsic elements of bank operational activates” in terms of cultivating stability. For Nigeria’s banks, the work has just begun. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
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Cote d’Ivoire debt reduction boosts bond; structural concerns linger | Frontier Markets
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Random macro musings centered around the frontier. Cote d’Ivoire debt reduction boosts bond; structural concerns linger. July 3, 2012 in Ivory Coast. Moreover even near-term supply concerns persist. Despite last season’s weather buffeted record surplus (evidenced by the market’s apparent backwardation), a signal for some at least that reforms may have been haphazardly rushed in part to appease Paris Club debtors at the expense of adequately addressing a host of concerns from domestic farmers. Cote d’Ivoi...
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Mzungu on Africa: May 2013
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A collection of my ideas and thoughts as I contemplate capital markets in Africa. Tuesday, May 21, 2013. FINRA calls for conversations. Recently, the Chief Executive if the Financial Industry Regulatory Association. FINRA) is encouraging brokers to explain to clients the risk of bond funds. This quote from a 5/21/13 Wall Street Journal report:. I cannot recall, I may be wrong, another instance where the Chief advised brokers how to warn investors. I find that concerning. It just makes me wonder. Arts and...
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Mzungu on Africa: August 2014
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A collection of my ideas and thoughts as I contemplate capital markets in Africa. Saturday, August 30, 2014. Economies in Africa doing well-will this attract investment? African Capital Market News. Relays that Nigeria has surpassed South Africa as the continents fastest growing economy. That report also links to a great website. All about investing on African Exchanges complete with who to email, customer agreements, and brokerage fees called Investing in Africa. Labels: African Capital Market News.
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Kenya: Can real yields offset otherwise negative FX fundamentals? | Frontier Markets
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Random macro musings centered around the frontier. Kenya: Can real yields offset otherwise negative FX fundamentals? April 23, 2012 in Kenya. Bali, Turan G. and Demirtas, Ozgur K. Testing Mean Reversion in Stock Market Volatility. September 2006. Available at: http:/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm? Http:/ www.fews.net/docs/Publications/Kenya FSOU 2012 03 final.pdf. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 67 other followers. Consumer Goods ...
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Falling rates do not overcome opacity of Vietnamese NPLs | Frontier Markets
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Random macro musings centered around the frontier. Falling rates do not overcome opacity of Vietnamese NPLs. April 18, 2012 in Vietnam. Now well below August’s 23 percent peak and last year’s 18.6 percent average (triggering a reverse repo cut in March, followed by refinance and discount rate cuts this month. Yet while looser monetary policy feeds M2 growth (total money supply up 1.06 percent in 1Q2012) and presumably fuels liquidity (local papers cited an unnamed SBV Deputy Governor in March, for in...
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Look for Angola investment growth to outpace that of savings in coming years | Frontier Markets
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Random macro musings centered around the frontier. Look for Angola investment growth to outpace that of savings in coming years. April 4, 2012 in Angola. The disinflationary trend is an ideal backdrop for the newly effected energy sector FX regime requiring the financial intermediation of petroleum operations by banks domiciled in Angola [i]. In the face of limited access to imported goods due to poor logistics (which underpins sticky core inflation). Diverging from the country’s growing current account ...
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Dave's Mechanical Pencils: Clearing A Jammed Mechanical Pencil
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My mechanical pencil collection and various related things, thoughts and musings about them, reviews of mechanical pencils and other items, and more. I'm not prejudiced - all forms of pencils and graphite are welcome here, even some ink sneaks in too. You can use the sidebar links to find mechanical pencil reviews and other stuff. Top 10 General Mechanical Pencils. Top 10 Drafting Mechanical Pencils. My Top 5 Mechanical Pencils. My Encyclopaedia - Mechanical Pencil. Friday, June 12, 2009. Re BIC pencil l...