Asia-PacificAnti-Market Hysteria
April 1, 2005 - SAN SALVADO, El Salvador - Several lessons that can be derived from the resignation of Finance-Economy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hun-jai over speculative property transactions. Just as revolutionaries devour their own children, Mr. Lee was hoisted on the petard of the government he served.
Crashing the hedge fund party
April 11, 2005 - The India Express - While the direction of stock prices will become clearer over the next few weeks, what is of immediate concern right now is the enormous daily volatility in stock prices in our markets and the contribution of hedge funds to this market behaviour.
Them's the brakes as slowdown looms
What is happening in Australia coincides with world moves to deflate at least two of the big three global bubbles -- China capital spending and the surge in US consumer spending and its twin deficits. The third global bubble, the hedge funds' risk binge, continues unabated.
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