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Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 9:05PM An Authur, by the name of Aswath Damodaran stated in his book "The Little Book of Valuation" that "Valuation is really a mechanism behind the wondrous ability to trade cash for claims".
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 10:52AM The Nigerian Stock Exchange, like every other stock exchange is simply a market place. It is a place you buy and sell. Unlike the traditional consumer who buys products for personal consumption, you trader products. You go to villages/farms to buy products, where the demand and cost is low and you take it into the cities to sell at a profit, where demand is high.
Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 11:42PM When investing in emerging markets, which is more important: Value or Growth? Valuation begins and ends with profits. Just about everybody agrees with that. The faster a company’s earnings grow and the more reliable they are, the more investors will pay for its stock. When it comes to strategy, though, Wall Street is decidedly less single-minded. Everybody wants to buy low and sell high. But how low is low and how high is high? Generally, the Street is torn between two camps: Growth and Value. Growth investors believe in buying stocks with above-average earnings growth no matter what the price. Value investors look exclusively for “bargains,” or stocks that are trading at a discount to their usual valuation.
101, Emerging Markets, New to Investing in Emerging Markets Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 11:39PM How does performance compare against developed markets? Over the past five years, emerging markets have outperformed developed markets, however there is no guarantee that this will happen in future. Although you can invest for as long as you wish, you should generally consider an investment in emerging markets as a long term commitment, generally at least five years. Finally, it’s important to remember that the rates of exchange between emerging market currencies and sterling will have an impact on the value of your investment, which may either increase or decrease its value.
101, Emerging Markets, New to Investing in Emerging Markets Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 11:06PM What is an emerging market? An emerging market is a country listed by the World Bank as having low to middle income levels per person, or, as being a country with an underdeveloped stock market. Emerging markets can be more dynamic and faster growing than developed markets. Therefore, they can offer exciting opportunities for investors prepared to accept a greater risk of losing some of their money (compared to investing in more established markets) and able to invest over the long term (generally at least five years).
101, Emerging Markets, New to Investing in Emerging Markets