Economy

Globally, we see the consumer as not the economic equivalent of bamboo green shoots—one of the hardiest and fastest growing plants used in Asia from ……Read More

Not just from the young and restless, in June/early Aug. 2009 chatter grew about valuation expansion as market driver. We unequivocally do not consider the ……Read More

With trillions of dollars of debacle still being unwound the emphasis has been on survival, but to thrive capital markets will now require higher standards. ……Read More

Cyclical data was weak in 2008 as credit crunch hit, may now be mixed and could be in recovery in 2010 but our key theme ……Read More

We assess the market/business environment to be of prolonged rolling restructuring unfolding not the nirvana of quick seamless transition. Linkages across political, economic and markets ……Read More

There has been consistency in the markets since March, 2009 that we see as overly exuberant. Now late 2Q/2009 investment decisions revolve over whether markets ……Read More