Cutting Through the Hype on Sovereign Wealth Funds

Rachel E. S. Ziemba and William T. Ziemba
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Rachel E. S. Ziemba: Roubini Global Economics, UK
William T. Ziemba: University of British Columbia, Canada

Chapter 8 in Investing in the Modern Age, 2013, pp 85-94 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:Sovereign funds are not monolithicSovereign funds are bigAnd will increase demand for risky assetsA taste for financialsBut not as big as some optimists think or as pessimists fearIncrease in strategic stakes oneoff opportunism or evidence of a change in strategy?Politics a likely headwind to acquisitions

Keywords: Hedge Funds; Sovereign Wealth Funds; Investment Agglomerations; Endowment Investing; Stock Market Crashes and Their Prediction; Global Economic Situation; Global Investment Strategies; Kelly and Fractional Kelly Wagering Strategies; Calendar Anomalies; Political Party; Time of Year Effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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