by Jason Apollo Voss | 14 03 2012 | Blog
At the Investing in Emerging Markets conference on 1–2 March 2012, the CEO of the private equity firm Development Partners International, Runa Alam, presented a solid case for investing in Africa. As a long-time skeptic, I found many of the details about investing in...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 12 03 2012 | News & Events
Please tune in to A Better World on 14 March 2012 at 6pm EDT for my interview with the effusive Mitchell Rabin. A replay will be available in case you cannot tune in. Thanks to Mitchell Rabin for the opportunity to talk about The Intuitive Investor, conscious...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 09 03 2012 | Blog
One of the unresolved issues of the 2008–09 global financial crisis and of the Great Recession was what viable substitute there could or would be for the credit-ratings agencies. As a former investment practitioner, I have been looking for firms trying to provide an...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 06 03 2012 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Last week, the World Bank and the Development Research Center of the State Council, an official Chinese think tank, jointly released “China 2030,” a new paper calling for sweeping economic reforms aimed at preventing China’s growth from stalling. Perhaps most...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 27 02 2012 | Blog
Released in December 2010 as part of the Behavioral Finance and Investment Management monograph, “Eight Lessons from Neuroeconomics for Money Managers” by Steven G. Sapra, CFA, contains many timeless insights to help investment managers make better choices. Unlike...