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Outlook: Want to See Something Really Scary?
This week was an important one in the capital markets. There were many reasons, but most important was that the market stopped being afraid of the same things as usual.

Bank Stress Tests?? What Stress?
So by now you’ve heard the unofficial results of the bank stress tests. Only ONE, that’s right, ONE bank out of the nineteen tested is in need of additional capital.   SHOCKER!!  I mean really, did anyone actually believe that the government would do more damage to the already-fragile banking system?  

VII F. Attract Capital Flows and Encourage Foreign Participation: PROMOTING STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
Private capitals flows—foreign direct investment, remittances and portfolio investment and are an important for stock market development.
VI. D. Shareholder Protection: WHAT DETERMINES STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA?
Another key determinant of stock market development is the level of shareholder protection in publicly traded companies, as stipulated in securities or company laws (Shleifer and Vishny, 1997).
6.3 Financial sector links between investment and diversification: Economic Report on Africa 2007
With regard to financial sector policies, the starting point is the clear link between investment and diversification. The contribution of private investment to desirable diversification outcomes cannot be gainsaid.
A Limited Impact on Private Sector Development
Since the beginning of the process in 1990, the number of privatisations through public flotation has been only 4 per cent of total transactions. Moreover, the trend is downward, confirming the difficulty in African countries of building stock exchanges and capital markets, still often used by governments to raise loan finance rather than capital for industry.
Restricted Access to Finance
Africa’s SMEs have little access to finance, which thus hampers their emergence and eventual growth. Their main sources of capital are their retained earnings and informal savings and loan associations (tontines), which are unpredictable, not very secure and have little scope for risk sharing because of their regional or sectoral focus.

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A Limited Impact on Private Sector Development
Since the beginning of the process in 1990, the number of privatisations through public flotation has been only 4 per cent of total transactions. Moreover, the trend is downward, confirming the difficulty in African countries of building stock exchanges and capital markets, still often used by governments to raise loan finance rather than capital for industry.
Developing African Capital Markets
In his introductory remarks, moderator John Hanson, Managing Editor, Business & Financial Times, Ghana, noted that African development needed capital, yet capital is very scarce. The answer is for the continent to develop well functioning capital markets. There has been some progress, but not enough, due to many barriers.
III. STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA:TRENDS AND CHARACTERISTICS
There has been a considerable development in the African capital markets since the early 1990s. Prior to 1989, there were just five stock markets in sub-Saharan Africa and three in North Africa.
VIII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: Stock Market Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Over the past few decades, the world stock markets have surged, and emerging markets have accounted for a large amount of this boom. In Africa, new stock markets have been established in Ghana, Malawi, Swaziland, Uganda, and Zambia. The rapid development of stock markets in Africa does not mean that even the most advanced African stock markets are mature.
Outlook: Want to See Something Really Scary?
This week was an important one in the capital markets. There were many reasons, but most important was that the market stopped being afraid of the same things as usual.

A Four-Part Framework for Reaching Out to New Markets
Many businesses enjoy the glamour of trying to penetrate new markets. However, as the framework in this article shows, the lowest-risk and highest-return strategy is to continue to serve your current, receptive markets.

Alternative Franchise Funding - Check it Our Service Franchises!
The proliferation of B2B franchises - service based franchises - coaching and consulting franchise opportunities has created a whole new category and level of need for financing. It's been hard enough if you were a capital based franchise (we need build-out, equipment, vehicles, etc.) For a time it seemed all small business capital had dried up. It is a bit better but not a lot. Today, non-capital intense businesses whose primary needs are working capital, capital for growth (more territory, expansion of marketing efforts, etc.) and only minor capital expenditures compared to manufacturing and retail types still may require capital in addition to their candidates capabilities. Where do they go? Where does anyone go? Are there alternatives?
Generating Leads and Dominating In Niche Markets
Developing niche markets focuses on identifying a small but focused segment of the potential customers, understanding their unique needs and addressing them by accordingly positioning your business. Generating leads and focusing on niche markets makes business sense for small business owners as big companies cannot survive only by focusing on these markets and therefore, often ignore them.
Commercial Properties Being Written Down by 50%
The CCIM Institute and the Real Estate Research Corporation recently reported that the commercial real estate recovery has become dependent on, and stands precariously linked to, the re-pricing and deleveraging of property positions, and less contingent on access to capital, given that liquidity has returned to the commercial real estate markets, and in some cases, is scarily reminiscent of the pre-credit crisis capital market environment.

The Power of Compound Interest in a Globalized Economy
Smart investors have always looked to international markets for specific opportunities related to diversification, globalization, and efficiencies resulting from deployment of information technology to lower cost labor markets around the globe, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it reveals the power of compound growth in a globalized economy and that investing in emerging international markets is far more compelling now than in the past.
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