Abstract
Investment capital markets have been displaying signs of disarray, and are significantly damaged. This is especially manifest in the case of the USA and some countries in Europe. Symptoms of this damage are visible to the naked eye. The operators are declining in number, contracting in scale, losing in asset base, shrinking in prowess, and losing some of their raison d’être. The products are losing sparkle, paling in color, and are shunned by the very investors who were keen to hoard them a few years ago. The monitors have lost creditability and are accused of blatant system misguidance. Even those who are supposed to regulate seem to have forgotten the fine mechanics of regulation. Some, according to some claims, have given ideological bias precedence over sound judgment. This will be the focus of this chapter.
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el Namaki, M.S.S. (2014). The Damage to Investment Capital Markets Today. In: Strategic Thinking for Turbulent Times. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137414007_5
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