these are just fantasy stories by Jim Rogers ,
400 millions >
you can buy the CPP with 400 million US$ .
On May 15, 9:04=C2=A0pm, Chim <Chi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 15, 2:15=EF=BF=BDam, Jesus =C2=A0Christ the Holy =C2=A0****
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> <veak...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > 400 =EF=BF=BDmilion =EF=BF=BDUS$ =EF=BF=BDinto =EF=BF=BDCambodia
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=BD, =EF=BF=BDare =EF=BF=BDthey =EF=BF=BDmad ?
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> > Vietnam .
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> > no =EF=BF=BDbody =EF=BF=BDwould =EF=BF=BD, in =EF=BF=BDtheir
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> > 50 =EF=BF=BDmillion =EF=BF=BDUS$ =EF=BF=BDinto =EF=BF=BDCambodia ,
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> > the =EF=BF=BDBHP has =EF=BF=BDbeen =EF=BF=BDhere in =EF=BF=BDCambodia
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> > less =EF=BF=BDthan =EF=BF=BD50 =EF=BF=BDmillions =EF=BF=BDUS$ .
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> > 400 =EF=BF=BDmillion us$ =EF=BF=BD is =EF=BF=BDa =EF=BF=BDlot
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f =EF=BF=BDstinky gaz =EF=BF=BDfrom Jim =EF=BF=BDRogers .
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> > On May 15, 1:26=EF=BF=BDpm, Chim <Chi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > Thursday, May 15, 2008
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> > > Cambodia draws interest of private equity
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> > > By Netty Ismail, Bloomberg
>
> > > SINGA****E -- Private-equity investors are venturing into Cambodia,
as
> > > the nation that three decades ago abolished money under the Khmer
> > > Rouge seeks more than US$6 billion to rebuild itself.
> > > Leopard Capital and Cambodia Investment & Development Fund are among
> > > those planning to put more than US$450 million in the second-poorest
> > > of 10 Southeast Asian nations. Cambodia Investment is getting advice
> > > from Jim Rogers, who predicted the start of the commodities boom in
> > > 1999, and Marc Faber, who forecast Asian assets would decline before
> > > the regional financial crisis in 1997.
>
> > > "It's a country that's changed a lot and investors are finally
waking
> > > up to that," said Douglas Clayton, founder of Leopard Capital, who
is
> > > based in Phnom Penh and is seeking to raise US$100 million. "Most
> > > people have an outdated perception of Cambodia; clearly the country
> > > has made significant progress."
>
> > > Prime Minister Hun Sen is relying on the country's oil and mineral
> > > resources to attract foreign investments and reduce Cambodia's
> > > dependence on clothing ex****ts and tourism for growth as he prepares
> > > for an election in July. The funds will move money into banks,
office
> > > buildings, luxury hotels, ****ts and other projects.
>
> > > "Cambodia does have a lot of natural resources, it does have an
> > > ambitious population, and it does have some assets," said Singa****e-
> > > based Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum hedge fund with George
Soros
> > > during the 1970s, and is now chairman of Rogers Holdings. "Most
> > > countries that come out of something like they have are inclined to
be=
> > > pretty safe for a while because they're trying to get money in."
>
> > > Leopard Capital's first planned investment, a housing project in
Siem
> > > Reap, probably will generate a return of more than 60 percent a
year,
> > > about three times the internal target for private-equity
investments,
> > > said Clayton, who moved to Phnom Penh from Bangkok last June.
>
> > > Clayton was a hedge fund manager at Knight Asia Group and head of
CLSA=
> > > Securities in Thailand before setting up Leopard Capital in 2007.
> > > Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom re****t, is a director at
> > > Leopard Capital.
>
> > > Peter Brimble and Bradley Gordon, Clayton's former partners at
Leopard=
> > > Capital, are starting the US$100 million Cambodia Emerald fund this
> > > year to invest in tourism, agriculture, financial institutions,
> > > infrastructure and real estate.
>
> > > The fund plans to close at least one deal before the end of the
year,
> > > said Brimble, who's based in Phnom Penh. LR Global Partners in New
> > > York and London-based Kazimir Partners are investors in Cambodia
> > > Emerald, he said.- Hide quoted text -
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> In investment, risk is an op****tunity. Those who understand risk which
> is the consequence of different variables such as economics, politics,
> and culture would approach it with more certainty and insight than the
> average person who only cares about the moment.
>
> Best investment decisions are made when the economy is beginning to
> take off. This is the area of the inflection point when things would
> make a lot of difference between making money and just parking it for
> a low rate of growth. When the economy matures, savvy investors would
> move money some place else. Why? Because the rate of growth in such an
> environment is tapering off. The momentum is beginning to eva****ate.
>
> That's why Mr. Rogers left New York and established his headquarters
> in where the action is.
>
> You mention about Thailand and Vietnam. Of course, Thailand is still
> growing and it has a better workforce than Cambodia or Vietnam. But
> its economy has begun to mature. From now on, Thailand needs to
> reinvent itself through innovation, management expertise and expansion
> into other Asian countries in order to keep the growth moving up.
> Otherwise, productivity would slow down. Likewise, the economy would
> do so. For the last 5 years, the growth of the economy in Cambodia far
> exceeds the one in Thailand.
>
> And Vietnam? Economic expansion of Vietnam is likely to be based on
> greed and aggression, but not on authentic growth as experienced and
> in relation****p to Cambodia's. All 3 countries are emerging economies.
> But among the 3 nations, Cambodia's rate of economic growth is higher
> and likewise very risky. That's where the op****tunity is. This is also
> where Mr. Rogers is betting his money.- Hide quoted text -
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