The global financial crisis in the past one year had compelled foreign investors to pull out huge sums of money from the emerging markets causing the indices in these regions including India to plunge. But it appears that the appetite of these foreign investors for emerging markets seems to be on the rise again and India in this regard seems to be pulling ahead. As reported in a leading business daily, while India has pulled in US$ 1.8 bn of foreign money, other emerging markets such as Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan and South Korea have bagged US$ 18 m, US$ 531 m, US$ 632 m and US$ 7 respectively. The perception is that global liquidity is improving and that there are not likely to be any major reversals in these flows immediately unless the risk perception about emerging market equities heightens again. Also, those foreign investors who have been sitting on huge piles of cash are now taking the opportunity to invest in emerging markets including India where valuations are very attractive currently.
Learning from #FriendsReunion - Plan Your Bottle Episode While watching Friends: The Reunion a while back ( Yes, i am super late, been a very busy week) something struck with me which the show’s creators said about "budgeting" a term called Bottle Episode. On Friends - Its one of the most successful television sitcoms of all time. From 1994 to 2004, the show never left the list of top 10 most-watched television programs. It was also one of the most expensive television series of all time. By the last two seasons, each of the six main actors earned more than $1 million per episode. From the resources perspective, the show has more than justified that expense since then. As per some estimate Friends earns around $1 billion a year from syndication, merchandising, streaming, and other deals. During the reunion show, creator Marta Kaufman talked about how they planned “bottle episodes” each season to manage the show’s budget....
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