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Zephyr Management, L.P. is a global private equity and marketable securities firm. Founded in 1994, the firm specializes in the creation and management of highly focused and value added investment funds. Since its founding, Zephyr has sponsored sixteen investment funds across the developed and developing world, representing approximately $1.3 billion in capital commitments. Each Zephyr fund has a discrete management team which has skills matched to the particular investment opportunity.
Emerging Market Economies
It now seems apparent that the United States has entered recessionary territory and growth in other parts of the developed world, at best, is slowing rapidly. So it looks as if there will be a genuine test of the current popular thesis that emerging market economies and stocks will continue to expand at a healthy clip regardless.
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Master Limitied Partnerships
Bruce Lueck, Portfolio Manager, New York
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1820 and 2005: Déjà vu all over again
Tom Barry, CEO & founder, New York
Bruce Lueck, a Zephyr Portfolio Manager based in New York, discusses his views on dividend paying stocks.
Developing Markets
The recovery seen in emerging markets in February proved short lived. The first half of March once again saw index levels tumble as the twin spectres of the credit crisis and recession depressed sentiment.
Japan
Another poor month in Japanese stock markets ended one of the worst quarterly periods in the last 20 years.
Latin America
The concern about the recession in the United States and its effect on global growth created a sharp decline in global markets in the first part of March.