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OverviewMassive demographic, environmental, economic, and regulatory shifts are generating huge new investment opportunities with an exceptionally high probability of success over the coming years and decades. In The Esoteric Investor, a world-class portfolio manager identifies these investments, and shows how your best profit opportunities may now lie far beyond the boundaries of traditional financial markets. LifeQuant Capital Management principal Vishaal B. Bhuyan begins by explaining why investors must become far more creative in the way they source opportunity. Next, he identifies immense growth potential in markets ranging from reverse equity transactions to longevity risk–the $24 trillion market you've never heard of. Bhuyan also shows how global events offer sustained profit opportunities in three key markets most investors consistently ignore. If you're looking for promising investments that everyone else doesn't already know about, The Esoteric Investor offers the unique perspective you've been seeking. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vishaal B. BhuyanPublisher: Pearson Education (US) Imprint: Financial TImes Prentice Hall Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 17.60cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780132485074ISBN 10: 0132485079 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 14 July 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print ![]() Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Investing in Demographics Chapter 1 Building the Demographic Framework 7 Chapter 2 Longevity and Mortality Risk Markets 27 Chapter 3 Reverse Equity Transactions 55 Part II: The Tuna Trade Chapter 4 The Bluefin Tuna 85 Chapter 5 Tsukiji Fish Market 133 Chapter 6 Fishing for Maguro 167 Part III: Blue Gold Chapter 7 Water: Who Has It, and Who Doesn’t 181 Chapter 8 Mimicking the Water Cycle: Making Water Potable 193 Chapter 9 The Politics and Geopolitics of Water 209 Chapter 10 Investment Implications and Opportunities 225 Bibliography 241 Index 283ReviewsAuthor Information&>Vishaal B. Bhuyan is Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Nariman Point, LLC, a New York-based investment management firm focusing on demographic-driven instruments, with expertise in insurance and longevity/mortality instruments. Prior to launching Nariman Point in early 2011, Bhuyan was an independent consultant providing family offices, private equity funds, and hedge funds with market insight and quantitative analysis on the life linked asset class. During that time he published “The Wave Report,” a monthly newsletter to clients providing a firsthand market perspective on the life markets. Bhuyan is the author and editor of Life Markets: Trading Mortality and Longevity Risk with Life Settlements and Linked Securities and Reverse Mortgages and Linked Securities: The Complete Guide to Risk, Pricing, and Regulation. He has spoken at various hedge fund and insurance conferences in Tokyo, Vienna, New York, Orlando, London, Nice, Monaco, and Hong Kong. His book Life Markets was referenced in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission report on life settlements. Bhuyan graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005 with a degree in History and Sociology of Science, where he was vice president of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |