At the same time, transnational criminal networks in Russia are establishing new ties to global drug trafficking networks to raise quick capital.
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But the decision also highlights the recent trend of financial institutions raising quick capital through the sale of equity stakes, likely at depressed prices.
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When sentiment is negative, investors tend not to invest for fear of logging quick losses to capital.
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The new investments should help them do that, while still maintaining their commitment to providing a quick turnaround on capital for their small business customers.
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The wave of debt buybacks, the analysts say, is the latest illustration of European banks' quick-fix solution to capital problems, in exchange for potential funding problems down the road.
Meanwhile, startups and their venture capital investors may be looking for a capital infusion or a quick path to the public markets.
The entire venture capital industry generally uses a quick and dirty form of valuation called pre- and post-money valuation.
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Company profits are at record levels, and even if their growth is not as quick as it was a few months ago, capital spending by firms remains astonishingly robust, and is spreading now from manufacturing to non-manufacturing sectors including construction.
The guy moved markets on Wall Street, and now in Silicon Valley he dazzles venture capital partnerships with his deep technical insight and lightning-quick mind for numbers.
Instead of a quick, sharp downturn that quickly bounces into a booming recovery, capital and resources remain trapped producing things few want or bribed to remain idle.
Ellison is quick to tell you he never had to take a dime of venture capital, the result of which is that today he is one of high-tech's billionaires.
According to Maples, he and Miura-Ko are highly complementary: while he is continually optimistic and quick to believe what he sees, she is value-oriented and, like us, approaches venture capital investments by assimilating mountains of data.
"Investors have been very, very quick to reallocate risk back to emerging markets, " said Koon Chow, emerging-market director at Barclays Capital in London.
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