What's in a name? Well, in Olam's case, it might mean a lot.
If you spell the name "Olam" backwards, you get the anagram "malo", which in Latin and Spanish means:
1. evil
2. bad
3. wicked
4. naughty
5. injurious
In Spanish, "malo" has the additional meaning of "cheap and poor quality".
We don't know with certainty why the name "Olam" was chosen but one thing is certain: investors hope that no evil forces -both internal and external- are at work and Olam's stocks and bonds won't turn out to be cheap and of poor quality in the near future.
If you spell the name "Olam" backwards, you get the anagram "malo", which in Latin and Spanish means:
1. evil
2. bad
3. wicked
4. naughty
5. injurious
In Spanish, "malo" has the additional meaning of "cheap and poor quality".
We don't know with certainty why the name "Olam" was chosen but one thing is certain: investors hope that no evil forces -both internal and external- are at work and Olam's stocks and bonds won't turn out to be cheap and of poor quality in the near future.
