Financial Planning
Local stock markets, are they worth a punt?
- After the crash comes the opportunity in stock markets, or does it? Brokers talk of something called the ‘dead cat bounce’ in markets that have fallen off the edge of a cliff. And it is true that a rally after a big fall can prove short-lived and be followed by an even bigger drop to a new market bottom.
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, September 16 - 2006 at 11:52 |
Silver makes sense for gold investors
- If you are convinced by the gold bull case, and the gold price trend is still up according to chartists, silver is not only a logical diversification, it could prove an even more profitable investment. Let us review the relationship between these two metals in general and the silver-to-gold ratio in particular.
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, September 10 - 2006 at 13:29 |
Arabian investors: thoughts for the seasonal return
- Arabian stock markets have been pretty dead over the summer. But with investors now beginning to return from cooler climates the action should begin to hot up. However, capital preservation should be the major theme this autumn and keeping what you have got looks the most important thing to remember.
- Saturday, September 02 - 2006 at 11:16 |
Why commodities are still the best major investment class
- It is almost two years since Jim Rogers published his book ‘Hot Commodities’ and anybody who took his investment advice then will be showing a strong gain. Yet this major asset class could still have a decade to run, while real estate and equities look a busted flush.
- Monday, August 21 - 2006 at 07:35 |
When to enter and exit investment markets
- One of the best new investment books published this year is Mark Shipman’s ‘The Next Big Investment Boom: learning the secrets of investing from a master and how to profit from commodities’. If you have to buy only one investment book this summer then this thought-provoking and practical guide is the right choice.
- Monday, August 07 - 2006 at 07:40 |
A summer tip for Arabian investors: gold shares
- Barrick Gold has just bid $1.3 billion to buy the much smaller gold mining company Nova Gold which was one of the six stocks tipped for 2006 by an analyst in this column last December. Investors in Nova Gold have seen their confidence rewarded but what does it say about the outlook for gold mining stocks?
- Wednesday, July 26 - 2006 at 08:33 |
War in Lebanon highlights defensive investments
- Regional investors are naturally shocked by the speed of the devastation in Lebanon and the human tragedy while also nursing losses in equities and Beirut property. The mood of the moment is therefore defensive, and this investment stance is likely to serve investors well in an environment where capital preservation and not augmentation is to the fore.
- Sunday, July 23 - 2006 at 09:07 |
A contrarian perspective on the US dollar
- There is almost a universal consensus in the financial world that the US dollar is a doomed currency. The twin deficits mean that devaluation is unavoidable. Yet this could turn out to be complete rubbish, and cost investors a fortune.
- Sunday, July 16 - 2006 at 10:45 |
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