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US federal funds rate at 4%, what does this mean for investors?
This year has not been a good one for many investors. US equities have moved sideways at best, UK... Read full article »
Bond prices fall: time to sell US Treasuries?
Many big investors keep a large portion of their wealth invested in US Treasury bonds. Over the... Read full article »
Is bird flu the next financial hurricane?
Bird flu has reached the UK, and is spreading around the world. After the recent experience of... Read full article »
4.7% US inflation: buy gold, sell US treasury bonds!
Last week the US posted its highest monthly figure for energy price inflation in almost 50 years.... Read full article »
Pulling on a piece of string!
Somebody once wrote that making an investment is like pulling a brick on a piece of string.... Read full article »
Buy in haste, repent at leisure
Ramadan is an excellent time for taking stock of an investment portfolio, and considering how the... Read full article »
Investment in a period of higher inflation
That the world has now entered a period of higher inflation after a long phase of very low... Read full article »
Is real estate yesterday's asset class?
In the mid-1970s a global real estate bubble burst under the pressure of high oil prices and... Read full article »
Technical analysis is a must for investors
Fundamental analysts almost all failed to predict the US stock market crash of 2001 and... Read full article »
Why gold could hit $1,000 an ounce
In the commodities rally of the early 2000s gold has been largely left out. But a recent study... Read full article »
Is it now time to sell-out of GCC equities?
It is a classic sign of the top of a share boom when housewives and other non-experts start to... Read full article »
Cash is king in a recession!
High oil prices, overvalued stock markets, overpriced real estate, rising interest rates, there... Read full article »
The murky world of the offshore IFA
Expatriates in the Gulf get frequent phone calls from independent financial advisors taking a... Read full article »
How to invest your cash this autumn
Do you really have to? Red lights are flashing on the desks of many investment analysts who are... Read full article »
Should investors now exit the GCC stock markets?
Nomura's recent report looks to have been a rare case of a foreign broker correctly calling the... Read full article »
