Financial Planning
Should you sell-out of hedge funds?
- This has been a pretty dreadful year for hedge funds. The days of superior performance must seem like distant glory years. It would be tempting to name particular names, but lawyers with sharp pencils have been known to poke journalists who write less than laudatory things about their clients.
- Sunday, May 15 - 2005 at 16:56 |
GCC share charts turn down
- GCC stocks have been rising vertically over the past two months but last week saw a decisive downturn in the key markets of the UAE and Qatar. This may still prove to be a correction in a bull market, but the chart movement looks far more likely to be a move into a bear market in which what has gone up will come down.
- United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, May 11 - 2005 at 11:46 |
Another year to sell in May and go away?
- The old stock market adages often prove the best advice. One school of thought is that the summer is normally a dull month for stock trades, so why risk you money? However, this summer may not be so dull, and that is another reason to be out of equities, globally and especially locally.
- Thursday, May 05 - 2005 at 08:00 |
Are European equities a diversification opportunity?
- This week Invesco Asset Management toured Bahrain, Muscat and Dubai marketing its European equity investment products to financial institutions. This blue-chip UK investment house with $375 billion under management has submitted its license for approval by the Dubai International Financial Centre.
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, April 28 - 2005 at 08:40 |
Stocks in the UAE, Qatar: the madness of crowds?
- The Aabar IPO entered the UAE history books this week with a $107 billion oversubscription, a total subscription exceeding the nation's entire annual GDP. But the UAE stock market is not alone. The Doha Securities Market has also doubled in value in less than four months.
- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, April 26 - 2005 at 10:59 |
Shares look set for a mighty fall
- The Dow Jones and Nasdaq went below their 200-day moving averages last week, a bad sign for chartists. The US consumer is beginning to stop spending and staggering under a weight of debt. Unfortunately consumer spending makes up two-thirds of the US economy. It does not look good!
- Sunday, April 17 - 2005 at 14:11 |
How to invest in gold online
- Many investors are turning to gold as the traditional hedge against inflation. In the 1970s gold soared from $35 to $850 an ounce against a background of rising oil prices, high inflation and a stock and real estate crash. But now you can even buy gold online.
- Monday, April 11 - 2005 at 15:45 |
Is gold the next asset class to boom?
- In the 1970s oil prices soared but were still below the heights reached today. But gold prices peaked in 1979 at more than twice their current levels. So is buying gold the next big investment opportunity?
- Monday, April 04 - 2005 at 11:28 |
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