Financial Planning
Citigroup: 10 investment themes for 2005
- A high-level road show of top Citigroup Private Bank investment advisors toured the Gulf region this week. Against a backdrop of confusing economic and market signals, the world's largest bank gave its overview of major investment trends for 2005.
- Tuesday, January 18 - 2005 at 16:08 |
UK housing: remember who told you so?
- Back in April last year my predecessor in this column warned UK property investors to get out quick. This prescient commentator attracted more than a few irate emails from those who thought they knew better. Now UK house prices have been falling for several months, and those that bought this year have lost serious money.
- Monday, January 03 - 2005 at 11:20 |
Going for gold in 2005
- Readers of this column will not be surprised by this conclusion. But the message for 2005 is surely that bulls and bubbles are about to get hit hard, and the only available safe haven is precious metal and selected currencies.
- Tuesday, December 28 - 2004 at 10:33
Time to buy? Or time to sell?
- This is the traditional season for portfolio re-assessment. But this year things are a bit different. A number of prominent commentators are calling a major market top.
- Saturday, December 18 - 2004 at 10:56 |
Two very different analysts call the market top
- Dr. Marc Faber and Jim Shepherd both have lively investment newsletters. But there the similarities end, their market analysis is from different ends of the spectrum. Yet both the top Asian based guru and this well respected independent US commentator now think the end is nigh for US equities.
- Saturday, December 11 - 2004 at 14:24 |
Rethinking portfolio strategy for 2005
- Looking back at the headlines in this column over the past year, there is cause for a little smug, self-satisfaction. Anyone heeding the comments and advice proffered here would be well up in the investing game.
- Sunday, December 05 - 2004 at 12:40
Barclays Premier a welcome addition in the UAE
- Why do people continue to trust completely unknown strangers with their hard-earned money? Especially when the big banks like HSBC and Citibank are on hand, and Barclays is the latest to join the growing ranks of blue-chip wealth managers.
- Wednesday, November 24 - 2004 at 15:42
Does every cloud have a golden lining?
- Gold prices hit a fresh 16-year high last week, with the yellow metal yet again a proxy for a lower dollar. So with the US authorities seemingly having embarked on a weak dollar policy, can investment in gold go wrong?
- Sunday, November 21 - 2004 at 13:28
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