Financial Planning

London’s top technical analyst reveals his finance secrets
Brian Marber is arguably the world’s leading technical analyst, and certainly one of the oldest practitioners of this art. His newly published book, ‘Marber on Markets’ recalls how he once came to the UAE to lecture the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority on his secrets. In a career that began in 1963 he can also boast first-hand knowledge of bull and bear markets.
Monday, January 21 - 2008 at 10:30 |

Is 2008 the year the markets crash?
‘This banking crisis reminds me of the secondary banking crisis in the early 70s,’ an old captain of industry told me last summer. His own firm almost went bankrupt in that crisis. In 1974 the US and UK stock markets crashed and so did the property market. It was perhaps the worse financial crisis in living memory.
Sunday, January 13 - 2008 at 13:00 |

Revaluation prospects make dirham deposits attractive
Contrarian investors are tipping the US dollar to bottom out this year, and possibly provide holders with an unexpected upside bonus. But a clever play to cash in on both this market boomerang and the likely revaluation of the UAE dirham is to hold your money in the dollar-pegged dirham.
United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, January 09 - 2008 at 11:47 |

Have Sovereign Wealth Funds bought into banks too early?
It is not often the chance to buy a large stake in a global bank becomes available, particularly at a knock down price. This explains why Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) from Abu Dhabi to Singapore have been happy to help the ilk of Citibank and UBS with a capital injection in exchange for equity. But should smaller investors now follow in their wake?
Thursday, January 03 - 2008 at 09:56 |

Hold cash and wait for better opportunities in 2008?
Investors can be forgiven for looking confused by the forecasts being presented for 2008. There are dark clouds gathering in the global economy and nobody can be certain where the storm will strike next. Thus cash balances are growing as the more cautious investors decide to sit this one out.
Sunday, December 23 - 2007 at 15:24 |

Investment themes for 2008
Will a US recession and Wall Street crash follow on from the credit crunch of 2007? What are the implications for GCC investors? 2008 will be a year for the cautious investor but everybody has to keep their money somewhere. So what are the main investment themes for 2008?
Middle East: Monday, December 17 - 2007 at 12:09 |

Gold tips for 2008
In our last column we recommended buying gold if the price dips in a US dollar rally in 2008. But readers will still need to carefully consider exactly how to invest in gold. A basket of gold assets might be the best way to maximize your investment upside, with the skew towards riskier options this year.
Middle East: Tuesday, December 11 - 2007 at 09:03 |

Precious metals and Asian currencies top tips for 2008
For 2007 this column tipped precious metals as the top buy for annual gain, with the purchase of silver in late summer as a good trading position to adopt. This proved accurate: silver is up 17 per cent since the summer. But good old gold once again outperformed over the past 12 months, up 23 per cent to silver’s no change.
Middle East: Tuesday, December 04 - 2007 at 22:07 |