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Investing now makes no commonsense
- If you inherited $1 million today where would you invest it? The wisest counsel would be to do no such thing. For an obvious asset price bubble has developed in so many of the world's major asset classes that a substantial correction must be close. Arabian stock market investors know what this is all about.
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, October 07 - 2006 at 10:34 |
How safe are hedge funds as an asset class?
- The decision by Amaranth Advisors, the hedge fund manager which lost $6 billion in energy trades, to suspend redemptions and liquidate its remaining positions has sent shockwaves through the sector. Just how safe are hedge funds for investors?
- Sunday, October 01 - 2006 at 12:18 |
Caveat emptor: investors beware!
- With $500 billion in surplus oil-cash sloshing around in the GCC economies this year it is hardly surprising that not every investment scheme currently on offer is likely to prove as sound as its promoters would have us believe. Indeed, a climate in which seemingly any proposal will attract investors is not propitious.
- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, September 24 - 2006 at 09:29 |
What does the IMF economic warning mean for the Gulf States?
- The International Monetary Fund has warned of increased risks of a global economic slowdown, and that the correction seen in capital markets in May and June - when emerging markets were hit hardest - may be the harbinger of a 'more severe correction'. But where does this leave the Gulf States?
- Saudi Arabia: Wednesday, September 13 - 2006 at 09:19 |
DIFX suffers in the wake of the DFM crash
- It is a year ago since the launch of the Dubai International Financial Exchange to much trumpeting and anticipation. Unfortunately the DIFX debut also coincided with a 70 per cent crash in the Dubai Financial Market. This undermined local investor confidence and IPOs, and the DIFX is still reeling.
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, September 11 - 2006 at 13:13 |
How long will the Middle East business boom last?
- Forget China and India, the fastest growing economies of the world are in the Middle East. Countries like the UAE and Qatar are experiencing super-growth levels of a once-in-a-generation type. Yet older heads are starting to ask how long can this continue.
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, September 04 - 2006 at 10:30 |
Will there be enough shoppers for the new Dubai malls?
- The Dubai Summer Surprises festival is in full swing in the shopping malls of the city, and the number of visitors during the hottest season continues to confound skeptics. But the emirate will have 30 million square feet of mall floor space by the time the present malls under construction are open. Is this not too much?
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, August 21 - 2006 at 07:38 |
Regional tourism crown passes to Dubai
- Lebanon has seen its tourism industry decimated by attacks from Israel. This huge setback comes as Dubai is planning to almost double its hotel rooms to 79,000 by the end of 2009, and can only consolidate the emirate's position as regional tourism king while Beirut is almost back to square one.
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, August 10 - 2006 at 09:22 |
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