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$825bn stimulus plan signals gold take-off

Last night the US passed its much anticipated $825 billion Obama stimulus package, representing another huge monetary expansion. Countries all around the world have been at it, and the volume of money in circulation is…
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Posted on 29 January 2009 Categories: Bond Markets, Gold & Silver, US Dollar, US Stocks

Arabianmoney.net now in seven languages

From today the personal blog of Peter J. Cooper, www.arabianmoney.net, is published in seven major global languages courtesy of Google’s automatic translation technology.
The blog is available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and…
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Posted on 28 January 2009 Categories: Media & Culture

Censor passes Opportunity Dubai

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The UAE censorship department, the National Media Council has passed my book ‘Opportunity Dubai’. In fact the book was passed a month ago and it seems…
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Posted on 28 January 2009 Categories: Media & Culture

Can Dubai get quickly back to growth again?

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Yesterday this blog explored the emerging market business cycles as suggested by Dr Marc Faber in his book ‘Tomorrow’s Gold’ and saw Dubai situated in phase…
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Dubai in phase five of the business cycle

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Reading Dr Marc Faber’s investment classic ‘Tomorrow’s Gold’ it is interesting to note how Dubai has moved into phase five of his seven phases of the…
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Tallest building syndrome strikes Dubai

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The world’s tallest building was topped out this month in Dubai but nobody seemed to notice. If you look up, the Burj Dubai now has its…
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Posted on 26 January 2009 Categories: GCC Real Estate, Global Economics, Oil & Gas

Bonds, stocks, real estate down, gold up!

Since the start of the year 30-year US Treasury bonds have fallen by 10 per cent, the Dow Jones Index 7.5 per cent and real estate continues on its downward track. Gold is up by…
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Lower energy prices will fuel gold miner profits

With gold prices back above $900 and silver at $12 an ounce, gold producers have reason to be cheerful about the outlook as a flight from all paper currencies to one of fixed supply gathers…
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Posted on 24 January 2009 Categories: Gold & Silver, US Dollar, US Stocks

PIMCO CEO gives important investment insight

Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive of PIMCO writes in the Daily Telegraph today:
“Going forward, investors should keep a careful watch on four realities that are consequential for the configuration of risk-adjusted returns in various markets.…
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Posted on 22 January 2009 Categories: Bond Markets, Gold & Silver, US Dollar, US Stocks

Gulf investors could buy-out Barclays

According to the Daily Telegraph today:
“The Government is in talks with Barclays after the bank admitted that raising extra capital could trigger a clause that would deliver control to its Middle East investors.
“Government…
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Posted on 22 January 2009 Categories: GCC Stock Markets, Global Economics