Nouriel Roubini on the next phase of the financial crisis
‘Dr Doom’ Nouriel Roubini returns with an update on the rolling debt crisis in Europe and what it means for the economic outlook.
No prizes for guessing this is not terribly optimistic. The next phase…
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Why buy silver but probably not right now
Many thanks to www.ausbullion.blogspot.com for sending us this video explaining the investment merits of silver. It’s a knock-out!
Last week in Syria we bought a Nabatean silver coin while visiting the Roman city of Bosra.…
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FlyDubai from Damascus, 5-hours late, expensive, poor service
On RyanAir the landing of another on-time flight is celebrated by the sounding of a claxon. Last night, or rather this morning, the arrival of the FlyDubai flight from Damascus should have been accompanied by…
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Still more reason to stay short than long in financial markets
Over the past week global financial markets turned volatile but only China delivered a meaningful sell-off as it took further measures to curb inflation, including direct price controls on food.
Wall Street managed to pull…
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19 restaurant in The Montgomerie Dubai
After all the grumbling about the cost of wine in Dubai in these columns it is refreshing to report on a very unusual promotion at the trendy 19 restaurant at the Montgomerie Golf Clubhouse in…
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The Movenpick Bahrain, the perfect modern business hotel
Earlier this month the Bahrain Movenpick hosted the second Cards Summit Middle East in Bahrain. Being situated a 500-metre walk from the Bahrain International Airport this proved a highly convenient hotel for visiting delegates and…
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How to respond to another global financial crisis
ArabianMoney readers will be well aware of our warnings about the immediate outlook for global stock, bond and real estate markets as well as commodities. Yesterday the Dow fell 178 points. Another storm is about…
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Online forex trading is for gamblers not investors
Trading foreign exchange and commodities through specialist websites is now a declining pasttime in Arabia, if only because the clients have lost a great deal of money and are wising up to this con-trick and…
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Will financial astrologer Arch Crawford finally get the stock crash right?
Today is the final day for Arch Crawford, doyen of the financial astrologers to redeem his tattered reputation. Earlier this year his forecast of a major market correction between August and the end of October…
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UAE Q3 results and the future, ArabianMoney on City 7 TV
City 7 presenter Katy Fielder talks to ArabianMoney founder and editor Peter Cooper about the recent third quarter financial results from local companies and takes a look into the future.
Arabian equities should finally bottom…
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