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The most important chart in the world?

by Peter Warburton | Jan 17, 2018 | The Economist

In 2005, futurist Ray Kurzweil shocked the world with his book, The Singularity is Near. He speculated that around the year 2045, the Singularity, which is to say a humanity which has merged with technology, will turn artificial intelligence (AI) into pure energy and...

The anatomy of a British pound collapse

by Matein Khalid | Sep 4, 2017 | The Macro View

It took a North Korean ballistic missile launch and Hurricane Harvey’s devastation of the $500 billion Houston/Galveston/Corpus Christi economy to push sterling higher to 1.2950 against the US dollar. While the British pound is the most undervalued G-10 currency on...

How do different governments affect house prices?

by Andrew Monteath | Jun 8, 2017 | Head Of Research

With yet another general election upon us it seems like a good time to look back and see which government has presided over the best returns for homeowners during the past forty years or so. The starting point is a good one, coming just after the Nixon administration...

Can UAE emerge as an aircraft leasing hub?

by Matein Khalid | Jun 5, 2017 | The Macro View

I was stunned to read a Boeing report that forecasts that the global passenger jet fleet will more than double to 45,250 by 2035. Given that almost 20,000 of the world’s in-service aircraft will be retired or converted to freighters in the next decade, Boeing...