My latest thoughts on the Federal Reserve, investing in Fox News and the Standard Oil twins. […]
Wall Street: a hawkish Federal Reserve and the US dollar comeback Also in this week's column: investing in Fox News and the Standard Oil twins

My latest thoughts on the Federal Reserve, investing in Fox News and the Standard Oil twins. […]
Matein Khalid asks: is the Wall Street sell off just an ephemeral market or something more ominous, a trend change, requiem for the bull market? Plus his latest thoughts on the Karachi stock index and the overvaluation of Credit Suisse shares. […]
Emerging market equities have been the darling asset class de jour in 2017, mainly in Asia and Latin America, despite the March FOMC rate hike, a US Dollar Index at or above 100 and a mini-swoon in crude oil after a Saudi-Russian output cut spat. Earnings growth (India/Thailand), a stabilized currency (China), policy reforms (India, […]
I find it laughable when investment bankers come to my office and try to assure me that warehouse and logistics space in Dubai is a “defensive” investment. Mathematical reality does not support this argument. Rents in Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZ), the most prime industrial enclave in the Arabian Gulf, have fallen from AED 44 […]