Two horsemen of the apocalypse appear
Two horsemen of the biblical apocalypse have appeared among us: faltering US GDP growth and a freezing up of Italian and Spanish interbank lending.
In the second quarter US GDP growth slowed to 1.3 per…
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Another all-time high for gold, whatever happened to the summer lull?
Traditionally gold prices are weakest in the summer period, and yet here we are at the end of July with gold futures pointing to a fresh all-time high of $1,637.
Traders are pointing the finger…
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96-hours in Vancouver
The perfect climate for a Gulf summer getaway is to be found in Vancouver. Bright sunny days, the odd shower and temperatures under 25C with a cool breeze.
Voted the world’s most liveable city by…
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Very few places for investors to hide concludes Agora event
Global investors presently have very few options open to them to make money and preserving wealth is the top priority in the current environment, not making it.
That was the broad conclusion to the Agora…
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Very bearish mood at Vancouver’s Agora Financial conference
For the past three years ArabianMoney has made the long trek from Dubai to Vancouver each July and found it rewarding both in terms of investment insights and meeting many North American investors. It is…
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Gold the only hedge against US treasuries says Jim Sinclair
Gold super-bug Jim Sinclair, a veteran of the 1970s’ boom says there is ‘no functional hedge against the downgrade of US Treasuries that is sure to come with or without a default except gold.
‘The…
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Soros shuts his hedge fund as economic crisis looms
George Soros is retiring as a hedge fund manager and shutting his hedge fund, returning about a $1 billion remaining to his loyal investors. He will concentrate on managing his own family office, blaming new…
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$120 oil by the end of the year is the most popular Comex bet
In the trading pits of the Comex the most popular trade among investors and hedge fund managers is currently that oil will reach $120-a-barrel by the end of 2011, up from almost $100 for WTI…
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Hotel review: join the film and rock stars at Opus Vancouver
When the stars check into Vancouver their destination is often the trendy boutique Opus hotel in the old dockland Yaletown district.
Yaletown is comparable to London’s Covent Garden or the Paris Left Bank with a…
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US politicians take financial markets back to the edge again
The battle royal between the Republicans and Democrats over the extension of the US debt ceiling above $14.3 trillion, or a historic 100 per cent of GDP, reaches its conclusion this week.
Markets will fall…
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