Luxury not going out of fashion despite the recession
One of the more controversial claims in the new book ‘Supertrends’ by Danish futurologist and entrepreneur Lars Tvede is that luxury has a fantastic future as billions of new consumers from emerging markets develop a…
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48-hours in Prague
Jump on the convenient new Emirates flight to Prague and within six hours visitors from Dubai have one of the playgrounds of Central Europe at their disposal as well as one of the world’s great…
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Supertrends in global real estate still favor Dubai
This article is an analysis of the real estate chapter in the recently published book ‘Supertrends’ by Danish futurologist and entrepreneur Lars Tvede. He is looking beyond the short term fluctuations of the economy, or…
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Will Dubai ever match Abu Dhabi for home finance?
If only Dubai could match the 5.75 per cent home finance rates currently being offered by Abu Dhabi Finance that would go a long way towards reviving the Dubai real estate market which is still…
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Boom businesses of the future
From my own entrepreneurial background as a partner in the private equity sale of the Dubai dot-com AME Info four years ago and my interest in stock markets, I retain a strong interest in the…
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Can the UK inflate fast enough to support house prices?
Devaluing the pound earlier this year was a good start but the UK is going to have to seriously inflate general price levels if the economy is going to avoid the agony of falling house…
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Hindenburg Omen confirmed as equities slump, buy short ETFs
The complex chart indicator known as a Hindenburg Omen occurred yesterday for the first time since the market lows of March 2009. This is a major chart indicator suggesting a market crash is imminent.
However,…
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City 7 TV interview on the outlook for Arabian equities
City 7 TV presenter Katie Jensen interviews ArabianMoney editor and publisher Peter Cooper about the outlook for global and local stock markets.
He explains how investors at the Agora Financial Symposium in Vancouver last month…
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Will Ramadan bring new interest in the Saudi ETFs?
The launch of two Exchange Traded Funds for the Tadawul or Saudi stock market this year has raised hopes for a market recovery. The August edition of the ArabianMoney investment newsletter contains a detailed appraisal…
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Emap fails to sell AME Info business website
The UK’s second largest publishing house Emap has failed to find a buyer for AME Info, the leading Middle East business information portal that it bought almost exactly four years ago for $27 million.
In…
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