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China and the dollar
October 9th, 2015
With the benefit of hindsight, the two-day devaluation of the yuan in mid-August might have been a masterstroke of strategy. China executed a financial move that appeared to undermine its own position but instead created trouble for the US; ...
We Aren’t Nearly As Worried About The Middle East As We should Be
October 7th, 2015
What’s the opposite of a gift that keeps on giving? A mistake that keeps metastasizing. Which pretty much sums up the US role in the Middle East. Beginning with the CIA’s 1953 overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected president and ...
Asian shares firm on resurgent oil, Nikkei falls on BOJ
October 7th, 2015
Asian stocks hit a seven-week high on Wednesday as oil prices showed some signs of life, supporting battered resource shares and emerging economy currencies, while Tokyo shares fell after the Bank of Japan stood pat on policy. MSCI’s broadest ...
UAE energy minister says urgent need to cut subsidies in the region as oil prices decline
October 5th, 2015
There is an urgent need to cut regional energy subsidies as government budgets are squeezed by slumping oil prices, the UAE Minister for Energy said on Sunday. Opening an annual industry conference at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Suhail ...
Oil up as Russia ready to talk with producers, US rig count drops
October 5th, 2015
Crude oil futures edged up on Monday after Russia said it was ready to meet other producers to discuss the situation in the global oil market, where prices have more than halved from last year’s highs due to a ...
Gulf businesses expect to keep hiring despite lower oil price
September 28th, 2015
Businesses operating in the Arabian Gulf have so far shrugged off the impact of lower oil prices on their hiring policies, with 80 per cent of them expected to take on new staff, according to new research released by ...
Oil unlikely to return to $100 a barrel for years
September 25th, 2015
Move would take major change in Saudi policy: Tom Kloza Traders said goodbye to $100 oil prices a little over a year ago, and they might be staying away even longer than some expect. West Texas Intermediate crude-oil prices ...
RAK, UAE, and traditional tax havens
September 25th, 2015
What is the difference between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other popular tax havens? Why more and more international traders and investors find the UAE to be one of the best places to incorporate offshore companies for various ...
Gold dips as Yellen says Fed on track to hike rates this year
September 25th, 2015
Gold dropped from its highest in a month on Friday as the dollar rallied on an assurance from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the U.S. central bank would begin raising rates this year. Spot gold had fallen 0.7 ...
There Are Indications That A Major Financial Event In Germany Could Be Imminent
September 22nd, 2015
Is something about to happen in Germany that will shake the entire world? According to disturbing new intel that I have received, a major financial event in Germany could be imminent. Now when I say imminent, I do not ...
