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Liz Truss century’s worst Tory PM
Matein Khalid Investor | Family Office CIO | Portfolio Strategist | Board Advisor | VC | Finance Professor Liz Truss will go down in history as the worst Tory PM in a past century…
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Extremely high price for US$ index rise
Matein Khalid Investor | Family Office CIO | Portfolio Strategist | Board Advisor | VC | Finance Professor The Microsoft 320…
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A horrible year for emerging markets
Matein Khalid King Dollar, aggressive Federal Reserve monetary tightening, an oil shock, recession in Europe/China and pandemic related hits to world…
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High dollar rewrites rules of investing
Matein Khalid The 20 year highs in King Dollar and 18% rise in its trade weighted index in the past year…
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Pakistani Taliban is a volcano waiting to erupt
Manish Rai Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in June this year declared an indefinite ceasefire to facilitate peace talks being brokered by the…
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Petroleum demand destruction inevitable
Matein Khalid Brent crude was grossly overvalued at 124 in June and black gold has come down as supply angst is…
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Returning ethics and morals to foreign policy making
James M Dorsey The Biden administration is mulling whether to grant Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sovereign immunity in a…
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An IMF bail-out for UK inevitable?
Matein Khalid A country should never be dependent on the kindness of strangers – hot money inflows from global bond markets…
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Al-Qaeda remains a potent force yet
Manish Rai With the recent killing of Al-Qaeda (AQ) chief Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghan capital Kabul a lot of speculation is…
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Mortgage rates in UAE double
Matein Khalid Mortgage rates in the UAE have now doubled from 2% to 4%. My view on a protracted inflation cycle…
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Pak bond prices reflect imminent default risk
Matein Khalid The year 2022 has been an annus horribilis for Pakistan’s sovereign debt, even by the dismal standards of the…
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Underlying trend for black gold is bearish
Matein Khalid Brent’s rise to $103 is entirely rational on short covering, the Friday rally in risk assets and the absence…
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Short brent idea proves money gusher
Matein Khalid My strategy recommendation to my friends was to short Brent crude at or above $120 for the $65 target…
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Pakistan in the slough of uncertainty
Imran Khalid Indubitably, Pakistan is nowadays passing through one of the most turbulent periods in its recent history. On the surface,…
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India can have working relations with Taliban
By Manish Rai Recently India has reinvented its engagement policy with the Taliban. As in the first week of June, a high-level…
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The Ukraine war: more questions?
Dr Imran Khalid “We must be prepared for this to last for years. We must not weaken in our support for…
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Macro message of bond and stock markets
Matein Khalid This is definitely not the best of all possible Panglossian macro worlds as the S&P 500 is 20% below…
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Massive buying of treasury bonds
Matein Khalid Massive buying of Treasury bonds since last evening when we hit 3.18% yield on the UST 10. UST 10…
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Hamas eyes Malaysia as new operational base
James M Dorsey Malaysia has emerged as a potential external operations base for Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza…
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Taliban on the Verge of an Inhouse Fight
By Manish Rai The Taliban now has firm control over Afghanistan. At this point in time, the Taliban have no opponents…
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Dollar on a rampage
Matein Khalid King Dollar is now on a rampage that will redefine global capital flows and have a seismic impact on…
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Clash of civilizations at Venice art show
James M Dorsey Russia and the Nordic countries’ pavilions at this year’s Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious art exhibition, project…
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Markets pricing in recession risk
Matein Khalid The mini crash in crude oil in Asia was triggered by the rumour that China’s zero Covid policy means…
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Why Hospitality Must Accelerate Digital Transformation
By Jacob Chacko Gargantuan advancements have been made over the last couple of years to tackle the pandemic. But COVID-19 is…
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Stand against radical Islam lands Bangladesh scribe in jail
Damsana Ranadhiran It seems freedom of expression and freedom of press are being suffocated in Bangladesh under a draconian law titled…
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Imran Khan: Bunch of lies and disappointments
By Manish Rai In 2018, Pakistan witnessed the rise of new celebrity Prime Minister Imran Khan, who vowed to halt dynastic…
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New horizons in UAE-India partnership
Sheikh Manzoor Ahmed The United Arab Emirates (UAE) stands out as a shining example of having excellent and strong bonds of friendship with…
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Israel takes centre-stage of Middle East politics
James M Dorsey A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four…