Category: Columns

Matein Khalid There is now no doubt in my mind that we are witnessing a replay of the inflection point in the global liquidity cycle

Following R. Praggnanandhaa, Nida Anjum Chelat has become another prominent young representative of India's growing presence in global sports. Nida Anjum, the young rider

Matein Khalid In my late 1970's boyhood, I was mesmerized by the Shah of Iran's regal hauteur and magnificent uniforms as he made periodic state

Matein Khalid Dubai’s royal and merchant elite has always had a significant financial exposure to UK PLC, and thus sterling. The historical umbilical cord between Britain

Matein Khalid Three generations of Gulf Arabs have been enraptured with German luxury auto brands like Mercedes, BMW, Porsche and Audi. But please, please, do not

Matein Khalid I expected a bond market bloodbath ever since the yield on the 10 year US Treasury note rose above 3.50%. Why? One, the

Matein Khalid Literature is often a better guide to navigate the emerging markets than the cold algorithms of modern finance. This is definitely true with

Matein Khalid Saudi Arabia's unilateral 1 MBD output cut in Vienna last week did not trigger a credible rally in crude oil prices. Au contraire,

Girish Linganna The cries ae silenced. The dust has settled. The blood stains have all but faded! But there is a growing concern among the

Matein Khalid The $7 trillion foreign exchange market can be merciless if you read its macro smoke signals wrong or ignore the hoofbeats of the

Matein Khalid President Erdoğan recalled his pro-markets ex-Wall Streeter Mehmet Şimşek as Finance Vizier and the head of MIT who negotiated his diplomatic rapprochement with

By Matein Khalid Bubbles are a recurrent phenomenon in financial markets, from Dutch Tulips in Rembrandt's Amsterdam to Kuwait's Souk al Manak, Japan's Nikkei Dow

Matein Khalid I have been fascinated by the global commodities markets ever since I lost a semester's tuition at Penn trading silver futures at EF

English will retain its position as the world’s most widely spoken language over the next decade and teachers will continue to be at the

Numerous businesses and organizations currently acquire, store, and exploit personal data in the digital age. People may now share their personal information more easily

By Matein Khalid The global EV market has entered a cutthroat, even Darwinian competitive dimension now that Tesla (TSLA) has initiated a price war to

What parent doesn’t want their children to willingly pitch in and complete routine household chores? In his eye-opening new book, How Other Children Learn:

When Bangladesh came into being in December 16, 1971 after a nine-month bloody war, it was a nearly destroyed, looted and violated land filled

Matein Khalid Three millennia of Chinese history and the neonlit grandeur of Macau are a testament to the fact that passion for speculative assets is

Matein Khalid Was King Dollar dethroned in November? The trade weighted US Dollar Index rose 20% from June 2021 to November 2022, its biggest bullish

Matein Khalid Don't fight the Fed is a Wall Street cliché that makes total strategic and tactical sense as America heads for Turkey/cranberry sauce this

Matein Khalid Tesla (TSLA) was a fairytale in 2020 when it soared 740% and then 50% in 2021. The fairytale has morphed into a nightmare

Youssef Mouallem At the height of the pandemic, flights ground to a halt and both the travel and aviation industries took immense economic hits. Just as

Matein Khalid An asteroid collision with earth 65 million years ago created a mass extermination event that wiped out the dinosaurs. This is an apt