Author: Aaron
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US tops among countries investing in Pak-bourses
KARACHI: US tops among the countries investing in Pakistani stock markets with $88.2 million investments by US investors during first quarter of current fiscal year—a record 27 percent jump as compared to the same period previous year. According to the figures released by State Bank of Pakistan, overall foreign investments in Pakistan stock markets during…
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Private interest could create more gold funds
The five gold-backed investment funds already traded around the world could be the tip of the iceberg if investors allocate more of their funds to the metal, an official at the World Gold Council said this week. “We are just starting to see a transition,” Katharine Pulvermacher, head of asset allocation research at the World…
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Dow Jones Indexes to Launch Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index
NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) — Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the launch of the Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index. The Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index represents the largest, super-sector leaders of companies whose primary operations are in mainland China but trade at the Hong Kong Stock…
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Risks & Benefits of Investing in Emerging Markets
(PRWEB) – Beaverton, OR, (PRWEB) October 18, 2005 — www.pacificsecuritycapital.com – Pacific Security Capital (“PSC”), a leading commercial real estate investment bank providing commercial loans, structured finance, equity financing, investment sales and advisory services, explains the risks and benefits of investing in emerging markets. Commercial real estate investors are facing the most competitive commercial real…
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Auditor: investors ask too much
NEW YORK — Faced with lawsuits and regulatory pressure, William Parrett, chief executive officer of one of the world’s Big Four accounting firms, says the investing public is demanding more from auditors than they possibly can deliver. Like other auditing firms, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has been on the defensive since Arthur Andersen LLP was forced…
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Investing for income will be challenging for Baby Boomers
by Chet Currier – A hungry multitude of investors is about to open the doors to a cupboard that is almost bare. The throng we speak of is the U.S. Baby-Boom generation born after World War II. Its 75 million members will soon start hitting age 60, reaching the time of life when savers’ and…
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Global REITs offering better returns
INVESTORS with higher-risk appetite should seriously consider investing in global properties through real estate investment trusts (REITs) as this has proven to offer better returns than other asset classes over a long-term period. Citibank vice-president (wealth management products) Charles Sik said with the liberalisation of foreign exchange administration rules, coupled with de-pegging of the ringgit,…
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Soaring energy costs, alongside competitive pressures and huge trade imbalances, are pushing the global economy closer to a tipping point, says Scotiabank Chief Economist
TORONTO, Oct. 11 /CNW/ – While the global economy expansion was still on track in the waning days of summer, the negative fallout from a growing list of natural disasters, related energy market turbulence and periodic terrorist attacks points to slower growth during the fall and winter, according to Scotia Economics’ flagship report, Global Outlook…