Expatriate Workers and Us!
“You don’t know how it feels to be a foreigner in this country, unless you live like one. It is unbearable!” said my Arab scuba diving trainer. I was shocked and since then, I have become more sensitive and observant.…
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Credit Suisse Asset Management launches Fund
Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) is to launch a limited issue fund of funds that invests in new launches, offshore vehicles and unregulated funds. As a limited issue portfolio the fund launches at the end of July with 75 million…
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Sitting pretty on plentiful gas
BEIRUT: With a population of little more than 850,000 and oil and gas money pouring in, the tiny state of Qatar is oozing with confidence about the future. And like it’s larger Gulf neighbors, Qatar is busily attempting to use…
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Are These New ETFs a Good Idea?
By Dan Culloton – StreetTracks Gold Shares (GLD) , the first exchange-traded fund tracking a commodity, was one of the most successful ETF launches in history. Within weeks of its November 2004 launch it amassed more than $1.5 billion in…
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Foreigners Invest US$8.9 Bln in S. Korea Through Tax Havens
SEOUL, June 28 Asia Pulse – Foreigners invest a total of US$8.9 billion into South Korea through countries offering very favorable tax laws for foreign businesses and individuals, according to the country’s tax authorities Tuesday. In a report to the…
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In Defense of Hedge Funds
IT’S BOTH AMAZING AND a little bit bizarre that the same mainstream media that told folks to stick it out for the long haul while the market melted in 2000 and 2001 are now writing smear pieces about hedge funds…
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First currency ETF filed
Rydex Investments has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first currency exchange-traded fund that would provide exposure to the euro. Called the Euro Currency Trust, if approved the fund would trade on the New York…
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Gulf Arabs Bet Theme Park, Cargo Firm Will Temper Next Oil Bust
Persian Gulf monarchies, flush with record oil revenue, are betting that a $7.5 billion theme park with an indoor ski slope, a $1.2 billion power grid and a $1.2 billion cargo shipper will shield them from the next energy bust.…
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Kid Money Logic: US Debt Clock Declares the Fed Debt-Dollar System Has Reached Its End
Read the report: Kid Money Logic: US Debt Clock Declares the Fed Debt-Dollar System Has Reached Its EndThe US Debt Clock has released another provocative Secret Window poster, and this time the New Money Revolution delivers its message through the simplest financial question imaginable. The headline reads: KID MONEY LOGIC Standing on…