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Margareta Pagano: No one should feel sorry for the Dubai speculators
Sunday, 29 November 2009
The celebrities broke the first principle of investing
David Prosser: Champagne all round as the banks get back to business
Saturday, 28 November 2009
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Stephen Foley: The end of a petty quest for revenge
Saturday, 28 November 2009
US Outlook: The fact that Hank Greenberg is getting back a Persian rug and some photos of him meeting Chinese leaders, as part of his ceasefire with AIG, tells you all you need to know about the insurance industry's most pathetic feud.
Stephen Foley: Retailers relax as shoppers return on Black Friday
Saturday, 28 November 2009
US Outlook: If you are the head of a retail chain in the US, you'll have been talking for months now about the continuing cautious state of the consumer, the prudent approach you are taking to planning for the holiday season and your limited expectations for the coming, critical weeks of trading. Don't be fooled.
Sean O'Grady: So what on earth is a safe investment now?
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Whether Dubai defaults on its debts or not, the episode serves as a stark reminder to markets with short memories that there is no such thing as safe sovereign or quasi-sovereign debt. History, a much-neglected discipline among market participants, tell us that nations have more often reneged on their obligations than not, and spectacular examples occur about once a decade.
Hamish McRae: Dubai crisis will prompt investors to look critically at sovereign debt
Friday, 27 November 2009
Economic Life: Dubai made the classic mistake that the maturity of the debt did not matter as it could always be rolled over.
James Moore: Water boys the winners with Ofwat?
Friday, 27 November 2009
Outlook Northumbrian Water's response to Ofwat's final decision on how much it can squeeze out of its customers over the next five years was a really quite outstanding piece of corporate verbal diarrhoea which said absolutely nothing.
James Moore: Mr Bolton with Chinese characteristics
Friday, 27 November 2009
Outlook When Anthony Bolton speaks, it usually pays to listen. Quite literally, given the way Fidelity's Special Situations fund performed when he was in charge of it.
David Prosser: How to hold the bankers to account
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Outlook It is difficult to find much to disagree with in the recommendations made today by Sir David Walker for reform of the way banks are run. Yet those who hoped Sir David's report, commissioned in the wake of the worst financial crisis in living memory, would be a watershed in banking accountability and disclosure will be disappointed. There's plenty of worthy stuff in there, but not much drama.
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