PM Shehbaz Sharif’s prime challenges
The best thing that could have happened to Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, April 11, 2022 is not that he was voted to the office of the prime minister of Pakistan…
Priorities, Mr Prime Minister
There is no doubt that the situation that Pakistan’s economy finds itself in is tough. What really bothers one though – on analysing the performance of the current government –…
Investing in technology sector: a primer — I
Since the beginning of 2020, one investment sector has stood out globally through all the Covid-19 pandemic induced volatility in markets, economies and industries – that of the Information and…
Investing in technology sector—a primer—II
The Part I of this series of articles on investing in information and communications technology (tech) sector highlighted the significant out-performance of this sector during the last several years and…
Investing in technology sector: A primer – Part VI – Investing (b)
Continuing from the previous article, we look at different segments of the Information and Technology (ICT) Sector and highlight some examples of ETF’s that provide exposure to these segments. Semiconductors…
Not yet Amazon Prime time: Australia retail sell-off overblown?
Since Amazon.com Inc said in late April, it would bring its Marketplace for third-party sellers to Australia, shares of leading bricks-and-mortar retailers have tumbled on fears their growth prospects would…
Prime Minister Teflon Khan?
One of the coolest one-liners in any Hollywood film is from Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman. A companion assures Jack Nicholson’s The Joker of how he looks: “…you look fine,” she…
Britain’s subprime lenders buckle under weight of complaints
The number of Britons with poor credit ratings is rising in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, just as many lenders who cater to them are going out of business…
Policy rate primer
LET’S say, I am a fruit vendor, and the only one in the village. There is only one kilogramme of apples left in my shop. I am about to go…
