The cockroach theory in Wall Street contends that for every one cockroach you see, there are 100 hidden in the woodwork. We saw four Big Tech cockroaches in this earnings season:...
About Matein Khalid
The Fund Manager
A New York state of mind
I have always fantasised about buying into a midtown Manhattan office building portfolio since New York City is the nerve center of global finance, banking, digital media,...
The Fund Manager
The state of crude oil
Brent crude was grossly overvalued at 124 in June and black gold has come down as supply angst is replaced by the very tangible reality of a China where 7% GDP growth is not...
The Fund Manager
GCC asset prices and King Dollar
"Our currency, your problem." John Connally, Treasury Secretary in the Nixon White House, uttered these words to the world's elite when he torpedoed the Bretton Woods regime's...
The Fund Manager
Emerging market debt
It is perfectly logical that the summer rally in emerging market debt was aborted the moment Powell spoke at Jackson Hole and risk assets plummeted on the expectations of 'higher...
Residential Investor
Never skate on thin ice
Especially in a desert. The rally in Dubai luxury villas has been as swift as it has been spectacular since the autumn of 2020, with anecdotal evidence of 50 to 70% cumulative...