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• Top and Other Fund Sources and Applications - Editor, 27 November 2006 - No Comments yet

There are many suitors on the stock market for your precious capital! How do you choose? Each major stock market has thousands of companies listed, and some Exchanges now encourage international investors, so the alternatives are bewildering! How about new angles on financial statements to take searching looks at how companies source and use their existing funds?

• Dubai Financial Market - Editor, 20 November 2006 - No Comments yet

Secure and transparent stock market transactions distinguish the efforts of the Dubai Financial Market to establish a secure foot-hold in the turbulent global world of investment. The authorities responsible for financial policies in the United Arab Emirates have combined their legendary commercial acumen with state-of-the-art electronic technology, to develop a system which appeals to serious investors everywhere.

• Play the Stock Market for a Financially Secure Retired Life - Editor, 13 November 2006 - No Comments yet

The temptation of the stock market is attractive for the young person with retirement in the distant horizon, as well as for a senior professional nearing the end of his or her career. Bank deposits, government securities, real estate and gold all have their places in every mature portfolio, but what is life without prospects of superior returns and dream appreciation at the same time?

• Whose side is an Exchange on when the chips are down? - Editor, 10 November 2006 - No Comments yet

The stock market is supposed to balance the interests of all stakeholders, which is understandable when everything is smooth, but which way does an Exchange lean when careful judgments are at stake? Well, the NASDAQ certainly comes out on top as far as small retail investors are concerned! The Exchange is ruthless when it comes to statutory returns, and makes no exceptions when it comes to warning erring member companies to fall in line, and even asking them to leave the list if need be.

• A Grand Beginning for Chinese Business - Editor, 6 November 2006 - No Comments yet

The stock market world has not been kind to the Chinese banking industry. Rumors circulate about interference from the military regime in forcing lending to public companies, and to ventures in which returns are doubtful. International stock market analysts have incomplete information about operational conventions and staffing patterns in the Chinese banking system, though Hong Kong’s credential in this respect need no introduction. The Hong Kong stock market has a natural advantage in terms of providing financial and management support to major Chinese enterprises.

• Sales Analysis for Stock Market Decisions - Editor, 2 November 2006 - No Comments yet

Rapid revenue growth does not always impress discerning stock market investors, and they are not necessarily disturbed by slowing sales growth either. Nominal sales reporting as required by stock market rules can be misleading at first sight, and you have to dig deeper for companies in which you have important investments.

• Why the Singapore Stock Market Loves Property Companies - Editor, 1 November 2006 - No Comments yet

The Singapore stock market enjoys an advantage over its regional peers, because of the professional excellence of its listed property companies. This is ironical in the sense that most of Singapore’s neighbors have far better and large land resources. Perhaps this handicap has spurred Singapore companies to new heights. Anyway, the stock market certainly is not complaining, and revels in the extraordinary success of this sector.

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