KSE, not as impressive as it looks: Numbers don’t lie, or do they? – by Ali Wahab: Source: Express Tribune, July 4, 2011 With fiscal year 2011 ending, Pakistan’s main stock index, the KSE-100 Index showed impressive growth of 28.53%, closing at 12,496 points. The other component of capital markets, the debt side, saw Engro Corporation breaking
A compelling case for investors – by Ali Wahab: Source: Express Tribune, October 4, 2010 Towards the end of 2006, Dubai was an investor’s (read: speculator’s) paradise. The stock market was recovering after a correction in the beginning of 2006 and the property market was like hot cakes.
The dilemma of the country’s equity markets – by Ali Wahab: Source: Express Tribune When it comes to discussing people who ply their trade in the stock markets, especially local exchanges, the general perception is that they are gamblers and nothing short of vampires. Another fable we regularly hear is
Pakistan’s Global Political Economy – by Anas Muhammad: As the recession hit; the jobless rates soared to 10% and more, banks at the brink of failing, stock exchange plummeted, and economy was left paralyzed. All this happened in United States, which sparked a global recession, bringing down