Category: Wealth
Venture Finance in the MENA Region: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
I recently had the pleasure and honor of participating in the Digital Mashraq Forum (DMF) under the patronage of HRH...
- July 15, 2019
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Zana Nesheiwat
The Financial Power of Impact Investing
For many years the divide between instruments of philanthropy and investing has been clear cut. Investing strategies typically did not...
- June 2, 2017
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Astrid F. Kowlessar
Smart v/s Wealthy
While you may think that being smart, motivated, and talented would logically make you wealthy, unfortunately, this is often not...
- August 10, 2015
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Will Wall Street ever be fixed?
When it comes to the financial industry, there is a major fallacy that exists: that Wall Street deals only with...
- May 26, 2015
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Is Greed Good for the Goal of Improving Society?
Remember the infamous quote of villain financier Gordon Gekko in the movie Wall Street…back in 1987? “I am not a...
- September 29, 2014
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Building a Crisis Resilient Financial System
I consider the Financial crisis of 2007–2008 to be an inevitable consequence of “Moral Hazard” in the finance industry. Banks...
- December 16, 2013
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
My Thoughts Regarding Wealth Redistribution
Much of the rhetoric we’re hearing in the media today talks about the huge gap between rich and poor. Politicians...
- August 27, 2013
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Wealth Takers v/s Wealth Creators Some food for thought
The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guarantees that. The only force capable of undermining it is government....
- July 9, 2013
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Stop Procrastinating and Find a Reason to be Rich
I believe each one of us has a financial genius in him/her that is asleep and just waiting to be...
- July 1, 2013
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
Why Wealth Bashing? – Financial Policy Council
It is an oft-repeated axiom that a person can learn a whole lot about a society by how it treats...
- May 16, 2013
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
