Investment ideas

Up, up and away we go. Stocks continue their rally this month, but economic fundamentals are showing weakness across the board. France is sliding back into recession and China’s industrial output is disappointing. This month, Executive sits again with Elie Khoury, chairman of Berytus Capital, and Nour Eldeen al-Hammoury, chief market strategist at Amana Capital, for their take on the markets. Elie Khoury Last time we spoke to Khoury, in November 2012 he was conservatively bullish on equities in the United States and recommended investing in Pfizer (up 15 percent since his recommendation as Executive went print), Kraft (up 19 percent), Microsoft (up 35 percent), Intel (up 10 percent) and Qualcomm (up 14 percent). The overall gain in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index over the same period was 18 percent.  > Still bullish? He remains bullish on equity markets overall, and especially US markets. With the inflation rate at