With two decades of experience developing their businesses and investments, Saudi American Holdings Corp expands their portfolio again with their acquisition of Soltera Mining Corp, a European based company.

Soltera Mining Corp will continue with their normal business operations of gold exploration in north-west Argentina as well as the commencement of a new project of ethical and natural gold production in Honduras.  They join in agreement with the world leader of ethical gold production, the Goldlake Group.

Soltera Mining Corp is an ideal choice for Saudi American Holdings Corp, following their trend of taking on undervalued and well managed companies who are innovators in their industry.

Saudi American Holdings Corp has pursued environmentally ethical companies, strengthening their portfolio with leaders in eco-conscious corporate strategies.  This acquisition will be another step in their conquest for global corporate responsibility for green companies.

In the past decade, Dubai has developed a reputation for being the diamond in the desert. All different types of investors placed their bets on Dubai becoming the hottest real estate and tourist destination for the new millennium, only to come up short after the financial crisis. Despite the global economic recession, Dubai somehow maintained a reputation for having some promise for novice investors and misinformed entrepreneurs.

How was this Arab investment mecca capable of holding its name, despite the obvious rules of recession after-shock? The United Arab of Emirates government took measures to protect the potential of recession recovery by instating a “non-disclosure” law, limiting media to keeping reports of the UAE economy more on the glass-half-full biased. Any negative speculations are punishable by law.

The UAE Minister for Economy, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri justifies this law by claiming it would be impossible to make any type of accurate forecast based on a country’s economic growth amid a year with such a massive global meltdown. This could be the reason for the unforeseen bankruptcy of Dubai World in November 2009, when they were forced to request a six month delay on the payment of a $26 billion debt.

The UAE perseveres, with a GDP growth rate of 21.9 percent spurred by oil production over the last three years. Could the growth rate be more substantial in the future, despite the price per barrel being the lowest ever in five years, or is the Minister correct to say that predictions are impossible at this point.

Despite the censoring of economic forecasting, experienced investors are still steering clear of the region’s real estate, after the dramatic plummet of property value last year. Investors are redirecting their aspirations into offshore financial instruments such as the top hybrid funds and hedge funds, favouring the Canadian and USA market.

Some of the top hybrid funds include:

Bridgewater Associates – www.bwater.com

D.E. Shaw & Co. - www.deshaw.com

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group - www.ozcap.com

Farallon Capital Management - www.faralloncapital.com

Renaissance Technologies - www.renfund.com

IOTA Global Equity – www.iotaglobalequity.com

With Saudi American Holdings’ intention to acquire new wind power and renewable energy companies such as Sky Harvest Windpower Corp. (SKYH) , they will begin their pursuit of growing the operating procedures of green energy companies.

Inflation and taxes affect most investments returns; however, in the last 2 years, the UK premium bonds have been the most affected as investors withdraw their national savings and invest elsewhere.

The UAE have been a strong nation and have developed as a country through oil production, manufacturing and property development. However, the United Arab Emirates is now a world leader in foreign investment with large scale investments in European and American markets.

The following list comprises the top 5 lottery, national or premium bonds around the world. The concept of these bonds is a debt instrument in which a lottery draw is made each month and the winning investors receive a monetary prize. Common in many countries these bonds are a safe and affordable investment for many investors around the world.

High participant numbers leading to lowered chances of winning are making some investors withdraw their premium bonds in favour of other investments including corporate bonds, mutual funds and hybrid funds.

IOTA Global Equity Fund is among the top forecasted hybrid funds for institutional investors to watch in 2010. Their unique investment strategy set them apart from other hybrid fund, corporate bond fund and hedge fund providers.

The following list features the top 5 hybrid funds for 2010. These funds, which cater for institutional based investors, all follow similar investment strategies in order to perform and continue investment after the recession of 2009.

The procedures and strategies used by top hybrid fund providers are all similar but slightly varied to a degree. The following characteristics are all common in the best hybrid funds for 2009.