Bahrain

Gulf equity markets continue to post losses as investor sentiment remains weak, and we foresee even further declines going forward. The Qatar Share Index (QSI), Kuwait Stock Exchange... 2011-07-29

Our long-held view that Bahrain's fiscal and financial troubles had not been fully priced into bond yields has been given added weight today, at least in the eyes of the market, with... 2010-08-23

We continue to see Bahrain as a regional underperformer, in both growth and financial market terms. Although the launch of the financial exchange in October will be a boost to confidence... 2010-07-30

BMI View: We remain bearish towards Bahrain and Dubai equities, preferring Saudi and Qatar in the short term at least (in line with our growth forecasts). Long term, we like Egypt,... 2010-06-17

BMI View: The advantages to launching a GCC single currency in the current uncertain global macroeconomic climate are limited, and we do not expect a revival of the shelved project... 2010-06-14

As the Middle Eastern trading week draws to a close (end-Thursday), the two markets we highlighted on Monday (Dubai and Bahrain) have not made a decisive break in either direction,... 2010-06-10

With Asian markets having had a very weak open to the week, and downside risks to oil prices, now is not the time to reverse our bearish stance on MENA stocks. Dubai And Bahrain should... 2010-06-07

Today's (May 25) large sell-off across all GCC bourses highlights the high degree of correlation between movements in global equity markets with those in the Middle East. The correlation... 2010-05-25

Bahraini markets have underperformed compared to their GCC neighbours. For the time being we hold on to our cautious view waiting for a positive indicator of a potential recovery. Pointers... 2010-05-17

BMI View: In the UAE, consumer confidence has improved considerably since December 2009, experiencing progress on three of the four indices surveyed by recruitment agency bayt.com... 2010-04-20