Iraq

BMI View: The macroeconomic recovery taking place throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) fails to inspire us, highlighted in the region's average sovereign risk rating remaining... 2010-09-02

A number of sovereign bonds across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have rallied significantly over the course of 2009, but this bull run is showing signs of running... 2009-11-09

With global financial markets continuing to rally, sentiment towards Iraq's US$ Global 2028 bond remains positive. The instrument's yield has dropped below 9% this week, trading at... 2009-09-16

We are turning bearish Iraq's US$ Global 2028 bond. The instrument's yield is currently close to pre-financial crisis levels, trading at one point on July 7 at 10.06%. However, its... 2009-07-07

The yield on Iraq's US$ Global 2028 bond has come in since we highlighted the possibility of further gains on May 7 (see Global 2028: Further Gains Likely In S-T), falling from 11.73%... 2009-05-27

We highlight the possibility of gains for Iraq's US$ Global 2028 bond in the short-to-medium term. A couple of weeks back we closed out our bullish view on the bond when it was yielding... 2009-05-07

We are closing out our bullish view on Iraq's US$ Global 2028 bond for now, though we stress that this could well only be a temporary pause. On March 11, when the bond was yielding... 2009-04-23

The yield on Iraq's US$ Global 2028 bond has come in since rising to over 15% in December and January: on March 11 it had dropped to 13.55%. While the positive technical picture points... 2009-03-11

On August 4th 2008, relatively soon after BMI became bullish the US dollar and bearish oil, we took a look at currencies in the MENA region. We concluded that the indications were... 2009-03-10

While the yield on Iraq's US$ Global 2028 bond has come in somewhat over the past week, we are not yet prepared to alter our bearish stance towards the instrument. The bond's yield... 2009-01-08