Israel

We warned of short-term downside risks for Israeli stocks on April 26 (see 'Stocks: Downside Risks For Oman, Israel; Upside For Tunisia', April 26 2010). This view has played out... 2010-04-30

We hold to our views on the MENA equity markets: we are cautious towards Kuwait, like Saudi, Egypt and Oman, and see long term potential in Dubai, Bahrain and Jordan. At the time... 2010-04-26

We expect the Israeli shekel to continue range trading between ILS3.70/US$ and ILS3.80/US$ in the short term. With Israel's export-led economic recovery still in play, upside pressure... 2010-03-23

Israel's Tel Aviv-100 Index (TA-100) continues to look good; we expect to see further gains over the coming weeks. The index was trading at 1,124 at the time of writing and remains... 2010-03-03

The rebound in the dollar puts our bullish EGP and ILS views on hold temporarily, although longer term, our view is that the greenback will strengthen against the beleaguered euro... 2010-01-21

The Bank of Israel (BoI)'s decision to raise its headline interest rate for January by 25bps to 1.25% at its end-December meeting dovetails with our relatively hawkish call for 250bps... 2009-12-29

On a technical basis, Israel's Tel Aviv-100 Index (TA-100) continues to look good. Earlier this month, the index bounced strongly off support at around 870. It has since rallied,... 2009-09-29