Israel

Our near-term outlook on the Israeli shekel is bullish. The unit has appreciated steadily against the US dollar since early February, and we foresee the possibility of further gains... 2011-03-10

Volatility will remain a key risk across asset classes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as uncertainty over political risk in Egypt continues in the early part of February.... 2011-01-31

We believe the Bank of Israel (BoI)'s increasing use of administrative measures to achieve its exchange rate and monetary policy objectives will give the central bank more scope to... 2011-01-25

Having bounced off resistance at ILS3.5500/US$ at the beginning of Q410, our near-term outlook on the Israeli shekel is bearish. The unit continues to depreciate against the US dollar,... 2010-12-03

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

The Greek debt crisis, contagion fears in other southern European states, the euro's relentless slide, yesterday's (May 6) large equity sell off in the US, the rally in US Treasuries... 2010-05-07

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