Qatar

The Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Saudi bourses are still trading above their respective technical support levels which we highlighted last week (see 'GCC Equities: Support Levels Holding',... 2009-11-12

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

Last week we took a look at the Dubai, Qatar and Saudi markets, stating that we saw them sustaining some losses over a short-term time horizon (see 'GCC Equities: Cautious Over Short... 2009-11-02

Despite some pretty awful moves today, we emphasise that the uptrends that have been in play in a number of key GCC markets since early this year remain firmly in play. As a result,... 2009-10-29

We remain positive towards Qatar's US$ Global 30, and see scope for further yield compression over the coming weeks and months. The instrument was yielding 5.905% at one point on... 2009-10-27

The Bahrain All Share Index (BASI) has had a poor few days, though we still see the bourse as having great upside potential and it remains in our key market views portfolio. It closed... 2009-10-13

We remain positive towards Qatar's DSM20 Index, and are looking for a move up to technical resistance at around 7,800-7,900 over the coming weeks, from today (October 5)'s close of... 2009-10-05

BMI View: We have long argued that linking the new Khaleeji currency to a trade-weighted basket would make more sense than a straight dollar peg. However, several factors lead us... 2009-10-02

The bullish view on Dubai equities that we expressed last week is playing out nicely, with the Dubai Financial Markets General Index (DFMGI) jumping 9.5% to 2,190 since then, despite... 2009-09-23

Qatar's US$ Global 30 bond continues to look good, and we reiterate our call for further yield compression over the coming weeks and months. Since we last wrote about the instrument... 2009-09-15