Qatar

Qatar's Doha Securities Market (DSM) and Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) have both stagnated since we warned on May 11 that the MENA stock markets looked a little overbought... 2009-05-20

The yield on Qatar's US$ Global 30 bond has come down in recent weeks in line with the broad-based rally in global financial markets, and we see scope for further yield compression... 2009-05-15

With phenomenal gains since we became bullish on March 18, we now think that the MENA stock markets may have got slightly ahead of themselves, and we could see some short-term correction.... 2009-05-11

We remain bullish Qatar's Doha Securities Market (DSM) over the short-term time horizon. Having testing technical support at the end of the last week, the market has pushed higher... 2009-04-27

We have always said Bahrain's All-Share Index (BASI) was one of the two GCC bourses on which we were most cautious (along with Oman), but yesterday's 4.8% fall has wiped out almost... 2009-04-24

Gulf markets suffered fairly dramatic losses on Sunday and Monday, in line with global price action. That said, there are some positive signals from European markets this morning,... 2009-04-21

BMI View: As GCC debt issuance increases, demand for private sector instruments will be even further depressed. This will have a negative effect on the financial sector, and quashes... 2009-04-16

We reiterate the short-term bullish view we expressed on equity markets (initiated on March 18), after a weekend of good gains throughout the region. As the table shows, the markets... 2009-04-14

We put our bullish view on MENA stocks on hold on March 30, as we waited to see how markets closed the month, and how the news from the G20 summit in London would be received. Broadly,... 2009-04-03

With Asian markets having corrected somewhat overnight, and global sentiment hanging in the balance as the world awaits the outcome of the G20 summit this week, we put our bullish... 2009-03-30