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Telecom's Organic vs. Inorganic Growth
 (Mar 10th, 2010)


The Leverage Effect
 (Mar 08th, 2010)


Technical Trade: Global Investment House will Make it when it Breaks it
 (Mar 07th, 2010)


Securities House: An Another Investment Dar?
 (Mar 03rd, 2010)


Saudi Arabia's Reform Timeline
 (Mar 02nd, 2010)


Kuwaiti Investment Companies: Survival of the Fittest
 (Feb 24th, 2010)


The Unanswered Question
 (Feb 22nd, 2010)


There is No Easy Way Into Africa 
 (Feb 21st, 2010)


Negative Correlation Might Tell Us Something
 (Feb 18th, 2010)


Zain Sale: Remember That It's Only an "Offer"
 (Feb 17th, 2010)


Zain: Bye Bye Africa
 (Feb 15th, 2010)


UAE: Underweight
 (Feb 14th, 2010)


Kuwait: The Wave of Privatization
 (Feb 10th, 2010)


Agility's "Long & Complex Case" Unsettled Yet Again
 (Feb 09th, 2010)


Kuwait Outlook: Neutral
 (Feb 08th, 2010)


Bader Al-Saad Rethinks, Redesigns & Rebuilds KIA
 (Feb 03rd, 2010)


KFH: 2009 Earnings Decline by 24%
 (Feb 02nd, 2010)


NBK Announces In-Line 2009 Earnings
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Qatar: Positive Outlook
 (Jan 31st, 2010)


Agility Postpones Hearings as it Seeks Settlement
 (Jan 29th, 2010)


Technical Perspective: Take the CFA Level I in June
 (Jan 28th, 2010)


Apple: All Eyes on San Francisco
 (Jan 26th, 2010)


Saudi Arabia: Positive Outlook
 (Jan 25th, 2010)


Google "Slaps" China
 (Jan 24th, 2010)


Kuwait Needs a Capital Markets Authority
 (Jan 20th, 2010)


The Herd and You: Sell-Side or Buy-Side
 (Jan 19th, 2010)


The Past Week in Global Markets
 (Jan 18th, 2010)


Let's Talk GCC 2010 Outlook
 (Jan 17th, 2010)


Abu Dhabi Acquires a 10% Stake in UFC
 (Jan 13th, 2010)


Samba Financial: Ending 2009 Smoothly
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The Bonus ZEROs are back!
 (Jan 12th, 2010)


Buying a Stock just for Trading Below PAR Value? Don't!
 (Jan 10th, 2010)


GCC Returns: It’s All About Relativity
 (Jan 07th, 2010)


Burj Khalifa: The $10 Billion Effect
 (Jan 05th, 2010)


An “Expert’s” Recommendation
 (Dec 31st, 2009)


The Hangover
 (Dec 29th, 2009)


Fundamental Buy: Kuwait China Investment Co
 (Dec 27th, 2009)


Weekend Edition: Bears Die
 (Dec 25th, 2009)


Technical Trade: Agility Awaiting a Rebound
 (Dec 23rd, 2009)


Goldman Sacks Kuwait
 (Dec 22nd, 2009)


Arabian Business: GCC's Most Admired Executives 
 (Dec 20th, 2009)


Weekend Edition: Recovery
 (Dec 18th, 2009)


We Need Bankruptcy Laws in the Gulf!
 (Dec 17th, 2009)


Run Forrest run!
 (Dec 14th, 2009)


Dubai Default Implications
 (Dec 13th, 2009)


Dubai's W Hotel-Union Square Sold for $2M
 (Dec 10th, 2009)


KIA Makes a 37% Profit on Citi Investment
 (Dec 08th, 2009)


Dubai: "Screw you, UK!"
 (Dec 07th, 2009)


GCC Q3 Banks Earnings
 (Dec 06th, 2009)


Gulf Cooperation Council: To Peg or Not To Peg
 (Nov 26th, 2009)


Kuwait Looking Cheap
 (Nov 23rd, 2009)


"It's everything, stupid."
 (Nov 21st, 2009)


Agility Fraud Case Implications
 (Nov 18th, 2009)


Agility Indicted with $8.5B Fraud by US Government
 (Nov 17th, 2009)


Zain's Q3 Results: Way Off!
 (Nov 16th, 2009)


What if Zain was Suspended from Trading?
 (Nov 15th, 2009)


Weekend Edition: Global Warming, Africa, and BABIES
 (Nov 13th, 2009)


"Shut up," says H.H. Mohammed bin Rashed
 (Nov 12th, 2009)


Fed, Unemployment, and the Future
 (Nov 09th, 2009)


Weekend Edition: Pigs, Lingerie, and More
 (Nov 06th, 2009)


China Conference Takeaways
 (Nov 04th, 2009)


We Got the Answer
 (Nov 02nd, 2009)


Round-trip ticket on Zain Air
 (Nov 01st, 2009)


Weekend Edition: Happy Halloween!
 (Oct 30th, 2009)


UAE: No Default Risk!
 (Oct 28th, 2009)


Did the Kuwait SE break its 200 DMA? Yes and No.
 (Oct 26th, 2009)


Are We Going to Break the 200 Day Moving Average?
 (Oct 25th, 2009)


Weekend Edition:  Bernanke's Fairytale & Keynes's Quote
 (Oct 23rd, 2009)


Parliamentary Plays Derail Reform
 (Oct 21st, 2009)


Oil Breaks Out: Sustainable or Untenable?
 (Oct 18th, 2009)


Weekend Edition: Again With the Big Macs 
 (Oct 16th, 2009)


and the DOW hits 10,000
 (Oct 14th, 2009)


Why the Negative Outlook on Kuwait?
)


Got Tenants?
 (Oct 12th, 2009)


How Bad Was Q4 2008?
 (Oct 11th, 2009)


Weekend Edition: Business Meetings
 (Oct 09th, 2009)


Playing the GCC Trend
 (Oct 07th, 2009)


Positive Economic Outlook For Qatar and Saudi
 (Oct 06th, 2009)


Kuwaiti Gov't: A FREE Collection Agency
 (Oct 05th, 2009)


Weekend Edition: BofA Sued for $17,840,000,000,000,000,000,000
 (Oct 03rd, 2009)


Revisiting a Trade: Long GCC Banks
 (Sep 29th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #21
 (Sep 27th, 2009)


Broadway's Latest Play: "mo ZAIN Sale"
 (Sep 22nd, 2009)


عيدكم مبارك
 (Sep 20th, 2009)


Weekend Edition: Burgernomics
 (Sep 17th, 2009)


Zain Minority Shareholders: You Can Still Participate in the Deal
 (Sep 16th, 2009)


Weekend Edition: Collateral
 (Sep 15th, 2009)


Technical Trade: SELL the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE)
 (Sep 11th, 2009)


Markets to Rally Before the End of Ramadan
 (Sep 09th, 2009)


Reconfirming: Long Kuwaiti Banks!
 (Sep 08th, 2009)


Zain Sale is OFFICIAL
 (Sep 07th, 2009)


Rumor: ADIA and an Indian Co Buy a 46% Majority Stake in Zain
 (Sep 06th, 2009)


UAE Back in GCC Monetary Union? Probably.
 (Sep 02nd, 2009)


Banks for Sale!
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M2 Bottomed: LONG GCC Banks!
 (Sep 01st, 2009)


Abnormal Trading in COAST Stock
 (Aug 30th, 2009)


PIMCO's Bill Gross: August 2009 Investment Outlook
 (Aug 29th, 2009)


Sell-Side Research Accuracy
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ZAIN Minority Shareholders: SELL SELL SELL
 (Aug 23rd, 2009)


Saudi Arabia's Promising Regulatory Action
 (Aug 22nd, 2009)


Zain: Worth vs Value*
 (Aug 21st, 2009)


Zain: To Sell or Not to Sell?
 (Aug 20th, 2009)


Quote of the Week #13
 (Aug 18th, 2009)


The Era of Excess
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Attention Zain Kuwait Customers: You Are Being Overcharged!
 (Aug 16th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #21
 (Aug 14th, 2009)


The Great Deleveraging
 (Aug 13th, 2009)


Do you think a +30% return in an India Fund is impressive? THINK TWICE.
 (Aug 12th, 2009)


Coming Soon: The Ugly September
 (Aug 11th, 2009)


Are We Leaving the Recession Behind?
 (Aug 10th, 2009)


Mapping of the Recession
 (Aug 09th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #20
 (Aug 08th, 2009)


Quote of the Week #12
 (Aug 07th, 2009)


Price Weighted Index vs. Market Weighted Index
 (Aug 05th, 2009)


S&P 500 Breaks 1000 pts, Oil Breaks $70, and the US Dollar Breaks Down
 (Aug 04th, 2009)


SAMA: Saudi Banks will have priority in repayment from Saad & Gosaibi
 (Aug 03rd, 2009)


Emaar Sucks
 (Aug 02nd, 2009)


It doesn’t hurt to laugh! #19
 (Jul 31st, 2009)


Quote of the Week #11
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Saudi Banks Earnings: Fiction or Non-Fiction?
 (Jul 29th, 2009)


Tragedy: Kuwaiti Financier Hazem Al-Braikan Found Dead
 (Jul 26th, 2009)


Europe: The Great Switzerland of the 21st Century
 (Jul 25th, 2009)


SEC Charges Mr. Al-Braikan, UGB, KAMCO, & Alraya Over False News Trading
 (Jul 24th, 2009)


Boubyan Bank: Which Bidder Makes the Most Sense?
 (Jul 22nd, 2009)


UAE M2 Growth Hits a NEW LOW
 (Jul 21st, 2009)


Did Zain Reject Vivendi? OR Did Vivendi Walk Away?
 (Jul 20th, 2009)


Zain rejects Vivendi offer
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It doesn’t hurt to laugh! #18
 (Jul 19th, 2009)


Want a one year PAID vacation? Get Fired NOW*
 (Jul 16th, 2009)


Quote of the Week #10
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Zain-Vivendi Deal: Mission Impossible
 (Jul 13th, 2009)


It doesn’t hurt to laugh! #17
 (Jul 12th, 2009)


Oil Speculation: Correlation or Causation?
 (Jul 09th, 2009)


KSE posts big losses! --> Boring..
 (Jul 07th, 2009)


Don't Blame it All on Oil!
 (Jul 06th, 2009)


PIMCO's Bill Gross: July 2009 Investment Outlook
 (Jul 02nd, 2009)


Saudis see hope in Fannie Mae model
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What moves the Saudi Tadawul Index?
 (Jul 01st, 2009)


150 Years in Jail for Bernie Madoff
 (Jun 30th, 2009)


Omar El-Quqa's Resignation Sets a Precedent of Accountable Leadership
 (Jun 29th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #16
 (Jun 28th, 2009)


Commodities Snapshot: Who owns what?
 (Jun 27th, 2009)


Why Saudi Arabia?
 (Jun 24th, 2009)


World Bank: Green shoots? Not so fast!
 (Jun 23rd, 2009)


Kuwait, Qatar, UAE: Still Frontier Markets
 (Jun 21st, 2009)


Quote of the Week #9
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It doesn't hurt to laugh! #15
 (Jun 19th, 2009)


Understanding the Saudi Market
 (Jun 17th, 2009)


NBK's Camel Grows a Little Beard!
 (Jun 15th, 2009)


Part 1 of Saudi Retaliation: SEARCH ALL those Trucks!
 (Jun 12th, 2009)


MENA Markets Performance
 (Jun 11th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #14
 (Jun 08th, 2009)


WHAT drove oil prices UP? Are they STAYING up?
 (Jun 04th, 2009)


PIMCO's Bill Gross: June 2009 Investment Outlook
 (Jun 03rd, 2009)


Saudi Arabia to UAE: GCC Central Bank location is final.
 (Jun 01st, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #13
 (May 30th, 2009)


Quote of the Week #8
 (May 27th, 2009)


Did the UAE Pull the Trigger on the Gulf Monetary Union?
 (May 23rd, 2009)


Agility Touches 950 Fils!
 (May 20th, 2009)


PIMCO's Bill Gross: May 2009 Investment Outlook
 (May 19th, 2009)


First Time Ever: Women Elected to Kuwait's Parliament
 (May 18th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #12
 (May 17th, 2009)


Was It a Sucker's Rally?
 (May 15th, 2009)


MYTH: Islamic companies never default on their Sukuks
 (May 13th, 2009)


The biggest foreign refiner in China? Kuwait!
 (May 12th, 2009)


Quote of the Week #7
 (May 11th, 2009)


Dr. Nassim Taleb in Kuwait!
 (May 09th, 2009)


..and the grades are out!
 (May 08th, 2009)


4th Largest Bear Rally in 110 Years!
 (May 05th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #11
 (May 02nd, 2009)


"Don't fight the tape!"
 (Apr 29th, 2009)


GCC Rally
 (Apr 26th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #10
 (Apr 25th, 2009)


China ironically benefits from not being a democracy!
 (Apr 23rd, 2009)


Biggest GCC Underweight: Kuwait or UAE?
 (Apr 22nd, 2009)


Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world
 (Apr 19th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #9
 (Apr 18th, 2009)


Saudi Vs UAE Libor: Apples and Oranges!
 (Apr 16th, 2009)


Earnings Pressure
 (Apr 15th, 2009)


Kuwait's Democracy Faces Turbulence-WSJ
 (Apr 13th, 2009)


CBK Cuts Interest Rates to 3.5%
 (Apr 12th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #8
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QNB & CBQ Rally!
 (Apr 10th, 2009)


KFH a Bit Overvalued
 (Apr 08th, 2009)


Quote of the Week #6
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Financial Crisis in a Nut Shell..
 (Apr 06th, 2009)


PIMCO's Bill Gross: April 2009 Investment Outlook
)


This Time it's Different...
 (Apr 05th, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #7
 (Apr 04th, 2009)


NIG: from KD1.680 to KD0.224 in a year!
 (Apr 02nd, 2009)


Fooled By Morgan Stanley!
 (Apr 01st, 2009)


Kill the Chicken to scare the Monkey..
 (Mar 30th, 2009)


Some Stats...
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It doesn't hurt to laugh! #6
 (Mar 28th, 2009)


Quote of the Week #5
 (Mar 27th, 2009)


World's Top CEOs
 (Mar 26th, 2009)


Agility's 2008 Results: No Surprise and No Dividends!
 (Mar 25th, 2009)


Kuwait no longer the largest shareholder of Daimler!
 (Mar 23rd, 2009)


It doesn't hurt to laugh! #5
 (Mar 21st, 2009)


Tick Tock..
 (Mar 17th, 2009)
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