Following the end of a horrible week for petroleum importers (not to mention shale producers) despite WTI briefly dipping under $40 (wasn’t this supposed to be great news for the US economy?) we have the start of a just as ugly week for the Persian Gulf oil exporters, whose Sunday market open can be described as a continuation of last […]
on weekends and tweet any changes during the week at @humblestudent.I would love to say that I am right all the time, but the market gods will humble anyone who does that (hence the name of my blog “Humble Student of the Markets”). Last week, I was leaning bullish (see The bulls are alright), but that directional bet worked […]
Hear that hissing noise?That’s the air coming out of the stock market.Here’s what’s happening and what to do about it…U.S. stocks are plummeting supposedly because Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Yemen, which has retaliated by lobbing missiles into Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia, you know, where all the oil is.In the Middle East the Saudi market took a 5% hit yesterday. […]
Benchmarks ended in the red for the fourth-straight session after escalating tensions in the Middle-East following an air strike in Yemen dampened investor sentiment. Additionally, the crisis in Yemen drove oil prices higher on Thursday on concerns that it may lead to reduction in oil supply. However, upbeat initial claims data limited some of the day’s losses. The S&P 500 […]
REUTERS/Fahad ShadeedSaudi shares will finally be open to world investors.
The Saudi stock will open up to foreign investors for the first time in its history this April, according to three Bloomberg sources. The long-awaited liberalization was announced in the summer, but authorities refuse to put a solid date on the move.
It’s worth just shy of $500 billion, and until now, international […]
Saudi Arabia, from swing producer to price maker?
CNBC’s Patti Domm sits down with John Kilduff,the founding partner of Again Capital to discuss Saudi Arabia’s decline in oil prices and its impact on the global market.
Earnings season could break the stock market’s bear run, despite the oil slick that continues to trip up stocks.Stocks rallied Tuesday but gave up big gains […]
Fast FeedSaudi Arabia’s $530 Billion Stock Market Will Open to Foreign InvestorsStarting next year, foreigners can tap into the Kingdom’s flush bourse.
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Saudi Arabia is opening its $530 billion stock market to foreign investors for the first time in a move meant to shift its economy away from dependence on oil revenue. News of this expansion, slated for the first […]
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2014
Full Chapter Deadline: April 31, 2014
Handbook of Research on Trends and Future Directions in Big Data and Web Intelligence
A book edited by Mohamed Elhassan Seliaman, [email protected]
King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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