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Tunisia can overthrow old capital markets order

By Gary Kleiman Over a decade after its Jasmine Revolution ousted a dictator and set the political and economic tone ...

Russia-Ukraine Reels Second-Tier Swathe

Back in the 1990s, strolling to a stock exchange conference in central Bishkek, the then-head of Kazakhstan’s central bank declared ...

Iran’s Raisi Sidesteps Economic Revamp Race

Global attention is on the long-choreographed election of US-sanctioned hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s president and the ongoing talks ...

Solidere Stock Conjures Dystopian Safe Haven

The Beirut Stock Exchange is up more than 100% over the past year on the MSCI Frontier Index, triple the ...

Israel Spasm Pierces Market Parallel Universe

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, after a brief fall, ended down only 0.5% during the first week of the conflict, ...

Ship and Stocks Grounded in Egypt

As the world watches the containership Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal, emerging markets investors navigate the divergence in ...

Egypt the Rage in North Africa Anger Bout

The Cairo Stock Exchange has advanced this year more than 5% in USD terms on the MSCI Index, while neighbors ...

The Gulf’s Painful Petrol Passages

With global headlines focused on Lebanon’s growing economic crisis and the formalization of Israeli-UAE relations, the oil price- and pandemic-induced ...

Central Asia-Caucuses’ Seared Stargazing

The World Bank’s Central Asia/Caucasus review depicted “dark skies” for the region with a recession worse than the global financial ...

Iran’s Banking Sickness Swoon

Iran, presumably through the conduit of close Chinese business and diplomatic ties, has been among the earliest and most severe ...

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