Recent Articles and Publications by Dr. Mohamed A. Ramady

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Gulf credit risk under scrutiny after the storm Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009

 

Nations gain from intern programmes Sunday Nov. 29 , 2009

 

Bailout insurance would help to spare the taxpayer Saturday Nov. 21, 2009

 

Emotion crowds out substance in TV stock reporting Saturday Nov. 14, 2009

 

Quenching the Gulfs growing thirst for water Saturday Nov. 7, 2009

 

Saudi foreign aid: untied and praiseworthy Saturday Oct. 31, 2009

 

Office or home - the internet is reshaping the way we work Saturday Oct. 24, 2009

 

Saudi becoming a star attraction for foreign funds, Saturday Oct. 17, 2009

 

Highly rated? No, but agencies are here to stay Saturday Oct. 10, 2009

 

Side deals risk Gulfs reputation in global banking Saturday Oct. 3, 2009

 

Something is wrong with our stock markets Saturday Sep 26, 2009

 

University dream a renaissance in the making, Saturday Sep 19, 2009

 

Gulf efforts show realistic future for financial centres, Saturday Sep 12, 2009

 

Saudi provides realistic outlook on energy future, Sunday Sep 6, 2009

 

Saudi Arabia can learn from Rio Tinto experience in ChinaThe National, Saturday August 26, 2009

Spirituality, business ethics and clearing a crisis of conscience The National, Saturday August 22, 2009

 

Financial virtue and vice: both are needed The National, Saturday August 15, 2009

 

A name is no longer enough to bank on The National, Saturday August 8, 2009

 

The future lies in risk management, but keep it simple The National, Saturday August 1, 2009

 

Governments in the driving seat of private companies The National, Saturday July 25, 2009

 

Real deflation is the real worry for world economies The National, Sunday July 19, 2009

 

Saudi clampdown on insider trading is welcome news The National, Saturday July 11, 2009

 

Saudi family businesses sink under debtThe National, Saturday July 4, 2009

 

Lessons the euro can offer the GCC on monetary unionThe National, Saturday June 27, 2009

 

Saudis see hope in Fannie Mae modelThe National, Saturday June 20, 2009

 

ECB succession has timely lessons for GCC unionThe National, Saturday June 6, 2009

 

Beijings love-hate relationship with dollar continuesThe National, Saturday May 30, 2009

 

Monetary union does not have to be all about the moneyThe National, Saturday May 23, 2009

 

The long road ahead to GCC monetary unionThe National, Saturday May 16, 2009

 

Read between the lines: Swiss banks not changing waysThe National, Saturday May 9, 2009

 

Confidence can do without a frosty receptionThe National, Saturday May 2, 2009

 

 

Stress test in danger of causing further distressThe National, Saturday April 25, 2009

 

Private equity funds have troubles of their ownThe National, Saturday April 18, 2009

 

What is needed is some good, old-fashioned faithThe National, Saturday April 11, 2009

 

IMF needs more supplies of cash for the fight ahead The National, Saturday April 4, 2009

 

Now, G20 leaders get their chance to show the way, The National, Saturday March 28, 2009

 

Hooray for the internet’s amateur Sherlock Holmeses, The National, Saturday March 21, 2009

 

Burden of the sons: debt owed by their fathers, The National, Saturday March 15, 2009

 

US bailout: hopes ride on a silver bullet..., The National, Saturday March 07, 2009

 

Lack of remorse for decline of institutional way, The National, Saturday Feb 28, 2009

 

Changing of the old guard at SAMA, but policies to stay same, The National, Saturday Feb 21, 2009

 

Building the walls of protectionism in hard times, The National, Saturday Feb 14, 2009

 

The devil is in the detail in Gulf credit defaults, The National, Saturday Feb 8, 2009

 

Health of banking lies with Obama stimulus honeymoon, The National, Saturday Jan 31, 2009

 

Gulf economies to spend their way out of recession, The National, Saturday Jan 24, 2009

 

Nationalisation may haunt global banks in 2009, The National, Saturday Jan 17, 2009

 

After zero interest rates – what next?, The National, Saturday Jan 10, 2009

 

Thank you, Mr Madoff – bye bye hedge funds, The National, Saturday Jan 3, 2009

 

The waning of US power spells shift in old relationships, The National, Saturday Dec 27, 2008

 

Ethical finance: a third way out of this mess, The National, Saturday Dec 20, 2008

 

Goodbye Reaganomics. Hello Obamanomics!, The National, Saturday Dec 13, 2008

 

US banks stretch the bounds of irrationality, The National, Saturday Dec 7, 2008

 

Gridlock clouds Detroits hopes, The National, Saturday Nov 29, 2008

 

Washington liberals can learn something from the Gulf for a change, The National, Saturday Nov 22, 2008

 

Getting a grip on commodities, The National, Saturday Nov 15, 2008

 

Coming to grips with the financial balance of terror, The National, Saturday Nov 8, 2008

 

Masters of the Universe now speak Mandarin, The National, Saturday Nov 1, 2008

 

Re-thinking Gulf financial regulation, The National, Saturday Oct 25, 2008

 

In defence of those forced to adjust, The National, Saturday Oct 18, 2008

 

Gulf banks time for mergers?, The National, Saturday Oct 11, 2008

 

Stressed employees and financial crises: detecting the symptoms, The National, Saturday Oct 04, 2008

 

 Central banks need lessons on risk after Lehman collapse, The National, Monday Sep 15, 2008

 

Government bailouts come with a price tag, The National, Saturday Sep 13, 2008

 

Gulf property market: a never ending boom?, The National, Saturday Sep 6, 2008

 

Night of the living dead, The National, Saturday Aug 31, 2008

 

Dont cry for me Wall Street: financial amnesia again, The National, Saturday Aug 23, 2008

 

End of the Doha Round: what next for the Gulf?, The National, Saturday Aug 16, 2008

 

Financial risk: who decides the limits?, The National, Saturday Aug 9, 2008

 

A welcome move towards greater mobility for foreign workers..., The National, Saturday Aug 2, 2008

 

Gulf businessmen yet to emulate Gates on charity..., The National, Saturday July 26 , 2008

 

For the greediest and most reckless, it's payback time, The National, Saturday July 19 , 2008

 

Will Gulf’s white knights end up in a financial black hole?, The National, Saturday July 12 , 2008

 

 Sovereign Wealth Funds - a new race begins..., The National, Saturday July 5 , 2008

 

Opec portrayed again as the whipping boy, The National, Saturday June 28, 2008

 

Bringing Islamic finance back to its roots in a regulated manner, The National, Thursday June 26, 2008

  

Oil markets and the summer of discontent, The National, Saturday June 21, 2008

 

Shifting sands of the Gulf monetary union, The National, Monday June 16, 2008

 

The Fed: Bernankes credibility is on the line, The National, Saturday June 14, 2008

 

Gulf inflation: the hard choices ahead, The National, Saturday June 7, 2008

 

Food Security: Latin America Beckons, Arab News, Monday June 2, 2008

 

  Paulsons Gulf rounds: still dollar-pegged, The National, Saturday May 31, 2008

 

Irrational Exuberance and Oil Market Bubbles, Arab News, Monday May 26, 2008

 

Riyadh’s oil market memo: the ball is in your court, The National, Saturday May 24, 2008

 

Aramco’s Success Offers Lessons to Private Sector , Arab News, Monday May 19, 2008


Sovereign Funds - Keep Investments at Home ... , Arab News, Monday May 12, 2008

 

The Fed: Into Uncharted Territory... , Arab News, Monday May 5, 2008

 

Culture of Compensation Claims and Consumer Rights..., Arab News, Monday April 28, 2008

 

In a time of crisis, the world turns back to Keynes, National News, Sunday April 20, 2008

 

Financial Woes Giving Accounting a Bad Name, Arab News, Monday April 14, 2008

 

Balance Needed in News Coverage , Arab News, Monday April 7, 2008

 

 Innovation and R&D Culture: More Urgency Needed... , Arab News, Monday March 31, 2008

 

Stable Oil Price Crucial for Consumers, Producers, Arab News, Monday March 24, 2008

 

Financial Meltdown: Investor Anger Grows..., Arab News, Friday March 21, 2008

 

Financial Scams: A Sucker Is Born Every Minute..., Arab News, Monday March 17, 2008

 

Inflation: The End of Cheap Food Era..., Arab News, Monday March 10, 2008

 

Time Limits on Foreign Workers, Arab News, Monday March 3, 2008

 

Global Trade Imbalances: Where Is the IMF?, Arab News, Monday Feb 18, 2008

 

Rogue Trader Action Leaves Public in Horror, Shock , Arab News, Monday Feb 11, 2008

 

Saudi Equity Market Cap Falls to SR1.74 Trillion , Arab News, Monday Feb 4, 2008

 

Hidden Cost of Unemployment , Arab News, Monday Jan 28, 2008

 

US Recession: World Switching Gears , Arab News, Monday Jan 14, 2008

 

Learning to Compete in a New World , Arab News, Monday Jan 7, 2008

 

Investments in Fighting Climate Change to Stay, Arab News, Monday Dec 31, 2007

 

Oil, Property and Inflation: A Volatile Mix, Arab News, Monday Dec 24, 2007

 

The Dollar and New World Realities , Arab News, Monday Dec 17, 2007

  

Thinking West - Moving East: Strategic Options, Arab News, Friday Dec 14, 2007

 

Saudi Stocks: On a Roll and a Bubble , Arab News, Monday Dec 10, 2007

 

The Dollar and Gulf Expatriates , Arab News, Monday Nov 26, 2007

 

Black Monday: Lessons Unlearned, Arab News, Monday Nov 19, 2007

 

Transparency and Business Practices in the Gulf Countries, Arab News, Monday Nov 7, 2007

 

How Safe Are Financial Institutions Today?, Arab News, Monday Oct 29, 2007

  

Sovereign Funds Gathering Steam, Arab News, Monday Oct 22, 2007

 

Federal Reserve Interest Cut Thrust Unrestrained?, Arab News, Monday Oct 8, 2007

 

Rude Awakening Awaits Speculators, Arab News, Monday Oct 1, 2007

 

New Economies Sustain Old Ones, Arab News, Monday Sep 24, 2007

 

Fear Stalks Markets, Arab News, Monday Sep 17, 2007

 

Powerful Agency Needed to Check Economic Crimes, Arab News, Monday Sep 10, 2007

 

Consumer Society in a Quandary, Arab News, Monday Sep 3, 2007

 

Federal Reserve Interest Rate U-Turn: Aberration or Panic?, Arab News, Monday August 27, 2007

  

The International Market: Is It Safe Yet?, Arab News, Monday August 20, 2007

 

The WTO Is Dead: Long Live the WTO..., Arab News, Monday July 23, 2007

 

Saudi Petrochemical Industry: The Heart of Investment..., Arab News, Monday July 16, 2007


The Internet and Consumer Power: GCC Companies Beware... , Arab News, Monday July 9, 2007

 

GCC Traffic Congestion: Road Tax Costs and Benefits , Arab News, Monday July 2, 2007

Gonu's Message: Environmental Investment a Must , Arab News, Monday June 25, 2007

 

Corporate Social Responsibility Investment: ALJ Shows the Way, Arab News, Monday June 18, 2007

 

Cartels: Myths and Realities... , Arab News, Monday May 28, 2007

 

GCC Unified Currency: To Be or Not to Be?, Arab News, Monday May 28, 2007

 

Saudi Banking: A Time for Mergers?, Arab News, Monday May 21, 2007

 

GCC FTAs: Dead Ends or New Beginnings?, Arab News, Monday May 14, 2007

 

ASEAN Comes of Age: Lessons for the GCC , Arab News, Monday May 7, 2007

 

Gulf Financial Transparency and Market Regulation , Arab News, Monday April 23, 2007

 

What to Do With Dollar Reserves: China Shows the Way... , Arab News, Monday April 16, 2007

 

US Subprime Market Tsunami - The Fed Is Worried... , Arab News, Monday April 09, 2007

 

The "BRIC" Economies Will Sustain Economic Growth in 2007, Arab News, Monday April 02, 2007

 

Hedge Funds: Ignore Them at Your Peril, Arab News, Monday March 26, 2007

 

Saudi Stock Trading Again - Rationality, Euphoria or Amnesia?, Arab News, Monday March 19, 2007

 

Recession, Inflation and Interest Rates: A Turbulent 2007, Arab News, Monday March 12, 2007

 

China Sneezed - the World Caught a Cold , Arab News, Monday March 5, 2007

 

Creating Wealth From Financial Services: Lessons for the Kingdom, Arab News, Monday Feb 26, 2007

 

Investment in the Gulf: Quick Money but Mind the Ethics, Arab News, Monday Feb 19, 2007

  

The Buck Stops Here: The Dollar in 2007, Arab News, Monday Jan 15, 2007 

 

Saudi Stock Market 2006: A Turbulent Year, Arab News, Monday Jan 1, 2007

 

Foreign Workers, Minimum Wages in GCC Viewed, Arab News, Monday Dec 25, 2006

 

* Saudi National Budget Well Received by Experts , Arab News, Friday Dec 22, 2006

 

Is the Size of Global Outsourcing Market Shrinking in 2006?, Arab News, Monday Dec 18, 2006

 

Globalization, Regionalization, or Localization?, Arab News, Monday Dec 11, 2006

 

Bill Gates in the Kingdom - What Was Learned?, Arab News, Monday Dec 4, 2006

 

Environment Friendly Investment , Arab News, Monday Nov 27, 2006

 

Vietnam - the New Tiger: Lessons for the Gulf , Arab News, Monday Nov 20, 2006

 

After the Stock Market Crash - Real Estate Next?, Arab News, Monday Nov 6, 2006

 

Saudi Offset Program: A Golden Opportunity, Arab News, Monday Oct 30, 2006

  

Nuclear Energy - What Future for Oil?, Arab News, Monday Oct 16, 2006

 

A US Recession: Chinese Impact, Saudi Consequences, Arab News, Monday Oct 02, 2006

 

9/11 Changes the Face of Gulf Economies, Arab News, Monday Sep 25, 2006

  

Saudi reform changes direction post-September 11 , Daily Star, LebanonSunday, September 17, 2006

Foreign Direct Investme: A Saudi Score Sheet, Arab News, Monday Sep 11, 2006

Bureaucracy, Economic Development, Arab News, Monday August 28, 2006

Share Trading and Company Transparency, Arab News, Monday August 21, 2006

Multiculturalism, Higher Education, Productivity, Arab News, Monday August 14, 2006

WTO and Failure of Doha Round , Arab News, Monday August 7, 2006

Will Saudis Emulate Dubai's Development Bonanza? , Arab News, Monday July 31, 2006

Philanthropy and Investment in Future Generations, Arab News, Monday July 10, 2006
 

Early Entrepreneurship and Economic Leadership, Arab News, Monday July 3, 2006


PPP and Investment Efficiency, Arab News, Monday June 26, 2006


Gulf Cooperation Council Monetary Integration , Arab News, Monday June 12, 2006

Mega Refinery Projects at Jubail and Yanbu Open Door for SMEs , Arab News, Monday June 12, 2006

Privatization Management ? Employee Dialogue: Saudia Leads the Way , Arab News, Monday June 5, 2006
 

WTO Accession: Stakes Are High , Arab News, Monday May 29, 2006

Beyond the Oil Peak ? or the Very, Very, Long Goodbye - - - Conference: Dialogue on Natural Resources ?Big Questions in the Race to the Future? 3rd and 4th April, 2006, Washington, USA

The Dollar, US Economic Prospects and the Saudi Riyal..., Arab News, Monday May 22, 2006

Our ?Enrons?, or a Harder Look at Financial Accounting and Investments, Arab News, Monday May 15, 2006

Different Roads to Privatization, Arab News, Monday May 8, 2006

The Dragon Awakens: Chinese-Saudi Economic and Investment Potential, Arab News, Monday May 1, 2006

The Saudi Mining Sector Should Not Be Overlooked... , Arab News, Monday April 24, 2006

Oil Revenue Surpluses Are a Blessing for Economic Development, Arab News, Monday April 17, 2006

The Lessons of Parmalat Company for the Gulf ..., Arab News, Monday April 11, 2006

New Company Flotations - A Note of Caution, Arab News, Monday March 27, 2006

 Share Trading and Social Madness, Arab News, Monday March 20, 2006

Special Articles

Quotations by Author in Articles:

Saudi's day in the sun, Arabian Business.com

Start your engines...,Trends Magazine



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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