It doesn’t take much for markets to drain away their confidence these days.

The Saudi Tadawul market fell 4.2% on Saturday while other regional markets were also in the red when they opened on Sunday, as they reeled from the triple whammy of a rotten U.S. jobs report, slowing growth in China and India, and the escalating European debt crisis. CONTINUE READING

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