Financial strength ratings (FSRs) have become more significant particularly since the recent financial crisis of 2007-09 where rating agencies failed to forecast defaults and the downgrade of some banks. The aim of this paper is to predict Capital Intelligence banks' financial strength ratings...

This study aims to examine the predictability power of oil prices and six international stock markets (China, France, UK, Germany, Japan, and the USA) on the Saudi stock market using five machine learning techniques. We offer evidence that oil prices are the biggest influence factor on the Saudi...