Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF is an exchange traded fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund's objective is to replicate as closely as possible before fees and expenses the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Egypt Index (the 'Egypt Index'). The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Fund's benchmark index.

Performance

TODAY	1 DAY	5 DAY	10 DAY	1 MO	3 MO	6 MO	1 YR	2 YR	5 YR
-2.7%	-2.6%	-4.6%	-4.8%	-3.0%	-12.3%	-18.7%	-4.7%	-20.6%	0.0

Technical

ALPHA	BETA	R2	STD DEV
-0.0204	1.047	0.228	0.094

• Egypt ETF Slides on Political Unrest

  11-27-2012 05:56 PM by Tom Lydon

  The Egypt exchange traded fund is one of this year's best performers, but the fund is under pressure after a fresh round of political unrest centered around newly elected President Mohamed Mursi. The Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSEArca: EGPT) fell 6.8% over the past week....

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• Egypt ETF in Focus After Hamas-Israel Ceasefire

  11-21-2012 02:47 PM by Tom Lydon

  Market Vectors Egypt ETF (NYSEArca: EGPT) was up about 1% in U.S. trading Wednesday afternoon following reports that Egypt announced a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement. After rallying about 50% this year, the Egypt-focused exchange traded fund...

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• Tom Lydon, Chuck Jaffe Talk ETF of the Week: Egypt

  09-06-2012 12:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  Click here to listen. I do the "ETF of the Week" for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe's MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. On Thursday, I focused on the Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSEArca: E...

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• Egypt ETF Rallies Over 50% for Year

  09-05-2012 02:18 PM by Tom Lydon

  The Egypt exchange traded fund is in full recovery mode after last year's pro-democracy revolution that overthrew the Hosni Mubarak regime. Additionally, Egyptian equities saw a nice boost Tuesday as the U.S. plans to provide debt relief to the beleaguered economy. However, th...

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• ETF Performance Report: August

  08-31-2012 03:53 PM by Tom Lydon

  After a bumpy start, the broad equities market and stock exchange traded funds made a strong rebound over August. The S&P 500 is trying to break through its highest level since 2008. The top ETF performers over August include WisdomTree Euro Debt Fund (NYSArca: EU) up 13.3...

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• Political Stability Brings Investors Back to Egypt ETF

  07-21-2012 07:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Egypt's stocks, along with the related country-specific exchange traded fund, shot higher at the start of the month, following the election of the country's first civilian president, but gains have been tempered as the cabinet searches for a competent new Premier. The Market V...

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• Egypt ETF Gains on Telecom Deal

  04-23-2012 04:30 PM by Tom Lydon

  While the world markets were distracted with another round of Eurozone problems, the Egypt exchange traded fund made gains Monday on greater activity specifically in telecommunication stocks. The Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSEArca: EGPT) was up 4.5% Monday. EGPT was down...

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• Index ETFs for Emerging Markets in Trouble?

  03-21-2012 12:15 PM by Tom Lydon

  Bulls are hoping emerging market ETFs aren't getting ready to roll over on news that China's economic growth has been stunted. The sector had just started to gain back favor and investors were dipping back into overseas markets, until this week. "People's hopes that there woul...

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• Into Africa with ETFs

  03-02-2012 07:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  There are a handful of exchange traded funds that invest in Africa to explore opportunities in this frontier market if investors aren't afraid of risk and volatility. "Since the start of the century Africa's substantial growth as an investment destination has been driven by i...

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• These Five ETFs May be Overbought

  02-29-2012 03:30 PM by Tom Lydon

  The strong rally in stocks so far this year has some analysts looking for ETFs that may be overbought and ripe for a pullback. For example, some funds are trading significantly above their moving averages, a sign of frothiness. The ETF Professor at Benzinga reports that cer...

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• Best Emerging Market ETFs

  02-22-2012 07:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  With global growth, copious liquidity and low interest rates spurring riskier investment strategies, emerging market equities and exchange traded funds have been among the most attractive assets this year. "The main argument for investing in international equities is for diver...

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• Egypt ETF Climbs Nearly 40% Year to Date

  02-21-2012 04:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  The exchange traded fund tracking Egyptian stocks is neck and neck with the Greek ETF for the best-performing country ETF this year with a gain of nearly 40%. Market Vectors Egypt ETF (NYSEArca: EGPT) is enjoying a solid rally in 2012 and recently climbed above its 200-day mov...

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• Egypt ETF Rallies 30% to Start 2012

  02-01-2012 03:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  After declining almost 50% as a result of political and economic uncertainty in 2011, Egyptian equities and the related stock exchange traded fund have vaulted 30% so far this year. Van Eck's Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSEArca: EGPT) was up 1.9% at last check Wednesday a...

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• ETF Spotlight: Egypt

  11-29-2011 04:16 PM by Tom Lydon

  After a tenuous transition from the ousting of the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and continued violence, parliamentary elections helped ease stability concerns, lifting Egyptian markets and a related exchange traded fund that's fallen in November. In the Middle East, tensio...

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• Egypt ETF Falls Before Elections as Violence Flares

  11-14-2011 04:18 PM by Tom Lydon

  With former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the riots out of the picture, Egypt was supposed to follow through with the long-anticipated parliamentary elections. However, the elections are proving as contentious, sparking another round of riots, which is weighing on the Egyp...

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• ETF Chart of the Day: Africa

  10-19-2011 03:50 PM by Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial

  Yesterday we wrote about exchange traded funds that invest in Asian equities, which presents an opportunity to focus on another continent -- Africa. [ETF Chart of the Day: Asia] ETFs that invest in Africa are new to most investors and portfolio managers, with only three produc...

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• Egypt ETF’s Cash Position, NAV Premium Shrink

  03-30-2011 01:15 PM by John Spence

  Political unrest in the Middle East and Japan's natural and nuclear disasters have raised questions about how exchange traded funds (ETFs) operated through these crises. The complex drama in Van Eck's Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSEArca: EGPT) while Egypt's stock market w...

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• Egyptian Market Opens: What About the ETF?

  03-23-2011 01:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  Egypt's stock market began trading again today, the first time since January 27th, after the market opened, it dropped nearly 10% and trading was halted again for thirty minutes, reports Marketplace Morning Report. The Egypt exchange traded fund (ETF) continued trading in the U.S...

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• What To Watch Out For When Global ETFs Are In Crisis

  03-15-2011 01:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  There have been a lot of significant events happening around the globe, putting specific countries in the spotlight.  With global, regional and country specific exchange traded funds (ETFs) available, what does an investor do with all the news? According to Jeremy Glaser an...

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• Egypt ETF Trades At Premium Over NAV

  03-01-2011 12:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  The Egypt exchange traded fund (ETF) may be in for a nasty surprise if the Egyptian markets open with less than stellar performance. Social tensions in Libya may force a mass exodus of Egyptian guest workers back home to an economy that is already strained by high unemployment. ...

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• ETFs Start Strong, Then Reverse Course

  03-01-2011 08:30 AM by Tom Lydon

  The markets opened with a nearly 100-point jump before stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) reversed course after the Fed sounded the alarm on rising oil prices. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said rising oil prices could be problematic for the economy if the uptren...

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• Egypt ETF: Volatility Could Be Fact of Life for Now

  02-14-2011 11:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  The closely-watched Van Eck Market Vectors Egypt Index (NYSEArca: EGPT) exchange traded fund (ETF) is powering ahead today, but it's too soon to expect a smooth ride to more gains. Rodrigo Campos for Reuters reports that the prospect of such volatility hasn't deterred investor...

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• Egypt ETF Soars on Mubarak Resignation

  02-11-2011 09:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  After 18 days of intense and sometimes violent protests, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ceded power to the country's military. Within minutes, Market Vectors Egypt (NYSEArca: EGPT) exchange traded fund (ETF) jumped up 6% and trading volume roared. It's not the only ETF that ...

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• Mubarak Steps Down and Egypt ETF Surges

  02-11-2011 08:30 AM by Tom Lydon

  President Hosni Mubarak finally announced that he would step down this morning, sending Egyptians into wild cheers and sending the Egypt exchange traded fund (ETF) surging. Mubarak has ceded all power to the Egyptian military and left Cairo, sending tens of thousands of prote...

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• ETFs Respond As Mubarak Steps Down

  02-10-2011 08:30 AM by Tom Lydon

  ETFs are down after the government reported weekly jobless claims fell to a two-year low, with disappointing earnings from companies including Cisco Systems Inc. weighing on sentiment. Market Vectors Egypt (NYSEArca: EGPT) popped up nearly 3% in early trading after Egypt Pres...

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• Why Egypt ETF Is a Long-Term Story

  02-09-2011 11:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  The crisis in Egypt at first glance may look disastrous, but analysts are taking a more long-term view of the growing economy and the future of its exchange traded fund (ETF). Steve MacDonald for iStockAnalyst notes that Egypt's economy is the biggest in North Africa. Though i...

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• 5 ETF Lessons from Protests in Egypt

  02-07-2011 11:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Besides rattling investors, the recent protests in Egypt have provided a few other object lessons, particularly for investors in frontier market exchange traded funds (ETFs). Tamer El Ghobasky and Christopher Rhoads for The Wall Street Journal report that daily life in Egypt a...

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• ETFs React to Mixed Jobs Data

  02-04-2011 08:30 AM by Tom Lydon

  Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) got a slight boost at the market's open as unemployment figures dropped, but were the results enough to power the markets much higher than that? U.S. unemployment declined to 9% in January and the economy added 36,000 jobs - way below f...

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• 5 ETFs to Watch As Egypt Protests Intensify

  02-02-2011 11:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  One day after luring investors in droves, sending trading volume through the roof, the Market Vectors Egypt (NYSEArca: EGPT) exchange traded fund (ETF) is sagging under the weight of increasingly violent protests. EGPT is down more than 5% today as protests in Cairo turned vio...

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• Egypt ETFs Lure Investors In Droves

  02-01-2011 11:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  The Egyptian economy is said to be all but shut down as its citizens stage a revolution. That hasn't stopped investors from piling into the Market Vectors Egypt (NYSEArca: EGPT) exchange traded fund (ETF). You'd think the last place an investor would want to be is in a country...

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• ETFs Nearly Erase Friday's Losses

  02-01-2011 08:30 AM by Tom Lydon

  Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) were undaunted by an intensifying revolution in Egypt, emboldened by manufacturing data and a continuation of the strong fourth-quarter earnings seen in recent weeks. The U.S. manufacturing sector grew at the fastest rate in almost seve...

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• Egypt ETF Suspends Share Creation

  01-31-2011 11:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  The rising intensity of unrest in Egypt has forced the Market Vectors Egypt (NYSEArca: EGPT) exchange traded fund (ETF) to suspend share creation. Egypt's stock exchange has closed down for an indefinite period as a result of the protests. Van Eck's decision to suspend share c...

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• Egypt Protests Send VIX ETFs Soaring

  01-28-2011 01:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  Gold, silver, oil and VIX exchange traded funds (ETFs) went flying today as protests in Egypt grew more intense. ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures (NYSEArca: VIXY) rose a whopping 8.2% as the Egyptian government deployed tanks to break up protests, increasing investor jitters a...

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• 5 Africa ETFs to Watch Amid Egypt Protests

  01-25-2011 03:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  Over the last 10 days, Market Vectors Egypt (NYSEArca: EGPT) exchange traded fund (ETF) has lost nearly 8% of its value. Protests in the capital city could keep EGPT and other Africa-centric ETFs from making big upward moves anytime soon. The protesters are bent on using the m...

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• Sate Your Risk Appetite With Frontier Market ETFs

  01-11-2011 03:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  Were you impressed by your emerging market allocations last year? Well, frontier market exchange traded funds (ETFs) eclipsed those markets and could continue to do so as businesses globalize and commodities get pricier. Frontier markets are doing better than the emerging mark...

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• ETF Filings: Egypt and Active Management

  10-18-2010 03:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  The ever-growing exchange traded fund (ETF) industry is gearing up for a few new additions to the family. iShares plans to introduce the iShares MSCI Egypt Capped Investable Market Index Fund (NYSEArca: EGYP). The ETF Professor for Benzinga reports that this ETF would go head-...

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• ETFs Waver in Narrow Range

  10-04-2010 08:30 AM by Tom Lydon

  While investors wait for earnings season to start later this week, stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) seemed to go limp following some weak economic reports. According to the ETF Dashboard, investors are turning their attention both overseas and toward small-caps in early...

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• ETFs Flat On Consumer Sentiment

  09-17-2010 08:30 AM by Tom Lydon

  Consumers are feeling more gloomy than they have in a year these days. But in early trading at least, exchange traded funds (ETFs) are powering through it. The weakness of the American consumer has once again sent investors fleeing to overseas funds, such as Market Vectors Egy...

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• BRICs: Move Over for CIVETS ETFs?

  07-27-2010 02:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  If there's anything the financial industry loves, it's a good acronym. For a long time, the BRICs and their exchange traded funds (ETFs) were the hot acronym in town. Now some wonder if it isn't time for a new string of pronounceable letters: the CIVETS. The who? Taipan Dai...

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• Government in Flux Could Impact Egypt ETFs

  07-22-2010 01:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  The current president of Egypt is visibly ailing, and with no obvious successor, the Parliamentary elections set for November and presidential election next September may lead to a shift in the country's politics, economy and exchange traded funds (ETFs) with heavy exposure to th...

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• The Vast Appeal of Frontier Market ETFs

  06-29-2010 06:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Frontier market exchange traded funds (ETFs) present people with the opportunity to invest in regions and areas that would otherwise be unavailable for the average retail investor. These up-and-coming, rapidly growing countries may help diversify your portfolio. An investor ma...

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• Africa ETFs: World Economic Forum Takes a Look

  05-13-2010 01:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Africa's quickly recovering economy has attracted investors from China and India, and Africa related exchange traded funds (ETFs) have also shown decent gains. This year's World Economic Forum in Africa will allow political leaders and businessmen to take a look at Africa and the...

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• Africa ETFs: 5 Plays for a Growing Economy

  03-14-2010 01:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  Africa may host the fastest growing economies in the emerging market world. While it's also one of the most risky, there's no need to sit on the sidelines. An ever-widening range of exchange traded funds (ETFs) that span the risk spectrum are appearing on the scene. The Intern...

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• Egypt ETF: 4 Reasons It May Be Worth a Peek

  03-06-2010 01:00 PM by Tom Lydon

  Egypt is a well-diversified economy with a strong financial system, and the country has experienced robust growth over the last decade. Van Eck recently launched a country-specific exchange traded fund (ETF) to track Egypt that may be worth a gander. The recently-launched Mark...

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• Market Vectors Launches New Egypt ETF

  02-18-2010 11:00 AM by Tom Lydon

  The international financial crisis slowed Egypt's growth, but the country's economy is beginning to pick up its pace. Now Egypt has its very own exchange traded fund (ETF) so you can play along at home. Market Vectors, already a first mover with several of their single-country...

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Number of Holdings: 26

%	Ticker	Name	Sector	Market Cap	Country
9.0%	COMIEY	Commercial Internati...	Financial	18597670000	Egypt
7.9%	OTLDLI	Orascom Telecom Hold...	Communications	3514610000	England
6.2%	EKHOEY	Egyptian Kuwaiti Hol...	Unknown	981970000	Egypt
5.9%	OCINA	Oci Nv	-	-	-
5.7%	ETELEY	Telecom Egypt Co	Communications	21594460000	Egypt
5.6%	JUFOEY	Juhayna Food Industr...	Consumer Non-cyclical	6199150000	Egypt
5.0%	TMGHEY	Talaat Moustafa Grou...	Financial	8233610000	Egypt
4.9%	NSGBEY	National Societe Gen...	Financial	12419000000	Egypt
4.8%	ESRSEY	Ezz Steel	Materials	5030630000	Egypt
4.7%	SKPCEY	Sidi Kerir Petrochem...	Materials	6531000000	Egypt

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