Trump Teams Up With Qatar: Time to Consider QAT?
President Donald Trump is hosting the ruling emir of Qatar for a White House meeting Tuesday, who has since taken steps to address…
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Qatar ETF Jumps as Investors Look for Dividends
Qatar markets strengthened Monday, with the country-specific exchange traded fund testing its long-term moving average, as investors jumped on companies set to…
Qatar ETF May Be Past the Worst of the Boycotts
After suffering under sanctions imposed by its Arab neighbors, Qatar’s economy and country-specific exchange traded fund have rebounded and are growing at…
Quantifying Qatar ETF’s World Cup Vulnerability
These are not the best of times of the iShares MSCI Qatar Capped ETF (NasdaqGM: QAT) and oil is not entirely to…
Blatter’s Bungles Could Spell Trouble for Qatar ETF
Now former FIFA President Sepp Blatter rocked the international football world Tuesday by announcing his resignation just days after Swiss authorities arrested…
FIFA Scandal Drags on Qatar ETF
The Qatar country-specific exchange traded fund plunged Wednesday and briefly tested its short-term supporting level after a sweeping probe alleged rampant corruption…
Country ETF Winners and Losers as Oil Prices Rise
Various economies and country-related exchange traded funds could react differently as we see a rebound in crude oil prices. Major oil producers…
ETF Performance Report: July Stall
Stocks and equity-based exchange traded funds have remained relatively range bound over July, dancing around back-and-forth, as investors weighed geopolitical volatility overseas…
UAE ETF Plunges on Increased Violence in Iraq
Following news that Sunni militants took control of the only legal border crossing between Iraq and Jordan, exchange traded funds with heavy…
WisdomTree: Middle East Exposure in Focus on MSCI Upgrade
The decision by the MSCI index family to upgrade Qatar and United Arab Emirates from “frontier markets” to “emerging markets” is causing…
Ahead of EM Promotion, Qatar, UAE ETFs Debut
BlackRock’s (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world’s largest issuer of exchange traded funds, today launched the the iShares MSCI Qatar Capped ETF…