OPEC Meeting Nears: How Oil ETFs Are Trending
Oil ETFs were mixed on Thursday as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is set to hold its biannual meeting…
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Oil ETFs up as Iraq Warns Saudi Arabia on Oil Production
With OPEC’s June 22 meeting on the horizon, geopolitical tensions are already weighing in as Iraq is warning Saudi Arabia that any…
Saudi Arabia ETF Pops as Investors Wait on FTSE Decision
The iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped ETF (NYSEArca: KSA) surged Monday as market participants wait on index provider FTSE Russell to potentially…
Saudi Arabia ETF Jumps on ‘Vision’ of Oil Reforms
The Saudi Arabia country-specific exchange traded fund surged Monday on prospects the kingdom will enact economic reforms to gradually diversify away from…
MSCI Debuts Saudi Arabia Indexes
MSCI (NYSE: MSCI), one of the largest providers of indexes for use with exchange traded funds, has introduced the MSCI Saudi Arabia…
What Saudi Arabia’s Market Liberalization Means for ETFs
One of the biggest, if not the biggest, news items from emerging markets on Tuesday came courtesy of Saudi Arabia. Saudi stocks…
Catalysts for Emerging Markets ETFs? Maybe
For as bad as things have been for emerging markets equities this year, the 1.8% year-to-date losses sported by the Vanguard FTSE…
Van Eck Proposes Two New Saudi Arabia ETFs
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia is one of the largest Middle East economies, but it is not represented in the exchange traded fund space.…