Downtrodden Emerging Market ETFs Lead the Charge
Emerging markets and country-specific exchange traded funds rallied Monday as a risk-on environment helped attract investors to some beaten down areas of…
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Tumbling Oil Plagues UAE ETF
Plenty of international regional and single-country exchange traded funds have been hampered by tumbling oil prices and with crude futures falling below…
The UAE ETF is Being Smacked by Falling Oil Prices
The iShares MSCI UAE Capped ETF (NasdaqGM: UAE) is one of just a small amount of single-country exchange traded funds dedicated to…
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…
Middle East ETFs Rally, Top Oil’s Modest Bounce
Futures-based oil exchange traded funds, namely the United States Oil Fund (NYSEArca: USO) and the United States Brent Oil Fund (NYSEArca: BNO),…
BlackRock Could Roll out Saudi Arabia ETF
BlackRock’s (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world’s largest issuer of exchange traded funds, could introduce a Saudi Araba in advance of that…
No Surprise: OPEC Country ETFs Crushed by Oil’s Slide
Twelve countries are members of the Organization of Petroleum Countries (OPEC), the cartel that accounts for about 40% of global oil output…
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…
Another Dismal Day for the UAE ETF
On news the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has declared itself an official Islamic state and amid increased…
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…
UAE ETF Surges Ahead of MSCI Upgrade
Shares of the newly minted iShares MSCI UAE Capped ETF (NasdaqGM: UAE) are soaring 4.5% on volume that is already more than…
Avalanche of Cash Expected for Qatar, UAE Stocks
Known for about a year now, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will soon make their way to the MSCI Emerging Markets…