EGPT News and Press, VanEck Vectors Egypt Index From 01/14/20

Introduction One of the first subscribers of Macro Trading Factory ("MTF") has approached me a day or two after we've published the initial allocations for the Funds Macro Portfolio ("FMP"), expressing his surprise that we have very little exposure to bonds on the portfolio. Valid questi...

Opportunity Overview Egypt's macroeconomic state is favorable compared to that of other MSCI frontier and emerging markets, as the economy has witnessed notable improvements since 2016. Egypt's inflation has declined from the double-digit peaks during 2016 to the single-digit levels as o...

VanEck announced today the following 2019 annual distributions per share for its VanEck Vectors ® equity exchange-traded funds. The majority, and possibly all, of the dividend distributions will be paid out of net investment income earned by the Funds. A portion of these distributio...

By Bassel Khatoun, Managing Director, Director of Research, Director of Portfolio Management, Frontier and MENA, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity and Salah Shamma, Head of Investment, MENA Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity. As investors ponder the prospects for the Midd...

VanEck announced today preliminary yearend distribution estimates for its VanEck Vectors ® exchange-traded funds. Please note that capital gains estimates were made as of October 31, 2019 and income estimates were made as of November 20, 2019, and are based upon the best information...

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Introduction Last month I wrote about why investors should consider investing in a global equity index (such as the VT ETF). In summary, I said that global investing provides exposure to different, not perfectly correlated economies. So if you don’t have any reason to believe that a...

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(Source - Pexels/Min An ) Currency market volatility has been a consistent problem in emerging markets. Year after year, currencies are devalued in an attempt to boost economic growth but only serve to worsen external debt problems. Last year was particularly bad as we saw major dec...

(Source - Pexels/Simon Matzinger ) As equities and bonds look less attractive by the day, investors must look for new places to invest their money that have low systemic risk. Not low risk (i.e. volatility), but simply low correlations to other major assets. Indeed, according to Ray Dalio, ...