EGPT News and Press, VanEck Vectors Egypt Index From 04/01/21

Last year was eventful on many levels. From a market perspective, the main factor that stands out is of course COVID-19 and how it caused a collapse in the demand for oil, and subsequently, oil prices. While the GCC region was able to reopen its economy earlier than some others, it di...

Rising sovereign debt levels and higher unemployment are among the key challenges that policymakers in frontier markets would have to monitor and address. Some frontier markets have also underperformed emerging markets this year due to concerns about the physical health care infrastructur...

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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 While the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impa...

An Intriguing Post Crash Buy Frontier and emerging markets will face a large number of headwinds in the coming years, as high growth emerging markets like Egypt will likely only see 2-3% growth during 2020 and 2021. Egypt is an intriguing market to invest in after considering the ...

By Bassel Khatoun, Managing Director, Director of Research, Director of Portfolio Management, Frontier and MENA, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity; Salah Shamma, Head of Investment, MENA Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity Countries in the Middle East-North Africa ((MENA))...

Egypt is a strong member of the MENA (Middle East and North Africa region) group that is unlike the other large players in this group. It is not overly reliant on gas production to prop up its public finances, does not have a monarchy, and is more geared towards the West than possibly other na...

Image Source: World Health Organization, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Situation Report -- 32 By Brian Nelson, CFA This is our third update on the Wuhan 2019 Novel Coronavirus, now named COVID-19. You can read our first two updates here (Feb 7) and here (Jan 31) . Let’...

Vietnam, the Bahamas, Egypt, Suriname, and other small island sovereigns are among the most exposed to the global rise in sea levels, Moody's says in a report, citing a range of studies. More news on: VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF, VanEck Vectors Egypt Index ETF, Global news and forex, News...

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...