KSA News and Press, iShares Trust MSCI Saudi Arabia From 12/13/23

2023-12-13 02:26:37 ET Summary The iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF provides access to Saudi Arabian equities. Saudi Arabia's economy has some promising growth prospects built around its young population and diversification away from oil. However, the KSA ETF is heavily concentrated,...

2023-12-06 14:45:00 ET Summary Q3 was a decent quarter. We were broadly in line, actually slightly ahead, and that continued the outperformance over the last year plus. Looking at the outlook for emerging markets, I mentioned that, you know, post quarter-end October has been a dif...

2023-11-17 06:05:00 ET Summary Recent consumer price inflation releases in the US, eurozone, and UK have all surprised to the downside. The forecast for global consumer price inflation in 2024 has increased to 4.4%, driven by upward revisions in the Americas. Global PMI data i...

2023-11-10 08:41:00 ET Summary The impact of slower economic growth balances the impact of an escalation in the Middle East conflict on commodity prices. The US government recently announced an extension of its Foreign Direct Product Rule. This year’s Singles Day in Chi...

2023-10-17 21:05:00 ET Summary For now, the economic and market impacts of the Middle East conflict seem relatively contained. We do not see wider economic or market impacts stemming from the conflict in its current form. Its impacts on Israel’s vibrant technology and p...

2023-10-06 19:45:00 ET Summary This week will deliver a make-or-break moment for Fed rate hike expectations. The main event will be the September inflation report. A pretty quiet week for the euro area, with an appearance from ECB President Christine Lagarde probably among the few...

2023-09-27 08:21:14 ET Summary iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF is not as cost competitive as other alternatives in this space. Reduced crude production is likely to weigh heavily on the GDP landscape whilst non-oil metrics are slowing too. The lag effects of higher cost of fundi...

2023-09-18 21:25:00 ET Summary The two major inflation indicators released last week were a bit “hotter” than expected, but that was mostly due to energy price increases. The other big news last week was that the UAW agreed to strike last Friday, which could push the...

2023-09-09 01:20:00 ET Summary The opportunity set is wide and growing wider in emerging markets, according to Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity. The BRICS summit in South Africa in August announced the expansion of the group to include potentially six new members in earl...

2023-09-08 06:59:09 ET A lot is riding on the G20 summit this year, especially with notable absences that include China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin. President Biden will have an opportunity to make fresh inroads with many countries in the group (that account for more than 80% o...