QAT News and Press, iShares MSCI Qatar ETF From 04/07/21

Late last year, MSCI upgraded Kuwait from a "Frontier" to an "Emerging Market" status, and iShares launched the iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF. Around seven years ago, we saw a similar upgrade and iShares launch on two neighboring markets: Qatar and the UAE, with both benchmarks delivering n...

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; Salah Shamma, Head of Investment, MENA Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity Countries in the Middle East-North Africa ((MENA))...

( Pexels/Artem Beliaikin ) The 2010s have been marked by one dominating theme for global equity investors, the consistent outperformance of U.S. stocks compared to just about all other countries. Just as the popularity of international investing took off in the late (pre-crash) 2000s, the al...

(Source: Pexels ) Valuation measurements like P/E and EV/EBITDA are well-known and popular signals of future equity performance. As a general rule, equities with lower valuations are expected to outperform those with higher valuations, though with more potential downside risk. This article ...

(Source - Sohel Patel/Pexels ) The iShares MSCI Qatar ETF ( QAT ) has to be one of the most interesting single-country ETFs on the market today. Although it is an equity ETF, it has almost no daily correlation with the S&P 500 or other major indices. Despite its lower systemic risks, it...

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