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South Africa ETFs: Too Bad About The Macro
Thomas Furda • Sun, Apr 14
Sharing In Africa's Growth With ETFs
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 21
Slicing Up The Global Equity Market Pie
James Picerno • Mon, Feb 4 • 1 Comment
Fund Flows To Emerging Markets: Threat Or Opportunity?
Emerging Money • Tue, Dec 18, 2012 • 1 Comment
Middle East Facts You Should Know
Elliott R. Morss • Sun, Dec 16, 2012 • 33 Comments
A Look Into Saudi Arabia's Future
Peter Pham • Wed, Dec 5, 2012 • 3 Comments
11 Africa-Focused Mutual Funds And ETFs
Ryan Hoover • Fri, Nov 30, 2012 • 11 Comments
A Few Developments While FX Grinds
Marc Chandler • Wed, Nov 28, 2012
You Need Foreign Exposure In Your Retirement Fund
Matthew Frankel • Wed, Oct 24, 2012 • 5 Comments
Shifting Regimes And Those At Risk Of Toppling
The Inflation Trader • Wed, Oct 10, 2012 • 25 Comments
Farming In Hell: Emerging Markets Inflation & Commodities
Ian McAbeer • Tue, Aug 21, 2012 • 37 Comments
The Post-2009 Global Housing Bubble Or 'Housing Bubble 2.0'
Jesse Colombo • Fri, Jul 6, 2012 • 3 Comments
Africa ETFs: Cure For The Common Portfolio?
Michael Johnston • Thu, Jul 5, 2012
Africa: The Final Frontier Market Redux
Emerging Money • Wed, May 30, 2012 • 2 Comments
Middle East ETF Update
Nuqudy • Tue, May 15, 2012
Beware Of The Massive Bubble In Emerging Markets
Jesse Colombo • Sun, May 13, 2012 • 13 Comments
Van Eck Launches Plans For Saudi Arabia ETFs
Stoyan Bojinov • Sun, May 13, 2012
What's Next For Egypt's Economy After A Currency Devaluation?
Ulysses de la Torre • Mon, May 7, 2012 • 4 Comments
Best Way To Play The Single Best Equity Region In The World
MA Capital Management • Tue, Apr 10, 2012 • 9 Comments
Africa: The Single Best Equity Region To Buy And Hold
MA Capital Management • Tue, Mar 20, 2012 • 11 Comments

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South Africa ETFs: Too Bad About The Macro
Thomas Furda • Sun, Apr 14
Time to Add Egyptian Equities?
Irfan Chaudhry • Thu, Jan 20, 2011 • 13 Comments
Middle East Equity Markets: The Last Frontier of Investing
Irfan Chaudhry • Fri, Dec 31, 2010 • 14 Comments
Education Is Key to Increasing Investment in Africa
Research Recap • Thu, May 21, 2009 • 3 Comments
GAF: Barely Exposed to Emerging Middle East and Africa
Daniel Broby • Wed, May 13, 2009 • 7 Comments
Gold Not Yet on Gulf Cooperation Council Single Currency Agenda
Peter Cooper • Tue, May 5, 2009 • 6 Comments
Somewhere the Sun Is Shining on the Markets
Zubin Jelveh • Fri, Sep 19, 2008
Middle Eastern Equities and Oil
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Jul 24, 2008 • 2 Comments
What To Watch in the New Gulf States Index
David Enke • Wed, Jul 9, 2008
Two Ways To Profit from Frontier Markets
Keith Fitz-Gerald • Fri, May 30, 2008 • 11 Comments
ETF Watch: New Filings (May 15-22)
IndexUniverse • Mon, May 26, 2008
The Long Case for SPDR Emerging Middle East & Africa ETF
Tomas Birriel • Sun, Jan 13, 2008 • 4 Comments
Franchising and Novou-Consumerism in Middle East
Naseem Javed • Tue, Sep 25, 2007 • 3 Comments
SPDR Emerging Middle East & Africa Fund: Limited Geographical Diversity
Gary Gordon • Tue, Jun 26, 2007 • 2 Comments
Investing in Africa: The World's Last Great Opportunity
Nicholas Vardy • Wed, May 2, 2007 • 10 Comments

Sharing In Africa's Growth With ETFs
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 21
Slicing Up The Global Equity Market Pie
James Picerno • Mon, Feb 4 • 1 Comment
Fund Flows To Emerging Markets: Threat Or Opportunity?
Emerging Money • Tue, Dec 18, 2012 • 1 Comment
Middle East Facts You Should Know
Elliott R. Morss • Sun, Dec 16, 2012 • 33 Comments
A Look Into Saudi Arabia's Future
Peter Pham • Wed, Dec 5, 2012 • 3 Comments
11 Africa-Focused Mutual Funds And ETFs
Ryan Hoover • Fri, Nov 30, 2012 • 11 Comments
A Few Developments While FX Grinds
Marc Chandler • Wed, Nov 28, 2012
You Need Foreign Exposure In Your Retirement Fund
Matthew Frankel • Wed, Oct 24, 2012 • 5 Comments
Shifting Regimes And Those At Risk Of Toppling
The Inflation Trader • Wed, Oct 10, 2012 • 25 Comments
Farming In Hell: Emerging Markets Inflation & Commodities
Ian McAbeer • Tue, Aug 21, 2012 • 37 Comments
The Post-2009 Global Housing Bubble Or 'Housing Bubble 2.0'
Jesse Colombo • Fri, Jul 6, 2012 • 3 Comments
Africa ETFs: Cure For The Common Portfolio?
Michael Johnston • Thu, Jul 5, 2012
Africa: The Final Frontier Market Redux
Emerging Money • Wed, May 30, 2012 • 2 Comments
Middle East ETF Update
Nuqudy • Tue, May 15, 2012
Beware Of The Massive Bubble In Emerging Markets
Jesse Colombo • Sun, May 13, 2012 • 13 Comments
Van Eck Launches Plans For Saudi Arabia ETFs
Stoyan Bojinov • Sun, May 13, 2012
What's Next For Egypt's Economy After A Currency Devaluation?
Ulysses de la Torre • Mon, May 7, 2012 • 4 Comments
Best Way To Play The Single Best Equity Region In The World
MA Capital Management • Tue, Apr 10, 2012 • 9 Comments
Africa: The Single Best Equity Region To Buy And Hold
MA Capital Management • Tue, Mar 20, 2012 • 11 Comments
6 Myths About Investing In Africa
CFA Institute Contributors • Wed, Mar 14, 2012 • 4 Comments

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John Prestbo's Indexed Investor: Go into Africa ETFs, with money and time

at MarketWatch.com (Apr 23, 2013)
Emerging Markets Report: Investor sentiment on Egypt exposure improves

at MarketWatch.com (Feb 11, 2011)
Robert Powell's Your Portfolio: What Egypt’s turmoil means for your portfolio

at MarketWatch.com (Feb 2, 2011)
Greenberg: Why Investors Should Skip the Middle East

at CNBC.com (Jan 31, 2011)
Robert Powell's Your Portfolio: How to invest in Africa with cutting-edge ETFs

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 21, 2010)

GAF vs. ETF Alternatives

GAF Description

The SPDR® S&P® Emerging Middle East & Africa ETF, before expenses, seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the total return performance of the S&P Mid-East and Africa BMI Index. Our approach is designed to provide portfolios with low portfolio turnover, accurate tracking, and lower costs.
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In Your Portfolio: A Guide to International Equity ETFs
Asset Class Performance: Emerging Markets, Global & Regions

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 12:53 PM Investing in frontier markets is about to get a bit easier as MSCI launches its Frontier Markets 100 index with BlackRock set to launch an ETF to track it. The index has 100 companies across 21 countries, and with 60% of the value coming from the Middle East. Comment! [Global & FX]
Friday, February 24, 2012, 1:30 PM John Burbank (video) of Passport Capital has put 15% of his $4B fund into Saudi Arabia which should benefit from a bigger opening of the market to foreigners (of which only 1% of the market is owned). Also helping, of course, is easy central bank money around the globe which should continue juicing oil. GAF +13.8% YTD. Comment! [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Monday, November 28, 2011, 12:46 PM While competitors are cutting back, Goldman Sachs (GS) is broadening its MENA equity research, initiating coverage on 80 new stocks, bringing the total to 121. Goldman's key theme is rising oil prices and the bank is looking at not only resource firms, but other beneficiaries like infrastructure and consumer spending. Comment! [Global & FX]
Friday, October 14, 2011, 12:30 PM The consultancy group Geopoliticy says the price tag for rebellion in the Middle East is pretty steep. Crunching data from the IMF, the group finds (.pdf) the Arab Spring cost the region more than $50B in short-term losses with an economic tally that doesn't account for losses to human life, infrastructure, or investment losses. Revenue gainers in the region were the oil-exporting nations that saw limited domestic trouble - UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Thursday, May 26, 2011, 9:59 AM Moody's downgrades Bahrain's credit rating to Baa1 from A3, citing political risk and weak government finances if oil stays below $100/barrel. An important Middle East financial center, Bahrain's banking assets dwarf its GDP. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 4:37 PM The governing committee in Misrata confirms it has made an official request for foreign troops on the ground to stop Gaddafi forces from killing civilians. NATO and the U.N. have yet to respond. The U.K. is sending military advisers into Libya, but on an unrelated mission. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 9:59 AM Following weeks of protests, Syria lifts its emergency law. The law, in place for nearly 5 decades, effectively suspended constitutional protections for citizens. 4 Comments [Breaking News, Global & FX]
Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 8:58 AM The protests and security force crackdowns continue in Syria, where 20K in Hams were fired at during an overnight sit-in. A government statement saying the demonstrations are the work of Salafist organizations, i.e. al-Qaeda, seemingly gives the green light for an even bloodier crackdown. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Thursday, April 14, 2011, 11:05 AM Having made Libya its problem, NATO is warned by opposition groups that a massacre will occur in Misrata if air attacks against Gaddafi forces are not stepped up. Other than France and the U.K., NATO appears to have lost interest. 11 Comments [Global & FX]
Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 11:45 AM Following mass arrests of nearly every male security forces could get their hands on in the Syrian city of Baida, the women of the town protest for their release. In the meantime, the city of Banias, home to one of the country's two oil refineries, remains sealed. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, April 11, 2011, 2:12 PM A move by the Gulf Cooperation Council to mediate President Saleh's gradual departure from power is called unconstitutional by the country's opposition groups who want his immediate resignation. After similarly rejecting GCC help last week, Saleh now claims to welcome the group's participation. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, April 11, 2011, 11:26 AM Security forces seal off and cut electricity to the city of Banias after weekend demonstrations in which several pro-democracy protesters were killed. Bashar Assad, sounding ominously like his father before he had thousands killed, blames the unrest on a foreign conspiracy. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Sunday, April 10, 2011, 5:10 PM Breaking: South African President Jacob Zuma, in Libya to try to negotiate a ceasefire, says Gaddafi has accepted the roadmap to peace proposed by the African Union. 5 Comments [Global & FX]
Friday, April 8, 2011, 2:18 PM The violence continues to escalate in Syria where BBC now reports 23 protesters killed by security forces in Deraa. Following the deaths of demonstrators over the past weeks, demands for political reform have morphed into calls for the regime to be toppled. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Friday, April 8, 2011, 11:18 AM As Gaddafi forces lay siege to Misrata, the lone rebel-held city in the West, military commanders admit it unlikely rebel forces will be able to overthrow the strongman by force. "It is important to find a political solution," says a NATO spokesperson ... oil for food V2.0? USO +1.3%, BNO +2.0%.
2 Comments [Global & FX]
Friday, April 8, 2011, 10:52 AM More are shot and killed in Yemen as President Saleh angrily nixes a GCC-brokered deal which would have had him step down in return for a guarantee of immunity. "We reject this belligerent intervention," Saleh tells a crowd of supporters. 2 Comments [Global & FX]

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