QAT. iShares Qatar

[alvinthechipmunk]

Financials are the biggest chunk of the portfolio. A talking head on Bloomberg recently recommended Qatar, though not this specific ETF.  It's up ytd. I don't normally follow ETFs.  No minimums with ETFs. Maybe I'll dip a toe in the water...


www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/etf/QAT

[alvinthechipmunk]

just found this.
seekingalpha.com/article/4508955-ishares-msci-qatar-qat-small-country-big-ambitions?utm_source=stck.pro&utm_medium=referral

[johnsmith]

Single country ETFs are usually high risk. Think Russian ETFs trading at $0.

Qatar is probably only up because it's largest industry is petrochemicals. Otherwise lots to not recommend (huge amounts of political risks, industry risks, trades at a premium, high expense ratio, high bid-sell amounts)

Just buy VWO and be done!

Recently Qatar was blockaded by all the other Middle Eastern countries
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_relations

alvinthechipmunk,