Investing & Themes
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EV ETFs Are Rallying Again. But It's Not Just About Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicle ETFs are making a comeback after two difficult years, but the recovery reflects a broader shift in investor focus beyond vehicle sales to batteries, semiconductors, AI, and autonomous driving systems.
Sphere Abu Dhabi: what the $1.7B contract tells investors about GCC entertainment capex
ALEC Holdings has won a $1.7 billion contract to build Sphere Abu Dhabi, one of the GCC's largest entertainment infrastructure projects. The development signals Abu Dhabi's continued investment in tourism-led diversification and infrastructure expansion.
Is India falling behind on AI trade? ETF flows tell the story
Foreign capital is rotating from India to South Korea and Taiwan to capture the AI hardware supercycle. Foreign institutional investors pulled $23 billion from Indian equities in 2026 as TSMC, Samsung, and SK Hynix attract global technology inflows.
Space ETF and Stocks Reach the Stratosphere Ahead of Spacex IPO
Space stocks are rallying again as investors increasingly position for what could become one of the largest and most important IPOs in market history: SpaceX.
Quantum Stocks Surge on Trump Backing. An Intel Deja-Vu?
The U.S. Commerce Department awarded $2 billion in grants to nine quantum technology companies, with IBM receiving $1 billion for America's first pure-play quantum foundry. The move reflects Washington's strategic equity-backed industrial policy pattern.
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Craze for Luxury Overruns Dubai Malls. Meet Swatch’s new ‘Royal Pop’ Watch
Swatch's highly anticipated Royal Pop watch collaboration with Audemars Piguet caused crowd surges that forced Dubai malls to cancel launches. The luxury craze highlights investment opportunities in luxury sector ETFs for GCC investors.
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Gold & Silver ETF Flows Rebound after a Difficult Period.
Gold and silver ETFs rebounded sharply in April with $6.6bn in net inflows, the strongest monthly figure of 2026, after a difficult March-April period when both metals declined despite geopolitical tensions.
AI’s next bottleneck is memory, and ETF Investors are racing to price it in
For the past two years, markets focused largely on compute, the GPUs, hyperscalers, and cloud infrastructure powering large language models
How Saudi Bonds Entering Global Indices Could Reshape GCC ETFs
Saudi Arabia's SAR-denominated sukuk will join JPMorgan GBI-EM and Bloomberg EM Local Currency indices in January 2027, expected to channel over $10 billion in foreign inflows into the Kingdom's debt market and reshape GCC ETF allocations.
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Morgan Stanley joins ADX as the first international remote trading member.
Morgan Stanley has been approved as the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange's first international remote trading member, enabling direct client access to ADX-listed securities from New York and marking a major milestone in ADX's global expansion strategy.
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ADX Expands Clearing Ecosystem as FAB Joins as General Clearing Member
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange has appointed First Abu Dhabi Bank as a General Clearing Member, expanding its clearing services and post-trade capabilities. The move strengthens ADX's regional positioning as institutional trading and foreign participation continue to rise.
The UAE Has Left OPEC. Now Murban Becomes the Trade.
The UAE's departure from OPEC and OPEC+ on May 1, 2026 liberates the world's second-largest spare oil capacity from quota constraints, positioning Murban as an independent crude benchmark for the first time.