{"id":599283,"date":"2019-06-24T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T04:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/06\/24\/has-saudi-arabias-inclusion-among-msci-ems-actually-hurt-the-index\/"},"modified":"2019-06-24T04:00:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T04:00:35","slug":"has-saudi-arabias-inclusion-among-msci-ems-actually-hurt-the-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/06\/24\/has-saudi-arabias-inclusion-among-msci-ems-actually-hurt-the-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Saudi Arabia\u2019s inclusion among MSCI EM\u2019s actually hurt the index?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-07\"><\/a><b> Has Saudi Arabia\u2019s inclusion among MSCI EMs actually hurt the index? <\/b>The highly anticipated inclusion of Saudi stocks in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has fueled a rally on the Tadawul, raising both inflows and valuations \u2014 but these have not been accompanied by a rise in earnings. On the contrary, the earnings outlook for Saudi companies appears to be deteriorating faster than its peers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-06-18\/msci-boost-turns-saudi-stocks-into-emerging-market-millstone?srnd=premium-middle-east\">according to Bloomberg<\/a>. This has had the effect of lowering the earnings projections for the entire region. Analysts had projected that earnings for the region\u2019s companies would rise 3.3% this year prior to Saudi\u2019s inclusion. Since then, the projections have turned into a 1.9% drop. Forecasts for the kingdom are down 7.7% in USD terms, the news outlet says. This has also had the effect of making the MSCI EM Index pricier in terms of valuations, which could drive away investors.<\/p>\n<p><b>The shorts are circling: <\/b>Short sellers think the bull market for the Tadawul will fall in line with the negative earnings outlook, Bloomberg notes. \u201cThey have boosted bearish [positions] against the iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF above 10% of outstanding shares for the first time since its inception,\u201d the article reads.<\/p>\n<p><b>Why didn\u2019t Saudi\u2019s inclusion meet expectations? <\/b>The country\u2019s fundamentals are worsening, JPMorgan Chase analysts Naresh Bilandani and Saanil A Jain say. The investment bank said the risk-reward equation for Saudi banking stocks looked unattractive, downgrading some of the country\u2019s biggest lenders to underweight. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/533db1f4-8779-11e9-a028-86cea8523dc2\">The FT noted last week<\/a> that private-sector companies in Saudi Arabia are griping at the negative impact of de facto Saudi ruler Mohamed bin Salman\u2019s reforms.<\/p>\n<p><b>Not helping matters is the continued pummeling of the country\u2019s reputation<\/b>, which took another hit last week when a UN expert said there was \u201ccredible evidence\u201d that MbS was involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/734bb044-927e-11e9-aea1-2b1d33ac3271\">according to the FT<\/a>. Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, has called for a follow-up investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has Saudi Arabia\u2019s inclusion among MSCI EMs actually hurt the index? The highly anticipated inclusion of Saudi stocks in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has fueled a rally on the Tadawul, raising both inflows and valuations \u2014 but these have not been accompanied by a rise in earnings. 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