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Middle East strategies

11 documented Middle East strategies from our reference catalogue of 20,000 — names, logic and sources. Catalogued here, tested honestly, and — usually — buried in the graveyard.

AED-USD peg trade
UAEN/A
AED hard-pegged to USD 3.6725; no arb (DEBUNKED)
Source: DEBUNKED
Aramco trade
Saudi ArabiaLong/Short
Saudi Aramco; massive market cap; oil/dividend story
Source: Aramco
BIST 30/100 trade
TurkeyLong/Short
Turkish equity nominal returns inflated by lira depreciation
Source: BIST
DFM/ADX index trade
UAELong/Short
Dubai Financial Market & Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange; oil/RE driven
Source: DFM/ADX
Kuwait index trade
KuwaitLong/Short
Kuwaiti index; MSCI EM since 2020
Source: KSE
QSE index trade
QatarLong/Short
Qatari index; LNG and bank exposure
Source: QSE
Saudi sovereign USD bond
Saudi ArabiaLong/Short
Saudi USD sovereigns; oil-price-linked credit
Source: Sov
TA-35 / TA-125 index trade
IsraelLong/Short
Israeli equity; tech and pharma heavy
Source: TASE
Tadawul (TASI) index trade
Saudi ArabiaLong/Short
Saudi Tadawul; MSCI EM inclusion 2019 unleashed flows
Source: Tadawul
USD/ILS macro
IsraelLong/Short
ILS often correlates with global tech (NASDAQ correlation)
Source: FX
USDTRY trade (DEBUNKED carry blew up)
TurkeyLong USD
TRY persistent depreciation; carry-trade blowups multiple times (DEBUNKED carry)
Source: DEBUNKED carry

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