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Aramco Won't Have Much Impact on Major Indexes. Here's Why.

Most index-fund owners won't notice a difference.

Tom Lauricella, Katherine Lynch

Dec 12, 2019

Mentioned: Vanguard Emerging Mkts Stock Idx Inv (VEIEX) , iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA) , iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) , Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO)

This article originally appeared in Morningstar Direct Cloud and Morningstar Office Cloud.

The initial public offering for Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, will shatter the global record for an IPO, raising more than $25 billion and valuing the company at $1.7 trillion.

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