Rousseff declares war on corruption
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 2:51AM CDT
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Poor Brazil
Calafia Beach Pundit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 18, 3:35AM CDT
Investing in Brazil is like making a leveraged bet on a weaker dollar and higher commodity prices. It's produced massive losses for the past four years. (click to enlarge) In dollar terms, the Brazilian stock market has collapsed - down by...
FBZ: 12.92 (+0.43), BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), UBR: 20.58 (+1.59), DBBR: 13.04 (+0.33), EWZ: 31.54 (+1.32)
Brazil hit with nationwide protests
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 16, 3:39AM CDT
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Ingredients Missing For A Turnaround In Brazil
Russ Koesterich, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 4:17AM CDT
Brazil has struggled in the past years, bogged down by unfavorable economic conditions including a collapse in growth. A recovery would hinge upon some much needed structural reforms. Five years ago, investors could not get enough of Brazil....
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Levy Coordinates Ambitious Recovery Plan For Brazil
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 13, 4:35AM CDT
After a year of fiscal slippage, rising inflation, and negative projections showing that Brazil's GDP will shrink 0.42% this year, President Dilma Rousseff has empowered her new Minister of Finance, Mr. Joaquim Levy, to coordinate an ambitious plan...
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Brazil court OKs probe of 54 politicians in Petrobras affair
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Petrobras -8% this week as scandal widens
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 10:27AM CST
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An Update On Brazil's Flagging Economy
Sober Look - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 1:24AM CST
Brazil's economic uncertainty continues to worsen. While growth projections for all the BRICS have been lowered, for the first time in years Brazil's economy is now expected to contract in 2015. (click to enlarge) Source: Bloomberg,...
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Brazil socked as Petrobas probe widens
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 11:09AM CST
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The Fed's Quandry With Uncle ED (Eurodollar)
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 28, 3:45AM CST
EWI: 14.83 (+0.46), EWG: 30.26 (+0.79), BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), DFE: 56.31 (+1.09), EFNL: 34.68 (+0.77), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), EWD: 33.90 (+0.33), EUDG: 23.86 (+0.58), DBGR: 28.93 (+0.24), EWP: 34.42 (+1.53), EWO: 15.92 (+0.29), EWN: 25.90 (+0.56), EWL: 34.00 (+0.71), EWK: 17.00 (+0.37), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), DXPS: 27.22 (+0.19), EIRL: 38.17 (+1.00), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), DAX: 28.65 (+0.87), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), DBUK: 26.06 (+0.17), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), EUMV: 24.39 (+0.43), ERUS: 12.97 (+0.50), ASHR: 40.53 (+0.83), BKF: 36.00 (+0.47), ASHS: 46.11 (+0.93), BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), DXGE: 31.68 (+0.38), CHIX: 15.82 (+0.15), CHIM: 14.91 (unch), CHIQ: 13.13 (+0.14), CORP: 104.40 (+0.75), CHIE: 13.14 (+0.04), EDEN: 51.40 (+1.13), EPOL: 23.39 (+0.55), CHII: 14.15 (unch), ENOR: 22.92 (+0.41)
Monetary Policy Matters
Franklin Templeton Investments - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 11:45PM CST
Mark Mobius Templeton Emerging Markets Group This year, we expect the divergence in monetary policy among the world's central banks to be a key theme and a likely driver of asset flows. For now, the scorecard seems to be tilted toward monetary...
BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), INDY: 31.56 (+0.01), UBR: 20.58 (+1.59), RUSS: 12.67 (-1.58), YINN: 39.08 (+0.56), TUR: 47.56 (+1.23), INDL: 97.20 (+0.67), RUSL: 21.19 (+1.81), RBL: 16.25 (+0.49), PGJ: 29.21 (+0.92), EPI: 23.02 (-0.01), PIN: 22.73 (+0.11), RSX: 16.89 (+0.60), ERUS: 12.97 (+0.50), EWZ: 31.54 (+1.32), INDA: 32.12 (-0.11), FXI: 43.34 (+0.19), GXC: 82.40 (+0.45)
Good News Overseas
Calafia Beach Pundit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 6:10AM CST
The outlook for Europe has improved significantly in the past month or so, a fact that still seems to be flying under the mainstream media's radar. On balance, the outlook for the global economy continues to improve. Very good news. (click to...
BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), UBR: 20.58 (+1.59), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), YINN: 39.08 (+0.56), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), DXJ: 56.03 (+0.41), NKY: 19.38 (+0.35), ITF: 54.87 (+0.74), FXP: 37.81 (-0.37), DBJP: 42.17 (+0.36), PGJ: 29.21 (+0.92), JPP: 48.16 (+0.75), YAO: 28.48 (+0.18), EZJ: 99.33 (+3.08), GXC: 82.40 (+0.45), FXI: 43.34 (+0.19), FBZ: 12.92 (+0.43), XPP: 74.44 (+0.77), BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), JPNL: 57.79 (+2.66), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), DBBR: 13.04 (+0.33), MCHI: 52.97 (+0.18), EWV: 50.27 (-1.14), YANG: 9.49 (-0.08), HEWJ: 30.96 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), YXI: 26.63 (-1.41), EWZ: 31.54 (+1.32)
Oi SA sinks as real joins world in decline against dollar
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 1:02PM CST
FBZ: 12.92 (+0.43), BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), BRAF: 8.00 (+0.65), OIBR: 1.99 (+0.05), TI: 11.74 (+0.29), UBR: 20.58 (+1.59), DBBR: 13.04 (+0.33), VIV: 15.35 (-0.07), EWZS: 10.71 (+0.29), PT: 0.73 (+0.05), TSU: 17.53 (-0.31), BZF: 14.24 (+0.28), BRXX: 9.17 (+0.41), BRAZ: 8.80 (+0.34), BRF: 16.19 (+0.53), EWZ: 31.54 (+1.32), BRAQ: 11.32 (+0.48)
Bricks Sink: These BRICs Sink And Float
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 5:01AM CST
BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), INDY: 31.56 (+0.01), UBR: 20.58 (+1.59), RUSS: 12.67 (-1.58), CHXF: 53.25 (-0.02), YINN: 39.08 (+0.56), INP: 74.97 (-0.02), INDL: 97.20 (+0.67), FXP: 37.81 (-0.37), PGJ: 29.21 (+0.92), FCA: 23.29 (+0.19), PIN: 22.73 (+0.11), YAO: 28.48 (+0.18), ERUS: 12.97 (+0.50), INDA: 32.12 (-0.11), EEB: 28.67 (+0.49), GXC: 82.40 (+0.45), FXI: 43.34 (+0.19), BKF: 36.00 (+0.47), FBZ: 12.92 (+0.43), XPP: 74.44 (+0.77), BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), DBBR: 13.04 (+0.33), MCHI: 52.97 (+0.18), YANG: 9.49 (-0.08), RUSL: 21.19 (+1.81), RBL: 16.25 (+0.49), INXX: 13.13 (-0.06), EPI: 23.02 (-0.01), EMDD: 23.12 (+0.48), RSX: 16.89 (+0.60), BIK: 22.38 (+0.22), YXI: 26.63 (-1.41), EWZ: 31.54 (+1.32), CN: 37.41 (unch)
Brazil: An Ocean Of Losses - Swimming Naked When The Tide Went Out...
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 5:21AM CST
FBZ: 12.92 (+0.43), PBR: 5.59 (+0.33), BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), UBR: 20.58 (+1.59), DBBR: 13.04 (+0.33), EWZ: 31.54 (+1.32)
Gold Turned Upside Down
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 07, 10:21AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider After having been subjected to the serious temper of the "dollar" for much of the past few years, with requisite calm periods interspersed, the Brazilian economy is finally reaching the epic inevitability of it all....
FBZ: 12.92 (+0.43), SGOL: 115.86 (+1.34), BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), OUNZ: 11.79 (+0.12), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), UBR: 20.58 (+1.59), IAU: 11.44 (+0.13), DBBR: 13.04 (+0.33), AGOL: 113.86 (unch), EWZ: 31.54 (+1.32)
Latin American Corporate Finance: Is There A Dark Corner?
Otaviano Canuto - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 12:26PM CST
Since last year there has been much talk of possible financial stress stemming from increased debt leverage in non-financial corporates of emerging markets economies. A recent study has brought to light some key evidence on the Latin American case ...
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Recession Ahead For Brazil?
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 1:34PM CST
With fiscal adjustment in progress, Brazil’s new Finance Minister announces a trimester of negative growth. However, adverse conditions in the international economy and a severe energy crisis raise concerns over whether 2015 is bound to be a...
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Brazil's Painful Return To Orthodoxy Favors Bonds, Not Stocks
Mehran Nakhjavani - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 12:48AM CST
After being humiliated by mega scandals, the chastened and newly-re-elected President Dilma Roussef has promised change. And change has come in the form of market-friendly Finance Minister, Joaquim Levy and an unshackled monetary policy committee...
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Peak What? The Quadruple D - The End
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 7:16AM CST
EWI: 14.83 (+0.46), EWG: 30.26 (+0.79), DFE: 56.31 (+1.09), EFNL: 34.68 (+0.77), EMES: 49.55 (+2.35), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), EWD: 33.90 (+0.33), EUDG: 23.86 (+0.58), EWQ: 26.42 (+0.70), EWP: 34.42 (+1.53), EWO: 15.92 (+0.29), EWN: 25.90 (+0.56), EWL: 34.00 (+0.71), EWK: 17.00 (+0.37), DXPS: 27.22 (+0.19), EIRL: 38.17 (+1.00), DAX: 28.65 (+0.87), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), DBUK: 26.06 (+0.17), ASHR: 40.53 (+0.83), ASHS: 46.11 (+0.93), BKF: 36.00 (+0.47), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), EOX: 0.86 (+0.01), CLB: 99.57 (+3.29), CPE: 6.89 (+0.06), EDEN: 51.40 (+1.13), ENOR: 22.92 (+0.41),