Brazil
Brazil Joins Currency Intervention Brigade: To Tax Fixed Income, Stocks 2% To "Keep Real From Rising"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/19/2009 15:32 -0500Developing story, but, surprisingly, not a dollar negative for once.
Brazil Puts the B in BRIC
Submitted by asiablues on 10/04/2009 17:57 -0500Brazilian stocks rallied, along with the nation's currency, as investment prospects brighten on the news that Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympics, making the Bovespa the world's best-performing major index last Friday.
Rising commodity prices this year have led investors to buy emerging market assets where the economies tend to be more commodity-dependent. Both emerging markets and industrial metals group are outperforming U.S. equities so far this year.
Warning Signs Coming Out Of Brazil
Submitted by Cornelius on 07/30/2009 04:00 -0500Brazil's top performing hedge fund warns of weakness in the real and potentially higher rates.
Guest Post: China And Brazil
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/29/2009 19:57 -0500I'm reading two books right now, which I will deal with in two posts. The first is The Forgotten Continent by Michael Reid, the former bureau Chief for Latam at The Economist about modern Latin American history and development.
