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Jared Cummans: Income investing has become particularly popular in recent years, as near-zero interest rates have left many starved for attractive yields. As such, many investors turned to equity ETFs paying out high dividends to find a stable source of income. But looking through past distributions and current Read more…
Scott Martin: Asset class correlation is rarely an exact science, but traders have found that some indicators are still invaluable triggers for timing entries and exits on countries such as India and Brazil. Read more…
Tim Seymour: An overly strong local currency has been a structural problem for Brazil — except, of course, when the real has been too weak for the government’s comfort. It looks like the situation is getting ready to reverse again. Read more…
Elliott Gue: Uncertainty drove global equity markets in 2011. Brazil’s (NYSEArca:EWZ) stock market wasn’t immune to concerns about the EU’s ongoing sovereign-debt crisis, weak economic Read more…
Joseph Hogue: The Financial Times reported Tuesday that the FTSE index group has created an index of eleven currencies and two commodities for use by investors to hedge against currency and inflation Read more…
Joseph Hogue: The coming week may prove relatively light after last week’s volley of meetings and summits. Despite tensions in Russia and a few important CPI reports, the lack of real market movers Read more…
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Scott Martin: Another BRIC heard from in the race to stimulate local markets and keep foreign capital flowing: Brazil has eliminated the 2% tax on foreign investment in stocks. Read more…
Tim Seymour: Since climbing off their post-recession low on Tuesday, stocks in the emerging world are coming back strong. The question is whether this is an organic rally or an artificial effect of central bank action. Read more…
Tim Seymour: Turkey, Brazil, Russia: after months of protesting that their money bought too much, country after country is now moving aggressively into the foreign exchange markets to support their currencies. Read more…
Tim Seymour: There appears to be a lack of consensus within the Brazilian government about where interest rates should be headed. Read more…
Tony Daltorio: Brazil’s central bank may hack 75 basis points from the country’s benchmark interest rate in October to battle perceptions that its economy is slowing. Read more…
Tim Seymour: The retreat in the oil market has pushed the ruble and other commodity-linked currencies off their perches. But take a long-term view before you call the Russian currency weak. Read more…
Tim Seymour: The Brazilian monetary policy board has voted once again to raise domestic interest rates another 25 basis points. The move was expected but its size was not. Read more…
Tim Seymour: Brazilian stocks have been a nasty trade for a long time, especially for casual players who bought into the short-lived spikes on the Bovespa. Long-term silver lining here. Read more…
In emerging markets land the central banks are active today. But in Brazil at least, the pace seems to be slowing. Read more…
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