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…

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iShares is set to begin trading their “iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund” (NYSE:EWZS) tomorrow September 29th. The iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks Read more…

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Brazil has become one of the most popular investment destinations in recent years, as U.S. investors have begun to question their “home country bias” and tilt portfolios more heavily Read more…

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ProShares, the leading manager of leveraged and inverse ETFs,1 announced today that it is launching the first ETFs in the United States designed to provide magnified exposure to indexes covering Europe, Pacific ex-Japan, Brazil and Mexico. The four ETFs, which seek 200% of the daily return of Read more…

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ProShares is set to begin trading the “ProShares Ultra MSCI Brazil ETF” (UBR) tomorrow April 29. The Fund seeks investment results for a single day only, not for longer periods. This means that the return of the Fund for a period longer than a single trading day will be the result of each day’s returns Read more…

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