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How You Can Invest In the Hotest Latin American Country

Last October 19, the Brazilian government imposed taxes on foreign purchases of the country’s stocks and bonds. The government levied the taxes to slow down the colossal run on the Brazilian real, which had appreciated by more than 26% during the 10 months prior. At that time, we recommended looking at Mexico, rather than Brazil,Continue reading “How You Can Invest In the Hotest Latin American Country”

Global Policymakers to Attend Conference of Montreal – June 7 to 10, 2010

16th edition of the International Economic Forum of the Americas – The 2010 Conference of Montreal – to include International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and White House Officials. Themed “Innovating to Succeed in a New Global Market,” the Forum will bring together the world’s leading policymakers and other stakeholders to address issues currently facing the environment,Continue reading “Global Policymakers to Attend Conference of Montreal – June 7 to 10, 2010”

Flexible economic institutions

Has Brazil created flexible and creative structures to deal with volatile economic cycles? Survival of the quickest Nov 12th 2009 From The Economist print edition Frequent crises have made for strong banks and nimble financiers BRAZILIAN businessmen often say that the country’s recent economic past has strengthened companies, and especially banks. The argument goes likeContinue reading “Flexible economic institutions”

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and South Korea. Should they outperform the BRICs?

BlackRock Emerging Markets co-manager Dan Tubbs thinks so. In an interview to London based CITYWIRE, he says ” investors may be missing a trick in failing to look further than the big four in emerging markets. Spotting undiscovered markets is a tomb rule for high investment performance.But what are the risks involved? Tubbs has aContinue reading “Saudi Arabia, Qatar and South Korea. Should they outperform the BRICs?”

Is Africa the new frontier? How Brazil and China are approaching this continent?

The Brazilian Centre for International Relations (CEBRI) will host a seminar on June 9th to debate how Brazil and China are in Africa. The seminar will take place in Brasilia and is sponsored by BNDES, the Brazilian Federal Governement and the private company Oderbrecht. If you are interested, contact: eventos@cebri.org.br with your name, position, companyContinue reading “Is Africa the new frontier? How Brazil and China are approaching this continent?”