October 21, 2009 @ 8:30 am | Breaking News, Leading Indicators |
Brazil slapped a 2% tax on overseas investments in Brazilian stocks on October 20. The tax is a serious but most probably ineffective attempt to slow the rise of the real, the Brazilian currency, and to curb cash inflows that are pushing up both Brazilian stock prices...
October 15, 2009 @ 9:29 am | Update |
The fundamentals are improving in Brazil–but right now it’s global cash flows that are driving emerging market stocks. In the long run I want Brazil in my portfolio because of those improving fundamentals . In the short run I want to own Brazilian stocks...
September 17, 2009 @ 10:58 am | Breaking News, Leading Indicators |
More evidence from Brazil that the global recession is over–in that economy. Figures released on September 17, 2009, show that the Brazilian economy created a net 242,126 formal jobs in August. Net formal job creation for the year stands at 680,034. Add that to...
August 13, 2009 @ 8:30 am | Breaking News, Leading Indicators |
The Brazilian government has told Vale (VALE), the country’s largest iron-ore producer (and either No. 1 or No. 2 in the world) that it has to do more to build up the Brazilian domestic steel industry rather than just selling iron ore to Chinese steelmakers....
July 29, 2009 @ 3:32 pm | Breaking News, Leading Indicators |
The Shanghai Composite stock index closed down 5% on July 29. The intraday damage was worse with stocks down 7% at one point. The rout wasn’t surprising. The Shanghai market was up almost 80% for 2009. And rumors have been swirling in recent days that officials...
December 30, 2008 @ 8:07 pm | Buy, VALE |
Formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, this Brazilian company is the second largest producer of iron ore in the world. The company’s iron ore mines are the lowest-cost producers in the world.