BRF News and Press, VanEck Vectors Brazil Small-Cap From 10/06/22

Summary Global equity markets outside of the United States have completed a third negative quarter, with the MSCI ACWI ex US IMI Index down 11.26% in the three months through October 30. For the year to date, this index is down 27.19%, which clearly indicates a “bear market...

Summary Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the first-round against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s - neither candidate captured more than 50% of the vote, so there will be a runoff on October 30. Bolsonaro has improved his chances for a second term, although the odds remain stro...

Summary Brazilians remain polarized following this past weekend’s inconclusive presidential election. While many analysts expect Lula to maintain the surprisingly narrow lead he garnered for the upcoming runoff vote, markets may remain rocky even under the assumption that a...

Summary Emerging markets have seen a sustained period of higher nominal yields over the past 18 months. This backdrop of moderating inflation raises the question of whether there is light at the end of the tunnel for monetary policy tightening. We do not expect cuts in the ver...

Summary On 16 August 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the IRA. The COVID-19-related global supply chain disruptions, extreme weather events, rising inflation, and the Russia-Ukraine crisis have pushed the cost of capital to record highs. Meanwhile, in China, surging c...

Summary The effects of volatility in 2022 have been felt by investors globally — however, there may be opportunities to be selective within emerging markets. Accessing less-volatile stocks in emerging markets through minimum volatility ETFs may be attractive as a way to mai...

Summary As the ”invoicing” currency of the world, when the U.S. dollar appreciates, other currencies essentially depreciate. Rising commodity prices can be a boon for emerging economies – including oil exporters Brazil, Mexico and Russia – that rely on ...

Summary Officials at the world's major central banks, led by the US Fed, grew increasingly united in their resolve to bring inflation under control. The August about-face pulled the Europe ex UK and both US Russell indexes back down to the bottom of the performance ranks for the y...

Summary Global economic output contracted in August for the first time since June 2020, according to the latest PMI survey data. For the first time since early 2020, all four largest developed economies reported falling output. Reduced input cost inflation and worsening demand...

Summary The contribution of emerging and frontier markets to global trade in clean-energy metals has steadily grown in recent years. In 2020, EMs were the source of 44.3% of exports of big-five transition metals. China is an important source and destination of the metals of th...