BRF News and Press, VanEck Vectors Brazil Small-Cap From 09/16/20

By Claus Born, CFA, Senior Vice President, Institutional Portfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for Brazil, but heavy government spending and monetary policy easing have helped bring some stability to the economy. Claus B...

USDBRL appears to have successfully posted a lower high despite the recent decline in risk appetite globally, which is a very positive sign that the top in the pair may be in. We noted back on May 12 at the very peak of the dollar's rally that Brazilian assets looked attractive (see " Brazili...

Latin American and Caribbean economies need help, but organizations like the IDB are also stretched thin. With Latin America and the Caribbean potentially facing years of difficulties due to the pandemic and related economic crises, attention has shifted to what multilateral institutions...

Quicker recovery in the industry The industrial activity is essential to the Brazilian economy. According to the data provided by the National Industry Confederation, it generates nearly 21% of the country's GDP. If we look at Brazil's GDP structure in the first quarter of 2020, we will ...

The country's total number of coronavirus cases rose to 233,142 on Saturday, with 15,633 deaths and 816 new fatalities registered over the past 24 hours. More news on: iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF, Direxion Daily Brazil Bull 3x Shares ETF, VanEck Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF, News on E...

As of the ring of the closing bell on Friday, 04/24/2020, BRF and EWZ have dropped by 8.85% and 7.67%, respectively. Ibovespa, the leading Brazilian Index, fell by 5.45% during the trading period, contributing the most to the significant drop in the price of the Brazillian Market ETFs. The...

While listening to the SA Marketplace Roundtable Podcast episode " Picks For The Late Stage Of The Bull Cycle (Podcast) ," my curiosity was sparked. I wanted to understand better the holdings of the VanEck Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF ( BRF ) before I purchased it. I saw BRF as an efficient wa...

Toyota ( TM -2.1% ) and General Motors ( GM -4.3% ) have both stopped auto production in Brazil. More news on: Toyota Motor Corporation, General Motors Company, iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF, Consumer stocks news, News on ETFs, Read more ...

Brazilian markets plunge again , triggering the fourth automatic halt to stock market trading in a little over a week. More news on: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, Vale S.A., Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A., Global news and forex, Stocks on the move, News on ETFs, Read mo...

Petrobras ( PBR -25.6% ) plunges by the most on record, losing a quarter of its market value, as Brazil's Ibovespa plunges more than 10% and the real weakens to all-time lows amid the oil price collapse. More news on: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, iShares MSCI Brazil Cappe...