BRF News and Press, VanEck Vectors Brazil Small-Cap From 02/21/22

Non-U.S. markets, including EM, DM, and Asia, are outperforming the U.S. markets after underperforming last year. After slightly underperforming growth last year, value is where the money is flowing. With the economy still in growth mode, cyclical stocks should do better than defe...

In light of the UK government's "Global Britain" agenda, the focus on striking new free trade agreements with major global economies is a key priority for the current UK administration in 2022. Developments in sustainable AgriTech, crucial to Brazil's agricultural revolution, could ho...

EWZS is the better option for those interested in pursuing the Brazilian small-cap arena. In the short-term, Brazilian macros look challenging, but this is poised to improve. EWZS is well-positioned vs. large-cap Brazilian equities and small caps within the EM space. For fur...

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 2.5% in US-dollar terms last year. In contrast, the MSCI World Index gained 18.5%, helped by strong US returns. China’s 2021 woes stemmed from a combination of shrinking credit availability, acute debt in the property sector and restrictive ...

The main disruption for Latin American traders comes from increased shipping costs and long delays to products arriving at their destinations. Latin American exporters of fruit, meat, and other perishables were not critically affected by delays until mid-2021, with perishable goods sh...

For investors who want to earn a reasonable return without taking excessive risks, diversification still works, and we think you’re going to need more of it this year. The weighing of the high-flyers is not over. Commodities had another good week, and the 1-year return is getti...

The global central bank community has been wrong on inflation. Euro zone inflation rose to a new record high last month, defying expectations for a big drop and piling pressure on the European Central Bank to finally admit that price growth is not as temporary and benign as it has lon...

There are several reasons to be constructive about emerging markets (EMs) heading into 2022. Across EMs, positive structural forces remain apparent and are likely to foster fresh investment opportunities. Certain risks could change our overall EM outlook, although they are not in ...

VanEck announced today the following 2021 annual distributions per share for its VanEck ® equity exchange-traded funds. The majority, and possibly all, of the dividend distributions will be paid out of net investment income earned by the Funds. A portion of these distributi...

The Central Bank of Brazil has embarked on a series of shock-and-awe rate hikes in order to not fall further behind. Following its last meeting, Banxico said again that it expected inflation to be transitory, carefully echoing the Fed’s Powell. Due to the magnitude of price sho...