MXF News and Press, Mexico Fund Inc. From 09/30/19

With high-yield safe-haven sectors like Utilities and Real Estate leading the market I thought it was time for me to take a peek at the CEF universe to see what kind of high-yield opportunities I could dig up. For this analysis, I have created a sampling of closed-end funds in four groups....

Mexican Pres. Lopez Obrador confirms a deal to end a standoff with several natural gas pipeline operators over contract prices, allowing them to avoid international arbitration and begin increasing gas deliveries across the country. More news on: TC Energy Corporation, Sempra Energy, Gru...

Mexico's central bank is latest to cut rates , as the country struggles with a stagnating economy amid rising risks to global growth. More news on: iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF, Mexico Fund, Mexico Equity&Income Fund, Global news and forex, News on ETFs, Read more ...

Last July, I wrote a long Mexico article based on the iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF ( EWW ). Needless to say, I have yet to be proven correct. While the "Obrador election rally" I expected did occur, it was short-lived, as the October global equity crash pushed the Mexican peso significantl...

By Alejandro Werner, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean remains sluggish. Real GDP is expected to grow by 0.6 percent in 2019 - the slowest rate since 2016 - before rising to 2.3 percent in 2...

By Justin Leverenz Mexican financial markets have suffered recently from political uncertainties, both internally (newly-elected President Andrés Manuel López Obrador) and externally (the Trump administration). While these factors may impact our $3.5 billion stake 1 in indiv...

The Mexican peso falls 1.5%  against the U.S. dollar after Mexico's finance minister, Carlos Urzua, resigns . More news on: iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF, Mexico Fund, Mexico Equity&Income Fund, Global news and forex, News on ETFs, Read more ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce issues a preliminary ruling that domestic producers are being harmed by imports of fabricated structural steel from China and Mexico, and says it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect cash deposits from importers of such steel. More...

Overview It is far from clear that the US sanctions against nine Iranian officials, with the foreign minister to be added later, brings negotiations any closer. At the same time, US officials are trying to keep expectations low for the weekend meeting between Trump and Xi. The heightened pol...

Just a week after dodging new U.S. tariffs on its exports, Mexico ratified the USMCA trade deal designed to succeed NAFTA, even though the U.S. and Canada have yet to do the same. More news on: iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF, Mexico Fund, Mexico Equity&Income Fund, News on ETFs, Glob...