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Run, Don't Walk To This Latin America ETF
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 3:25pm | 483The Tierra XP Latin America Real Estate ETF (NYSE: LARE) has been highlighted a couple of times in this space recently and with good reason. LARE is either the best-performing real estate exchange-traded fund you've never heard of, the best-performing Latin America ETF you've never heard of...
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Behind The LatAm ETF Resurgence
Friday, September 9, 2016 - 8:20am | 598After being drags on diversified emerging markets indexes and exchange-traded funds for several years, Latin American equities are leading this year's emerging markets resurgence. For example, several of this year's best-performing single-country ETFs are Latin America funds, a group that...
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Tal Vez Mañana: Waiting On The Mexico ETF
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 3:24pm | 582Last month, the iShares MSCI Mexico Inv. Mt. Idx. (ETF) (NYSE: EWW) was examined in this space, proposing that patient investors could eventually be rewarded by the fund. EWW is the largest exchange-traded fund tracking stocks in Latin America's second-largest economy. Why So Despacio? “...
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Peruvian Persuasion: Why This ETF Is Soaring
Monday, August 22, 2016 - 9:42am | 569Once lagging Latin American stocks are primary drivers of this year's emerging markets resurgence. Just look at the Brazil- and Mexico-heavy iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index (ETF) (NYSE: ILF), which is up 39.1 percent year-to-date, or more than double the returns offered by the MSCI...
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An Alternative To South Of The Border ETF Investing
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 2:17pm | 578For several years now, investing in emerging markets stocks and exchange-traded funds has proven hazardous to portfolios' health. Latin America equities and ETFs have been especially harmful, standing as obvious laggards in an asset class that is obviously lagging. Slack commodities demand, one...
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Seven Brazilian Stocks on a Roll
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 7:38am | 1001Brazilian stocks saw their best January in six years, due largely to strength in retail, utilities, oil and mining. Here's a quick look at some of the Brazilian stocks on a roll now. They are traded on U.S. exchanges and all pay some dividend. Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas (NYSE: ABV) ADS are...