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Latin America: Missing Firms, Slow Growth, And Inequality
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Timothy Taylor
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Friday, September 13, 2019 10:51 AM EDT
The economies of Latin America have gone through a series of different periods in the half-century or so.
Performance Characteristics Of The S&P/B3 Low Volatility High Dividend Index
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S&P Dow Jones Indices
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Thursday, September 12, 2019 12:32 AM EDT
A review of the recently launched S&P/B3 Low Volatility High Dividend Index.
In this article: EWZ
Key Events In EMEA And Latam Next Week - Saturday, Sept. 7
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ING Economics
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Saturday, September 7, 2019 11:32 AM EDT
Central banks of Turkey, Poland, and Serbia meet next week. Rates are likely to remain on hold, though we could see some interesting macro-prudential developments in Poland regarding mortgage loans.
Brazil: The (Micro-)Economic Revolution
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ING Economics
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019 2:48 AM EDT
Doubts over Brazil’s growth outlook have not ended with the passage of the pension reform and the impressive progress in the pro-business micro agenda.
In this article: EWZ
Hayek On Argentina’s Capital Controls
Article By:
Steve Hanke
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Tuesday, September 3, 2019 5:50 AM EDT
Since being elected, Macri has been reluctant to reform—a gradualist, “do-nothing” president. But, when backed into a corner of his own making, he acts as if he is bent on committing political suicide.
Argentine Peso Soars Amid Zero Liquidity Despite "Very Concerning" Capital Controls Plan
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, September 2, 2019 10:41 AM EDT
Thanks to zero liquidity (US holiday) and some repo'd reserves, the Argentine Peso has exploded higher this morning after unveiling a new capital control plan over the weekend to stall its collapsing everything.
BofA: "According To This Chart, Something Big Is About To Happen"
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, September 2, 2019 6:20 AM EDT
It was about 10 years ago that Bank of America first declared, and many other Wall Street firms followed, that the "Great Rotation" in capital away from bond funds and toward equity funds was just around the corner. Boy, was BofA wrong.
Argentina Imposes Currency Controls
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, September 2, 2019 5:03 AM EDT
Argentina’s peso disintegrated last month after primary election results showed the market-friendly government has little chance of retaining power in October’s polls, sending interest rates soaring as the central bank failed to roll over debt.
Dollar Party But The Yen Wasn't Invited
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Marc Chandler
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Sunday, September 1, 2019 11:28 AM EDT
The US dollar rose against all the major currencies last week and was bid to new multi-year highs against the euro, Scandis and the New Zealand dollar ahead of the weekend. The Dollar Index looked above 99.00 for the first time since May 2017.
Argentine Currency Crashes To Record Low After Debt-Restructuring Plan
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Tyler Durden
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Thursday, August 29, 2019 9:51 AM EDT
Argentina’s embattled government will ask its creditors including the IMF for more time to pay off $101bn of debts, as the country struggles to avoid a ninth sovereign default.
In this article: ARGT