Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF

FLBR tracks a market cap-weighted index of Brazilian large- and mid-cap stocks.

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Brazil's Bovespa stock index has gained 10% this year, while the S&P 500 is down 25%.

Here's Why Brazil ETFs Breezing Past S&P 500 This Year

VanEck Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF

Direxion Daily MSCI Brazil Bull 2X Shares

ProShares UltraShort MSCI Brazil Capped

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

The first-round outcome is likely to buoy Bolsonaro, whose showing was better than polling had indicated. Lula has not specified how he would reduce Brazil's large current structural fiscal deficit or contain the expansion in public debt (78% of GDP).

Brazil's First-Round Election Results Increase Risk Of Gridlock In Congress, Posing Hurdles To Fiscal Consolidation

Brazilians remain polarized following this past weekend's inconclusive presidential election. While many analysts expect Lula to maintain the surprisingly narrow lead he garnered for the upcoming runoff vote, markets may remain rocky even under the assumption that a Lula win has largely been priced in.

Brazil Elections: Brace For Volatility But Look For Opportunities

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Despite a positive start early on, stock and bond markets ended August deep in the red. The search for best ETFs is on.

What Investors Rattled By August Selling Should Do Now

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Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc

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Franklin FTSE Latin America ETF

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First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX Fund

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iShares Latin America 40 ETF

Economies of Latin America and Caribbean have continued their strong post-pandemic rebound, but the winds are shifting as global financial conditions are tightening and commodity prices are reversing their upward trend, while inflationary pressures persist. The reopening of contact-intensive sectors, especially hospitality and travel, the unwinding of pandemic pent-up demand, and still favorable external financial conditions supported a solid expansion in the first half of the year, allowing services to catch up with manufacturing, and employment to reach pre-pandemic levels.

Shifting Global Winds Pose Challenges To Latin America

ETF Trends' CEO Tom Lydon discusses the Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF (FLBR) on this week's ETF of the Week podcast with Chuck Jaffe of the MoneyLife Show. Lydon opens by explaining the economic turnaround that Brazil has managed in the last year, recovering from poor economic and stock market performance to strong growth.

ETF of the Week: Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF (FLBR)

Brazil is seeing an uptick in consumer spending, according to the latest figures from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Per the government agency, retail sales in Brazil rose 1.1% in February from January, beating analyst expectations.

Brazil Sees Uptick in Retail Sales, Beating Analyst Estimates

Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF (FLBR) offers the cheapest route for those interested in Brazilian equities.

Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF: On Fire

Brazilian equities and country-specific exchange traded funds have been rallying this year as Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the left-wing leader and previous president of the country two decades ago, has made a comeback. On Monday, the iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (NYSEArca: EWZ) increased 16.4% and the Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF (NYSEArca: FLBR) advanced [.

Brazil ETFs Have Been Rallying on Moderate Lula's Return

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 shipped through direct routes that often avoid bottlenecks.

Supply Chains Disruptions In Latin America

Latin America will start 2022 in a very fragile position given the economic fallout from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a deteriorated fiscal position, weak FDI, and the erosion of real wages due to high inflation. The strong economic rebound in the second half of 2021 is likely to slow in 2022, not least because of rising policy rates (notably in Brazil).

Emerging Risks In Latin America In 2022

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 shocks, and their spread across the economy, Banxico said it deemed it necessary to raise its policy rate.

Central Banks In Latin America's Largest Economies Grapple With Raging Inflation

Vaccination campaigns and fiscal support have sparked an economic rebound since the second half of last year, despite an apparent loss of momentum in the third quarter of this year. Even up to this point, the region's recovery has been uneven and the future looks uncertain. Latin America is caught betwe

Could The U.S. And China Spoil Latin America's Rebound?

ProShares Ultra MSCI Brazil Capped

Brazilian assets have underperformed since the end of the second quarter, with weakness across all asset classes: FX, credit and rates. In credit, Brazil has widened a bit more than comparable stable BBs in Latin America since June.

Brazil: Back To The Bad Days?

EWZS, FLBR, and EWZ are the three Brazil ETFs for Q4 2021

3 Brazil ETFs for Q4 2021

The Brazilian economy has been suffering from a double disease in the last few decades: a combination of anemia in productivity increases and an obesity of the public sector. On the one hand, the mediocre performance of productivity in Brazil in recent decades has limited its GDP growth potential.

How To Heal The Brazilian Economy

Considering the evidence that institutions are behind a large share of long-term increases in welfare standards, the benefits of OECD membership are high. Among the studied benefits are increases in trade and foreign direct investment, improvements in education, and better results in governance.

What Can Brazil Expect From Joining The OECD

Apart from the dramatic health implications, COVID-19 will also scar the Brazilian economy, including through a jump in its already high public-sector debt-to-GDP ratio in 2020. We depict different scenarios for GDP growth-cum-debt encompassing not only the short-term trajectory of the Brazilian economy (2020-22), but also different perspectives related to 2023-30.

Brazil At A Post-Pandemic Macroeconomic Crossroads

Unlike other central banks around the world such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, Brazil's Central Bank has just one responsibility: to keep inflation low.

Brazil: How Is South America's Biggest Economy Poised To Behave

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Countries around the world have responded to the economic downturn by implementing fiscal stimulus.

When To Call Time On Brazil And South Africa

The coronavirus impact looks to be ebbing, and the Brazilian government has been generous with demand-side stimulus measures.

Brazil Is Positioning For A Turnaround

We study certain ETFs which might gain from the progress in the pension reform bill.

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