Dilma Rousseff

This year, investors are hearing plenty about the resurgence of the value factor and the reemergence of emerging markets equities and exchange-traded funds. On that note, it would appear logical that marrying those two themes would be rewarding. The PowerShares FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets Portfolio...

Once one of the most savagely repudiated single-country emerging markets exchange traded funds, the iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (NYSE: EWZ) is regaining its darling status this year. EWZ, the largest Brazil ETF, is up more than 41 percent year-to-date, or more than five times the returns...

Brazil's troubling political situation may have taken a turn for the worse as the country's Parliament voted to commence impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. Rousseff faces charges of manipulating government accounts. As noted by the BBC, she is accused of "using creative...

Ahead of Sunday's vote by Brazil's lower house of congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, exchange traded funds investors did not scamper into ETFs tracking Latin America's largest economy in big numbers. As of 12 a.m. Eastern time, 439 votes had been cast in Brazil's...

As emerging markets stocks and exchange-traded funds tumbled over the past several years, Latin American equities were a big reason why. With emerging markets being a lagging, hated asset class, disdain among investors for Latin American stocks ran high. That disdain morphed into love in March, as...

Brazil's political stability appears to have taken a turn for the worse on Wednesday. According to Reuters, Brazil's largest political party, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) announced its intention to leave President Dilma Rousseff's governing coalition and pull its members from the...

In one of the most stunning reversals in recent memory for an emerging markets single-country exchange-traded fund, the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWZ) is up 31 percent over the past month. EWZ's gain over that stretch is more than two and a half times that of the MSCI Emerging...

Believe it or not, the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWZ) has traded higher over the past month and currently resides nearly 13 percent above its 52-week low. That does not mean the largest Brazil exchange-traded fund and its peers are out of the woods, but some market observers are...

This is how bad things have been in 2015 for Latin American stocks and the relevant exchange-traded funds trading in the United States: Of the single-country ETFs tracking Latin American economies, the Global X MSCI Argentina ETF (Global X Funds (NYSE: ARGT)) has been the best performer this year....

It has been eventful year for the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWZ). The largest exchange-traded fund tracking equities in Latin America's largest economy has tumbled 35.6 percent and there is a myriad of issues to blame for that startlingly poor performance. Brazil's Mounting Issues...

As has been frequently noted, this has been another trying year for the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWZ). Quantifying the largest Brazil exchange-traded fund's woes is not difficult. Entering Tuesday, EWZ was sporting a 35.4 percent year-to-date loss. That is more than quadruple the...

So much for October's reputation as a bad month for equities. After slumping more than 7 percent in the third quarter, the S&P 500 is up nearly 5 percent this month, and this October rally has short sellers scrambling to cover bearish bets on some well-known exchange-traded funds. The...

Continuing with a trend, the Brazilian Real had yet another very interesting week. After falling on Monday, recuperating on Tuesday and Wednesday, declining again on Thursday, and, once again surging on Friday, the currency closed the week up 0.91 percent. Friday saw the Real appreciate 1...

Brazil had a tough week. The real fell more than 7 percent over the week, while the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange lost roughly 1.4 percent. Both continued to decline on Friday: the real plummeted more than 3 percent versus the U.S. dollar and the stock exchange tumbled 1.83 percent. After these...