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From Coffee To Cannabis: Colombian Legislators To Move For Adult-Use Legalization
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 - 11:21am | 2675This is the first of a two-part series on the history of Colombia and its route to cannabis legalization. Colombia is in an extraordinary position. It possesses the fourth largest economy in Latin America. It is one of the most ethnically, linguistically and culturally diverse nations in the world...
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Elections Could Test Colombia ETFs
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - 9:44am | 539The Global X MSCI Colombia ETF (NYSE: GXG), the largest exchange traded fund tracking Colombian stocks, closed modestly higher Monday after the country held parliamentary elections. The election was the first in Colombian history to include the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC,...
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Latin America Steering To The Right: From Colombia To Brazil, Things Are Changing Fast
Friday, October 7, 2016 - 9:25am | 630Anyone paying even the slightest attention to Latin America knows that the region has been experiencing a shift away from left-wing governments toward center-right-wing ones — which are considered full-blown right-wing down there. Left-wing presidents in Argentina, Brazil and Peru have been...
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More Good News For Colombia ETFs
Monday, August 29, 2016 - 10:47am | 503The Global X MSCI Colombia ETF (NYSE: GXG) is one of this year's best-performing single-country emerging markets exchange-traded funds, with a gain of 30.4 percent. Bullishness for GXG and Colombian stocks and GXG is largely attributable to rebounding commodities prices, but another catalyst...