LatAm ETFs

After 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...

Last 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? “...

After a couple of years of dismal showings, Latin America exchange-traded funds are roaring back in 2016. For example, the iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index (ETF) (NYSE: ILF) is higher by nearly 15 percent year-to-date. At the country level, the iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund (NYSE:...

If the current pace is maintained for the rest of this year, 2016 could go down as the year of the Latin American exchange-traded fund comeback. With the exception of the iShares MSCI Mexico Inv. mt. Idx. (ETF) (NYSE: EWW), the major Latin American single-country ETFs trading in New York are all...

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...