latin america

Once lagging Latin American stocks are primary drivers of this year's emerging markets resurgence. Just look at the Brazil- and Mexico-heavy iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index (ETF) (NYSE: ILF), which is up 39.1 percent year-to-date, or more than double the returns offered by the MSCI...

Among emerging markets, Latin America, after several years of being a drag on the asset class, is hot this year. Hot asset classes in the U.S. include real estate equities and real estate investment trusts. Those two themes can be married with the Tierra XP Latin America Real Estate ETF (NYSE:...

When Latin American stocks and exchange traded funds are rewarding, these instruments can be very rewarding, but those rewards don't come with risk or volatility. For example, the iShares Latin America 40 ETF (NYSE: ILF) is up 14.2 percent year-to-date, but underscoring the volatility that...

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...

For several years now, investing in emerging markets stocks and exchange-traded funds has proven hazardous to portfolios' health. Latin America equities and ETFs have been especially harmful, standing as obvious laggards in an asset class that is obviously lagging. Slack commodities demand, one...

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 less than a month and a half since Standard & Poor's stripped Brazil of an investment-grade credit rating, sending Latin America's largest economy to junk status. Since then, market participants have speculated about which emerging market will be next to lose an investment...

Latin America's version of eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY), MercadoLibre, has announced that it will be integrating bitcoin payments into its services. The move represents a big win for the cryptocurrency community, which has long promoted bitcoin usage in regions like Latin America where a large...

As has been widely documented, 2015 is turning out to be another dismal year for Latin American equities. That much is confirmed by the iShares Latin America 40 ETF (NYSE: ILF). ILF, which is heavy on Brazilian and Mexican stocks, is down 29 percent year-to-date. Barring a reversal of epic...

In a new report, Bank of America analyst Marcos Buscaglia discussed what he believes could be the biggest monetary shock facing Latin America since 1980. However, despite the situation that these countries are currently facing, Buscaglia believes that most are better-positioned to weather the...

Intralinks Holdings Inc (NYSE: IL) said it planned to release the company’s eagerly anticipated Deal Flow Predictor report for Q2 2015 on January 27. Ahead of that release, Intralinks vice president of M&A strategy and product marketing, Matt Porzio spoke with Benzinga about the...

“Imagine every transaction between a buyer and a seller has to pass through the government twice,” posed Invoiceware International President and CEO, Scott Lewin. Speaking to Benzinga, Lewin noted that this is currently the state of business-to-business transactions in Latin America...

The job of a Chief Financial Officer is complex and often high-risk, since CFOs are responsible for their company's financial strategies. The position also forces CFOs to think long-term, which allows them to see trends and practices developing well ahead of others in executive management...

Latin American governments seem to be particularly adept at weakening what should be strong economies, especially in the energy sector. It happened not that long ago in Argentina. It is now taking place, again, in Brazil. For investors, the rebound of YPF SA (NYSE: YPF) and Petrobras...