Barron's: Latin America Deserves Investor Attention

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Latin America Rising By John Edmunds

Summary: Latin American markets deserve investor attention at this time, as the May-June decline in emerging markets showed relative strength in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru and political uncertainly has ebbed. Those four nations have seen welcome financial reforms that invite international inflows; perhaps more importantly, reforms have encouraged middle-class citizens to hold and invest in local currency and stirred a vibrant corporate bond market. In addition, 'the whole region's ratio of external debt to GDP has declined, and its central banks have built up a war chest of foreign-exchange reserves.'
Quick comment: Latin American ETFs include iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ) and iShares MSCI Mexico (EWW) • Some leading Latin American companies traded in the US are metals giant Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce (RIO), Brazilian Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas (ABV) and others listed here.