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Brazil ETFs Gaining Momentum After Government Stimulus
Tom Lydon • Fri, Mar 15 • 1 Comment
Brazil ETFs: Not Making Sense
Thomas Furda • Wed, Mar 13 • 3 Comments
Stimulus Could Boost Brazil ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, Feb 27
Emerging Markets: In Search Of Sustainable Growth For The Next Decade
Investment Biker • Fri, Feb 22 • 3 Comments
$9 Billion Tax Stimulus For Brazil's 3G/4G Infrastructure Is A Rising Tide To Float All Boats
Richard Berger • Thu, Feb 21 • 9 Comments
Brazil ETFs: Should Investors Buy The Gold Medals and Golden Crosses?
Gary Gordon • Mon, Jan 28 • 4 Comments
Emerging Market ETFs: Brazil
Nathaniel Matherson • Mon, Jan 21
Will BRIC Small Caps Prevail In 2013?
Emerging Money • Mon, Dec 31, 2012
Can BRIC Small-Cap ETFs Do It Again In 2013?
Benzinga • Wed, Dec 26, 2012 • 1 Comment
Say Hello To The Brazilian Small-Cap ETF That's Gained 20%
Emerging Money • Fri, Dec 21, 2012 • 1 Comment
Green Shoots In Brazil: Is It A GARP Opportunity?
Econ Grapher • Mon, Dec 10, 2012 • 5 Comments
Brazil ETF Options Beyond EWZ
Tom Lydon • Mon, Oct 15, 2012
Booming Agriculture Sector Could Lift Brazil ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, Oct 10, 2012
Why Emerging Markets Will Become A Core Of Global Tactical Allocation
Stock Whiz • Mon, Sep 24, 2012 • 3 Comments
Brazil ETFs Strengthen On Stimulus Measures
Tom Lydon • Mon, Sep 10, 2012 • 1 Comment
Itaú Unibanco Sees Brazilian Economy Rebounding
Emerging Money • Wed, Sep 5, 2012
Small-Cap ETFs: Seeking Better Returns, Not Diversification
Jim Pyke • Mon, Aug 27, 2012 • 4 Comments
Farming In Hell: Emerging Markets Inflation & Commodities
Ian McAbeer • Tue, Aug 21, 2012 • 37 Comments
Investing For Growth In An Age Of Deleveraging
Stock Whiz • Mon, Aug 20, 2012 • 1 Comment
Disparate ETFs Have Common Prospect Measures
Peter F. Way • Mon, Aug 6, 2012

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Say Hello To The Brazilian Small-Cap ETF That's Gained 20%
Emerging Money • Fri, Dec 21, 2012 • 1 Comment
Time To Buy BRF, The Brazilian Small Cap ETF?
Emerging Money • Mon, Jul 23, 2012 • 11 Comments
Adding A Dash Of Financials To My Brazil ETF
Richard Bloch • Mon, Mar 5, 2012 • 7 Comments
Just One ETF: Small-Cap Composition Makes for a Brazilian Consumer Play
Andrew Hart • Thu, Oct 7, 2010 • 4 Comments
Do You Have Patience for Small Caps?
Ian Wyatt • Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Five Head-to-Head ETF Matchups to Keep an Eye on
Michael Johnston • Fri, Jun 4, 2010 • 2 Comments
New Market Vectors ETF Covers Two Increasingly Popular Niches: Emerging Markets and Smallcaps
Invest With An Edge • Wed, Apr 7, 2010 • 1 Comment
New ETF Trend: International Small-Caps
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 25, 2010
IndexIQ's New Small Cap Australia and Canada ETFs Highlight the Case for Investment
Michael Johnston • Tue, Mar 23, 2010 • 2 Comments
Van Eck’s Latin America Small-Cap ETF Points to New Growth Area for Industry
Michael Johnston • Wed, Dec 30, 2009 • 3 Comments
Time to Begin a Long-Term Stake in Market Vectors Brazil Small Cap
TraderMark • Fri, Oct 30, 2009 • 11 Comments
Van Eck Launches New Small-Cap Brazil ETF
Michael Johnston • Mon, May 18, 2009
Market Vectors Targets Brazil’s Small Caps with New ETF
Tom Lydon • Fri, May 15, 2009

Brazil ETFs Gaining Momentum After Government Stimulus
Tom Lydon • Fri, Mar 15 • 1 Comment
Brazil ETFs: Not Making Sense
Thomas Furda • Wed, Mar 13 • 3 Comments
Stimulus Could Boost Brazil ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, Feb 27
Emerging Markets: In Search Of Sustainable Growth For The Next Decade
Investment Biker • Fri, Feb 22 • 3 Comments
$9 Billion Tax Stimulus For Brazil's 3G/4G Infrastructure Is A Rising Tide To Float All Boats
Richard Berger • Thu, Feb 21 • 9 Comments
Brazil ETFs: Should Investors Buy The Gold Medals and Golden Crosses?
Gary Gordon • Mon, Jan 28 • 4 Comments
Emerging Market ETFs: Brazil
Nathaniel Matherson • Mon, Jan 21
Will BRIC Small Caps Prevail In 2013?
Emerging Money • Mon, Dec 31, 2012
Can BRIC Small-Cap ETFs Do It Again In 2013?
Benzinga • Wed, Dec 26, 2012 • 1 Comment
Green Shoots In Brazil: Is It A GARP Opportunity?
Econ Grapher • Mon, Dec 10, 2012 • 5 Comments
Brazil ETF Options Beyond EWZ
Tom Lydon • Mon, Oct 15, 2012
Booming Agriculture Sector Could Lift Brazil ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, Oct 10, 2012
Why Emerging Markets Will Become A Core Of Global Tactical Allocation
Stock Whiz • Mon, Sep 24, 2012 • 3 Comments
Brazil ETFs Strengthen On Stimulus Measures
Tom Lydon • Mon, Sep 10, 2012 • 1 Comment
Itaú Unibanco Sees Brazilian Economy Rebounding
Emerging Money • Wed, Sep 5, 2012
Small-Cap ETFs: Seeking Better Returns, Not Diversification
Jim Pyke • Mon, Aug 27, 2012 • 4 Comments
Farming In Hell: Emerging Markets Inflation & Commodities
Ian McAbeer • Tue, Aug 21, 2012 • 37 Comments
Investing For Growth In An Age Of Deleveraging
Stock Whiz • Mon, Aug 20, 2012 • 1 Comment
Disparate ETFs Have Common Prospect Measures
Peter F. Way • Mon, Aug 6, 2012
Why Brazilian ETFs Are A Near-Term Avoid
Economics Fanatic • Wed, Jul 4, 2012 • 9 Comments

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BRF Description

The Brazil Small-Cap ETF seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap Index. The Index provides exposure to publicly traded small capitalization companies that are domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in Brazil or that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Brazil. As such, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in small cap stocks in this country.
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Country: Brazil

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Wednesday, May 8, 2:52 PM The recent selloff in commodities (DBC) is not a correction, says Stan Druckenmiller, now on stage at Ira Sohn, but instead the end of the supercycle. Avoid commodity markets - Brazil (EWZ, BRF, BRL), South Africa (EZA, SZR), Canada (EWC, FXC). "Frankly, I'd short the aussie (FXA)." His largest equity holding? "I can't imagine a better position than Google (GOOG)" - selling for 16x earnings and no exposure to China. 4 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, May 1, 10:52 AM Investors wanting leveraged bearish exposure to Brazil (EWZ) and South Korea (EWY) get two new offerings today as Direxion launches the Daily Brazil Bear 3x ETF (BRZS) and the Daily South Korea Bear 3x ETF (KORZ). The bull versions (BRZU, KORU) of these funds launched about a month ago. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, April 17, 8:13 PM Responding to percolating inflation even amid lame economic growth, Brazil's central bank hikes its benchmark rate for the first time in nearly 2 years, lifting the Selic 25 bps to 7.5%. The poor Bovespa - the bank's recently-completed rate-cutting cycle failed to do much for Brazilian stocks, and now it's back to tightening again. EWZ -31.9% over the last 2 years. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Wednesday, April 10, 4:42 PM Direxion launches two triple-leveraged single-country ETFs today - Daily Brazil Bull 3X Shares (BRZU) and Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares (KORU). Both the funds have an expense ratio of 0.95%, much higher than counterparts FKO and FBZ (0.80%) and EWY and EWZ (0.60%), but matching UBR (0.95%). The timing of the launch is interesting as both countries have struggled to perform recently, with iShares' Brazil fund EWZ -13.4% (last 12 months) and -2.4% (YTD). EWY (South Korea) is -6.2% (last 12 months) and -12.3% (YTD). Comment!
Monday, April 1, 9:10 AM Brazil's PMI slows to 51.8 in March from 52.5 previously, but remains in expansion territory for the 6th consecutive month. The average of 52.5 for Q1 is higher than the 51.2 pace for 2012 Q4. Price pressures percolate with input prices rising at their fastest pace in almost 2 years. EWZ -0.25% premarket. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 27, 11:29 AM Brazil puts in a sharp reversal after a gauge of inflation slows and President Rousseff - speaking in South Africa - says anti-inflation policies are outdated. The two combine to give hope the central bank will refrain from what was thought to be an imminent hike in rates. EWZ +0.6%. The real (BZF) declines for a 7th straight day. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Friday, March 22, 4:32 PM The week's ETF movers - Gainers: AMJ +3.37%. VXX +2.24%. GDX +2.20%. XLP +2.13%. UNG +1.98%.
ETF Losers: EPI -5.54%. BRF -4.26%. KOL -3.67%. EWZ -3.64%. FCG -3.43%. Comment! [On the Move]
Friday, March 15, 4:52 PM The week's ETF movers - Gainers: GAZ +6.37%. UNG +5.80%. GDXJ + 4.66%. FCG +3.92%. KBWD +1.81%.
ETF Losers: TAN -7.33%. VXX -5.04%. BRF -4.33%. FXI -4.20%. EWY -3.78%. Comment!
Monday, March 11, 9:40 AM The Brazil ETF (EWZ) weakens 0.8% out of the gate after the central bank moves to weaken the real by setting an auction of up to 30K reverse FX swap contracts. The action may ultimately juice stocks, but the EWZ is not currency hedged. Real ETF: BZF -0.5%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, March 7, 1:28 PM Along with a big move higher in Petrobas the past couple days have been sizable gains for Itau Unibanco (ITUB) and Vale. These stocks more or less dominate the Bovespa and the EWZ, and both are surging alongside. EWZ up another 2.2% today, -14% Y/Y. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, February 12, 3:44 PM Markets make opinons, they say, and Brazil's (EWZ) poor performance has managers pulling funds and talking about long-term troubles for the next great country. Money is instead chasing performance in Mexico (EWW), Peru (EPU), and Chile (ECH). A 10% move up in the Bovespa and it's our guess the prospects for Brazil among the adviser crowd will have improved. Comment! [Global & FX]
Friday, February 1, 6:54 PM The week's ETF movers - Gainers: VNM +5.9%; BRF +3.4%; BNO +2.9%; AMJ +2.3%; PSLV +2.3%.
ETF Losers: UNG -5%; FXY -2.1%; TLT -2.1%; TAN -1.7%; JNK -1.6%. Comment! [On the Move]
Friday, February 1, 7:44 AM Brazil's January PMI rises to 53.2 from 51.1 in December, and consensus 51.0. It's a 23-month high for the gauge and was led by strong rises in New Orders and Production. HSBC: "Despite these strong numbers, the growth outlook for Brazil remains vulnerable to the fallout from uncertainty regarding electricity supply." Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, January 31, 9:17 AM Brazilian unemployment dropped to a record-low 4.6% in December from 4.9% previously. Still, the print missed expectations of 4.4% as the economy continues its sluggish growth. With inflation threatening to top the 6.5% target, don't look for the central bank to resume the recently-halted year-long series of rate cuts. After a tough 2012, Brazilian shares (EWZ) continue to lag. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, January 16, 2:52 PM Exposure to Brazil (EWZ), only better, the Latin American 40 ETF (ILF) also has a heavy weighting in Mexican giants like Carlos Slim's America Movil (AMX) and Wal-Mart Mexico (WMMVY.PK). The Mexican additions have allowed ILF a far-superior performance to the Brazil offering. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Tuesday, January 8, 10:10 AM Struggling to meet its budget targets amid disappointing tax revenue, Brazil changes the rules, calling about $20B of spending, "investments," and excluding it from the budget goal. EWZ - dominated by Petrobas, Vale, and the big banks - fell nearly 5% last year even as the central bank furiously cut rates. Small caps (BRF) fared better, up more than 15%. 2 Comments [Global & FX]

Michael Bryant
BRF - Brasil Foods S.A. (BRFS) looks good long-term holding. http://yhoo.it/SQycYo;c=
8/21/12
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Jacob Wolinsky
#BRIC Countries Part I: #Brazil's Woes http://bit.ly/NLYVE1 $EWZ $BRXX $BRAZ $BRAF $GS $EEM $VWO $BRF $PBR
7/22/12
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Michael Bryant
Agree, BRF-Brasil Foods (BRFS) & Compania Siderugica Nacional (SID) should be sure longterm winners. http://bit.ly/ycikDZ
3/8/12
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DAG1996: thanks much. i have holdings in most companies mentioned, along with several other Brazil ADRs, and info is scarce so very much appreciated.
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susanzzw7
any thoughts on Brazil? EWZ, BRF or MELI?
8/4/11
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Jim Pyke
I am now long BRF as discussed in http://seekingalpha.com/a/5l9i and http://seekingalpha.com/a/5jwl
4/22/11
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John Ward
International ETFs showing some life: EDC, BRF, FXI, IDX, ILF, EWM, EWY, EWA, EWC, FXA, THD, EWD...
3/31/11
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frangomango
BRF Brasil Foods SA(ADR)
2/23/11
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John Ward
Leading international ETFs: EWU EPI PIN INP CHN CHIQ BRF EWT THD EWM CEF TUR AFK EZA EPU ECH GXG IDX EWX EEM FRN EWL
9/19/10
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stockchartreader
Doing the Bossa nova: Brazil small-cap ETF $BRF driven by domestic demand: http://bit.ly/cG9yQ8
9/14/10
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John Ward
Leading International ETFs: BRF, CHN, EPU, EWM, EWX, ECH, AFK, CHIQ, THD, IDX, GXG
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Michael Bryant
Agree, BRF-Brasil Foods (BRFS) & Compania Siderugica Nacional (SID) should be sure longterm winners. http://bit.ly/ycikDZ
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BRF Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF

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Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF