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iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index ETF

6/19/2013, 7:54 AM ET

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Tuesday, June 18, 11:21 AM Brazil (EWZ, BRF) has to be nearing a bottom. After a couple of years of struggles for both the economy and the Bovespa, the eulogies are beginning to be written for the planet's next great country, lately been beset by waves of protests and evaporating support for President Rousseff. "The golden days are over, the feel-good factor is lost," says an economics professor. "It was a short-lived dream," says a struggling electrician.
3 Comments [Global & FX]
Monday, June 17, 10:27 AM Brazil is facing a ratings downgrade in early 2014, says Barclays, thanks to a combination of weak growth and fiscal deterioration. The central bank's hawkish rhetoric is nice, but only a major change in fiscal policy will prevent the downgrade and "rekindle positive investor sentiment." As a result, the real (BZF) should remain under pressure. Stocks (EWZ, BRF) continue to underperform. They failed to get a boost from easy monetary policy in 2012 and now must deal with a rate hike cycle. Comment! [Global & FX]
Friday, June 14, 4:35 PM The week's ETF movers - Gainers: VXX +9.2%. FXY +3.2%. SLV +2.3%. SIVR +2.0%. OIL +1.8%.
ETF Losers: KOL -5.8%. VNM -5.7%. FXI -4.7%. GDXJ -4.2%. EWZ -4.2JI%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, June 5, 2:40 PM Shares of beaten down OGX Petroleum (OGXPY.PK +1.7%) are bucking today's Brazilian selloff on better production numbers; oil and gas output in May climbed to 18.2K bbl/day, recovering from April when the company was forced to repair equipment. Most Brazilian shares (EWZ -1.8%), including Petrobras (PBR -3.6%), are sharply lower. Comment! [Energy, On the Move]
Monday, June 3, 9:17 AM Brazil's manufacturing growth remains about flat, the May PMI coming in at 50.4 vs. 50.8 previously. It's the weakest read in 7 months. "Anecdotal evidence pointed to muted demand from European clients." The MSCI Brazil Index (EWZ) is off 9% YTD, but up 1% in the premarket. Comment! [Global & FX]
Friday, May 31, 5:02 PM The week's ETF movers - Gainers: GDXJ +7.5%. GDX +7.3%. URA +2.4%. VXX +2.4%. VNM +1.7%.
ETF Losers: GAZ -8.9%. BRF -8.5%. EWZ -6.8%. UNG -6.7%. VNQ -5.2%. Comment! [On the Move]
Thursday, May 30, 7:15 AM Brazil's central bank hiked rates overnight by an unexpectedly large 50 bps, the Selic now residing at 8%. The move comes even as growth came in at a meager 1.95% in Q1. Inflation, however, is accelerating and recently breached the upper band of the bank's 2.5%-6.5% target. The country is the only member of the G-20 currently in rate-hike mode. EWZ -6.3% YTD. Comment! [Global & FX]
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, 12:28 PM Emerging markets have been big underperformers in 2013 and outflows from their ETFs (EEM, VWO) have picked up speed in recent days. Single country ETFs are beginning to see spillover, with EWZ and RSX notable for redemption activity of late. Every single one of the top 7 single-country components of the MSCI EM Index (EEM) is down YTD. 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]
Monday, March 11, 3:53 PM Brazil is busy scrapping taxes on certain food staples and toiletries after February inflation surprisingly jumped 0.6% despite the government slashing electricity rates. The speedy print raises fears of a rate hike or at least maybe quashes ideas of a rate cut cycle getting started. Earlier: The central bank aims to weaken the real; that's not going to help. Comment! [Global & FX]

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