Analysis On Fixed Income, Fx & Equity Markets

With leading indicator data increasingly bearing out our view that economic activity in Brazil is starting to moderate, we believe that downside pressure on the overnight interbank... 2010-07-15

Our view that global equities could be on the verge of rolling over is starting to play out, with stock markets across Latin America tumbling at the start of trading on June 29 on the... 2010-06-30

Yields on Brazil's US dollar government bonds are on the verge of record lows, reflecting our view that confidence in Latin America's largest economy remains sky high. While yields... 2010-06-18

In keeping with the trend seen across Latin American FX, the Chilean peso has strengthened markedly against the US dollar in recent days. After touching a recent high of CLP549.70/US$... 2010-06-11

While other Latin American equity indices have rallied over recent days as some of the oversold momentum generated by mid-May's rapid sell-off is unwound, Peru's benchmark IGRA index... 2010-06-04

We have been highlighting for some time now that the Chilean peso is our least favoured of the major Latin American currencies, with the rising risks to Chile's macroeconomic outlook... 2010-06-02

Picking up from where we left off in Tuesday's Latin America Daily Financial Alert (May 18), our bearish stance on LatAm equities remains firmly in place. Rising uncertainty in global... 2010-05-20

Our key regional FM strategies of late has been a marked wariness towards Latin American equities. Having been the EM outperformers in the early part of this year, we believe key regional... 2010-05-18

BMI View: The announcement that the Brazilian government is to shave an additional BRL10.0bn from its 2010 budget is further indication that inflationary concerns are starting to... 2010-05-14

The Argentine government has announced that it has extended the deadline for institutional investors to turn over defaulted bonds by two days to May 14. While the economy ministry was... 2010-05-13