Chile

While we had been highlighting the weak near-term outlook for Chilean stocks through the first quarter of 2011

While we are still up an implied 0.39% on our bullish Key Market View on the Chilean peso against the US dollar, we are becoming increasingly concerned over its current trajectory.... 2011-03-31

With many regional consumer stocks looking very expensive after strong rallies in 2009 and 2010, we turn our attention to the other sectors set to benefit from the rising wealth of... 2011-03-24

Spreads on Latin American sovereign credit default swaps (CDS) have spiked following the devastating Japanese earthquake on March 11, in line with a dramatic uptick in risk aversion... 2011-03-17

We have decided to place a bullish position on the Chilean peso against the US dollar in our Key Market Views based primarily on the short-term outlook for copper and our constructive... 2011-03-16

We believe Chilean inflation breakevens are set for a correction after rallying since the beginning of 2011 on the back of surging inflation expectations. The one-year breakeven contract,... 2011-03-10

While we still like major Latin American currencies from a fundamental perspective, the persistent threat of intervention from central banks and governments keen to cap appreciation... 2011-03-03

Our regional market strategy sees equities as the best performing asset class in Latin America over 2011, but recent global events have certainly tested this view. Nevertheless, a core... 2011-03-02

With a slight pullback in global oil prices and a bounce across Asian equity markets, a bit of breathing space has opened up for the Latin American financial markets. This will be... 2011-02-25

The BCC's decision to hold rates in January 2011 puts it behind the curve, meaning more aggressive and front-loaded monetary policy is needed over the coming months. As such, we have... 2011-02-21