Oxstones Investment Club™By David Biller and Katerina Peteroff, Businessweek The night before appliance retailer Casas Bahia opened in Rio de Janeiro’s largest […]
Brazil REITs’ Record Returns Lure Yield-Hungry: Mortgages
By Cristiane Lucchesi, Bloomberg, Sales of Brazilian funds that invest in real estate and mortgage securities doubled this year to […]
Economic Growth–Great for Everyone but Investors?
By Alex Bryan | Morningstar By 2050 the world’s population is projected to reach 9 billion, up from 7 billion today. Nearly all […]
China Grabs Share in Latin America Wind With Cheap Loans
Chinese wind-turbine makers have broken into the South American market, the world’s fastest- growing, by offering government-backed loans at interest […]
Emerging markets outlook 2013: more bulls than bears
(By EM) The bullish outlook for emerging markets for 2013 is supported by a “return from the abyss” for the […]
3 Historic Properties in Montevideo – Under $130,000
By David Hammond, International Living, I like living near the Port Market (Mercado del Puerto) in Montevideo’s Old City (Ciudad […]
Mexico’s 2013 budget predicts 3.5 percent growth
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican Treasury Secretary Luis Videgaray estimates the country’s economy will increase 3.5 percent next year, slightly […]
EM fund’s returns boost
(By EM) Deleveraging by Western banks has increased opportunities for funds offering financing to companies in emerging markets, a fund […]
8 overseas markets worth exploring
Something not so funny has happened on the road to the future. The five overseas markets that were supposed to […]
Mexico’s Enrique Peña Nieto Confronts the Challenges of Federalism, Fiscal Reform and Education
By Diana Villiers Negroponte, Brookings Institution, The PRI leader, Enrique Peña Nieto, assumes the Mexican presidency on Dec. 1. Manufacturing […]