Brazilians are going to polls today. The current President Dilma Rousseff seems like will win again. From an investor’s point of view, Dilma has been a disaster when she was elected back in 2010 for the first term. If Dilma wins investors may have to brace themselves for another wild ride.

Here are a few interesting stats in terms of Brazilian equities:

1. The benchmark Bovespa index is by nearly 15% in the past five years and year-to-date it is up by 8%.
2. The iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF(EWZ) has lost 40% in the five years and is flat so flat so far this year.
3. The state-owned oil company Petrobras (PBR) plunged 71% in 5 years.

Performance of iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF – 5 years:

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Source: Yahoo Finance

Year-to-date performance of Brazilian exchange-listed ADRs:

The complete list of Brazilian ADRs trading on US exchanges and OTCs can be found here.

Disclosure: Long ITUB, BBD and PBR