The long-running battle between Argentina and some U.S. hedge funds took a turn for the worst yesterday when Argentina defaulted on its debt. Argentina has always been a basket case of economic and political mismanagement and hence this default is not a shock to most investors. Since the country is not a major economy at a global …
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Emerging equity markets are having another bad year so far. Some of the emerging market currencies such as the Russian Ruble, Turkish Lira, Argentina Peso, etc. fell heavily this week adversely affecting the stocks markets. As investors fled the emerging markets, developed markets also followed especially this week. Argentina is one of the main initiators …
Argentina was a pariah of global investors up until last year due to many reasons including the nationalization of the country’s oil company YPF in May.However investors have become bullish on Argentina for the past year according to an article in FT beyondbrics. The benchmark Merval index has almost doubled this year. The following table …
The Top Five Banks in Argentina based on Tier 1 Capital at the end of last year are listed below: Click to enlarge Source: The Banker Banco Macro(BMA) and BBVA Banco Frances (BFR) trade on the U.S. markets and both are up over 29% and 27% respectively YTD. Banco Macro has suspended its dividends and has …
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