New ADRs: Avia and Banco Santander Brazil

Aviva Plc(AV) and Banco Santander Brazil SA(BSBR) are two new ADRs that started trading in the New York Stock Exchange last month. 1.Aviva Plc: UK-based Aviva(AV) is engaged in the long-term savings, fund management and general insurance business. In the first half of this year, Aviva made £747M in profits. Lower earnings forced the company …

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The 10 Largest and Most Liquid Brazilian stocks traded in U.S.

Brazil is one of the year-to-date top performing markets among the emerging countries. The infrastructure in Brazil is good and the country is blessed with an incredible array of natural resources. The Dow Jones Brazil Titans 20 ADR Index represents the 20 largest and most liquid Brazilian stocks traded on the major exchanges of the …

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Current State of the Brazilian Economy

Investors have been pouring money into emerging markets this year. Stock market indices in Brazil, Russia, China, India, etc are up over 50% since the March lows. The ishares MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ) is up 57.69% year to-date till the end of last month. In order to  check the current state of the Brazilian …

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