Chile and Brazil are two of the hottest destinations for foreign investors in Latin America. Though Chile has had tremendous economic growth over the last 20 years, Brazil beats Chile in terms of attracting foreign capital. Chile’s economy growth has slowed in recent years. The chart below shows the performance of Chile Vs. Brazil over …
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With two months over for the equity markets lets take a quick look at the leading and lagging Latin American ADRs from a performance perspective. The five best performing Latin American ADRs YTD as of 2/26/10: 1. Banco De Chile (BCH) Country: Chile Sector: Banking YTD Change: 15.01% 2. GRUMA (GMK) Country: Mexico Sector: Food …
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The 2010 edition of the Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Year Book confirms that equities outperform bonds over the long term. The chart below shows the performance of U.S. stocks, bonds and T-bills from 1900 thru 2009: A $1,000 invested in …
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The 2009 performance of thirteen large US bank stocks is listed below: [TABLE=271] The worst performer is Citibank(C) which lost 50%. Despite bailed out by the tax payers with billions of dollars Citi could not recover like its peers. Citibank stock is now cheaper than the cost of a McDonald’s value meal.The best performing bank …
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The graph below shows the performance of New York and St.Petersburg Stock Exchange of Russia for the 50-year period from 1865 thru 1917: Source: Capital-Flow-Analysis.com “By 1910, stocks on the St. Petersburg Exchange had increased fourfold in value since 1865, compared to a mere doubling on the NYSE .” Sometimes exogenous variables play an important …
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