What's Wrong With Brazil ETFs?

By Tom Lydon: Brazil and exchange traded funds tracking the country have benefited from capital flowing into the country, but foreign investment also brings dangers, according to a report Tuesday. Investors have been enticed by optimistic growth projections for Brazil, but all that liquidity is fueling concerns that asset prices are being artificially boosted.

By Benzinga: By: The ETF Professor Despite a slack performance by the iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (EWZ), which is off almost 4.5 percent for the year, the four major country-specific ETFs tracking the BRIC nations have performed well as a group.

Gary Gordon submits: Brazil gets the World Cup in 2014 and Rio gets the Olympics in 2016. In order to prepare for the showcases, Brazil’s president hopes to get approval for a near-$900 billion infrastructure spending package over 4 years.

By Gary Gordon: If you look hard enough, you can find a whole lot of things that are wrong with the “B” in BRIC. The country’s GDP growth is virtually non-existent. Government regulatory intervention in both the energy sector as well as the financials segment has been increasing.

By Gary Gordon: In 2001, an economist coined an acronym that typified investing in the initial decade of this century. Indeed, “BRIC” became part and parcel of our vocabulary.

ETF Database submits: As global economies grapple with the challenge of unwinding massive stimulus plans in an orderly manner, central bank meetings have taken on a new importance. Following a relatively uneventful meeting of the Federal Reserve, Brazil’s central bank took center stage this week, deciding to keep rates steady at a record low of 8.75%.

Gary Gordon submits: The prevailing wisdom in the financial media? Stocks have been phenomenal performers in 2011, but they’re likely to remain range-bound for a number of months. The reality, however, may be a bit less sensational. Through May 24, here are the approximate results for a number of high profile stock ETFs:

Soos Global Capital submits:My recent article entitled “Throwing a Brick at the BRICs? Not so fast.” drew quite a bit of interest (offline) from readers, specifically on how, if they so chose, to best invest in Brazil.