Everything you need to know about Brazil investing
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Sugar and Ethanol Producer? Cosan is much more than that nowadays!
Cosan’s most known business is indeed Ethanol and Sugar production. That’s how the company started and they are still the largest producer in Brazil and a major player worldwide. However, due to volatility in these commodities’ prices, Cosan’s management has been diversifying its activities in the last few years and now half of it’s EBITDA…
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Brazilian GDP beats expectation in Q3 and grows 1.5% QoQ. But is that sustainable?
The result of the GDP may have shown some relief that the economy is still growing. However, this result is still not a guarantee that the situation is better and that the growth in the year will be higher than current expectations, around 2.5% YoY, the so called PIBinho, diminutive for GDP in Portuguese. Manufacturing…
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IPCA, IGP-M, IPC, INCC. How to make sense of Brazilian Inflation indexes?
In this article, we explain the difference between the many Brazilian inflation indexes, IPCA, IPGM, IPC and INCC and do some parallel to US equivalent indexes, when relevant. Recent inflation information for brazil can be found here. Or find more about the perspective for the Brazilian Inflation and interest rate moving forward IPCA (Índice Nacional de…
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Braskem: Largest Petrochemical in Latin America
Braskem is Brazil’s largest integrated petrochemical cracker and thermoplastics maker. The company produces a portfolio of petrochemical products including ethylene, propylene, butadiene, toluene, xylene, benzene, gasoline, diesel oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), as well as thermoplastic resins, such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). As of December 31, 2011, the Company had 35…
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Got MIlk? Got Meat? BR Foods has strong brands in the meat processing and dairy industry in Brazil
BR Foods owns three very strong brands in the food market in Brazil: Perdigão, Sadia and Batavo. With more than 55,000 employees, it is one the largest Brazilian processed food companies. Its international operations reach more than 140 countries. The firm sells over 3,000 products both domestically and abroad, with a focus on the sale of processed…
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Brazil-focused ETFs to invest directly from NYSE
If you want to get exposure to Brazil in a diversified manner, Brazil-focused ETFs are the easiest way. If you have an account through which you can trade ETFs from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), you can invest in Brazil right away. Here I will list six ETFs for you to get started. If…
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Investing in Bradesco: building on its presence
Bradesco is the third-largest bank in Brazil. Unlike in most developed countries where small banks and credit unions are always present, in Brazil, the bank industry has a well-established oligopoly, where the 4 major banks have around 70% of the market share together. This oligopoly along with the high switching-cost in the banking industry gives…
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Santander Brasil: Decent Investment with potential mid-term upside
Santander Brazil is the fourth-largest bank in the country. Unlike in most developed countries where small banks and credit unions are always present, in Brazil, the bank industry has a well-established oligopoly, where the 4 major banks have around 70% of the market share together. This oligopoly, along with the high switching-cost in the bank…
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Ambev: Great Long-Term Investment. Cheers!
Ask any Brazilian what is their favorite beer and you are likely to get one of these three answers: Skol, Brahma or Antarctica. Since we are talking about Ambev in this post, you must be guessing Ambev owns Skol, which is the dominant beer brand in Brazil. That’s partly right. Ambev does own Skol. But…
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