Archive for: South America Investing

India’s BPOs Growing With Strong Economy

Go figure. While US companies outsource to India, India’s BPO companies are outsourcing to places like Nicaragua…

Are Emerging Markets Played Out?

Now that developing countries are on every Wall Street broker’s radar, are these markets played out?

Are Emerging Markets the Next Bubble?

If you’re looking for a contrarian sign, then how about this: The amount of investment dollars flowing into emerging markets have trebled from just two years ago…

Petrobras On Road to Oil Major Status

The global institutional funds have given Brazil and Petrobras (PBR) the benefit of the doubt. They’ve rushed into Petrobras’ huge share offering which ended up being oversubscribed. Now Petrobras has a lot of work to do to access its ample but hard-to-get oil miles below the sea. And while Petrobras deals with

Global Miners Woo This Tiny Country

The biggest government decision of 2010 will be made by the government of a small Latin American country…

Brazil Will Get the Bucks Today

During the Great Recession it was the dried-up bond market which concerned Petrobras, not oil’s low price or depressed demand. In order not to be victimized by the bond market again…

Canadian Offers Cheaper Energy to Chile

Ram Power says there’s a great deal of potential for geothermal power in Chile and they’re getting in front of the line…

Canadian Bank Gets Its Market

Canada’s Scotiabank (BNS) has been quietly scooping up prized assets in the more promising markets around the world. But until now it wasn’t in Brazil…