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Fintech Focus For September 1, 2020
Monday, August 31, 2020 - 6:51pm | 2023Read More...Quote Of The Day: Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. - Henry David Thoreau Fintech Movers: If it were to continue compounding at that rate, bitcoin’s daily volume would exceed that of the US equity market in fewer than 4 years. - Ark Trading...
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AstraZeneca Inks Deal With Mexico, Argentina For Production, Supply Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine To Latin America
Thursday, August 13, 2020 - 3:15am | 458Read More...AstraZeneca plc’s (NYSE: AZN) COVID-19 vaccine will be produced by Mexico and Argentina for Latin American countries except for Brazil, according to government officials of the two countries, AlJazeera reported Wednesday. What Happened The countries will produce 150 million to 250 million...
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Argentina To Open First Industrial Park For Cannabis Cultivation, Processing
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 - 4:05pm | 555Read More...San Pedro will soon open Argentina’s first industrial park for the production of cannabis and its derivatives, pending certain approvals from the country's federal government. The project will take the form of a public-private initiative, in collaboration with the company Cl...
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Argentina To Allow Cannabis Sales In Pharmacies And Home Cultivation
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 6:20pm | 765Read More...By El Planteo's Marian Venini, translated from Spanish and adapted by Benzinga's Natán Ponieman. Argentina’s Ministry of Health will make definitive changes to the country’s medical marijuana law. On Wednesday, the Health Minister met with key actors to close details on a...
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Martinair Cargo Crew Released Following Cocaine Seizure In Argentina
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 3:07pm | 257Read More...Three pilots and three ground staff detained after more than 175 pounds of cocaine allegedly were found stashed on a Martinair Cargo-operated freighter in Buenos Aires, Argentina, have been released, according to Martinair and parent company KLM. Original reports had indicated seven people were...
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'Exceeded Our Expectations': First Latin American Study On CBD, Epilepsy Completed
Saturday, December 7, 2019 - 9:50am | 539Read More...A research team at Garrahan Children’s Hospital, a public pediatric research hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, completed the continent’s first clinical trials on CBD. The study adds overwhelming evidence of the compound’s efficacy in treating refractory epilepsy in children....
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US Tariffs Threatened For Brazilian, Argentine Steel And Aluminum Imports
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 2:12pm | 521Read More...President Trump on Dec. 2 said he will seek to reimpose U.S. import tariffs on steel and aluminum from Brazil and Argentina. "Brazil and Argentina have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies, which is not good for our farmers," he said in a tweet. "Therefore, effective...
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Politics Still Problematic For The Argentina ETF
Friday, October 25, 2019 - 7:25am | 487Read More...It's a familiar refrain in politically volatile Argentina: politics and shoddy sovereign finances often impact financial markets in South America's second-largest economy and that has been the case again this year. What Happened Just look at the Global X MSCI Argentina ETF (NYSE: ARGT). The...
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New Report Claims Latin American Cannabis Markets Show No Signs Of Near-Term Development
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 9:00am | 798Read More...Market research and cannabis consultancy company Brightfield Group on Tuesday released a report analyzing the current state of the Latin American cannabis market. The report focuses on looking at each country’s legislation, to assess their potential consumer markets. Too Green For The Green...
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A Glimmer Of Hope During A Bad Month For The Argentina ETF
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - 12:18pm | 528Read More...Life happens fast in financial markets and in the course of one trading day, a stock or exchange traded fund can go from hero to laggard. That happened to the Global X MSCI Argentina ETF (NYSE: ARGT) on Aug. 19. What Happened A day after President Mauricio Macri suffered a stunning defeat in a...
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How Option Traders Are Playing Grupo Financiero Galicia Following Argentina Market Crash
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 3:11pm | 608Read More...Shares of Argentine bank Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (NASDAQ: GGAL) have crashed 50% this week amid one of the worst equity market collapses in recent global history in Argentina. At least one large option trader took the opportunity to make a move on Grupo Financiero Galicia on Tuesday morning....
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Why Cannabis Investors Are Eyeing South America
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - 1:42pm | 1987Read More...Almost every week, an American or Canadian cannabis company announces a large overseas investment. And it's no longer just Germany, Israel and Australia that are piquing investors’ interest. Emerging markets like Jamaica are also turning heads. The largest investment opportunities might...
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A Soy Story: Citi Upgrades Grain Processors Archer Daniels, Bunge
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 - 5:58pm | 545Read More...Grain processors are coming off a difficult 2017 due to an excess supply of soymeal from Argentina flooding the global market. Argentina is now in a drought, and soy production in the country is likely to fall by 8.8 million tonnes year-over-year in 2018 to 49 million tonnes, according to Citi....
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Assessing The Argentina ETF
Friday, January 12, 2018 - 1:35pm | 481Read More...The Global X MSCI Argentina ETF (NYSE: ARGT), the largest exchange traded fund dedicated to stocks in South America's second-largest economy, was one of the best-performing single-country ETFs last year. ARGT surged almost 54 percent in 2017, outpacing the S&P Latin America 40...
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A Big Week For Argentina ETFs
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - 8:38am | 526Read More...Later Tuesday, MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), one of the largest providers of indexes for use with exchange-traded funds, releases its annual market classification. While most eyes will be on MSCI's decision regarding the status of China A-shares, the status of another market is worth watching as well...
