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The year is half over and at this point, it's accurate to say emerging stocks and the related exchange traded funds are struggling. The widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index is off 7.4 percent year-to-date compared to a gain of 2.5 percent for the S&P 500. Of the 20 worst-performing...

Improving oil prices mean a "major change" to the investment profile of Brazil-based Petroleo Brasil/ADR (NYSE: PBR), according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The Analyst BofA's Frank McGaan upgraded Petrobras rating from Neutral to Buy with a price target lifted from $26 to...

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...

PagSeguro Digital Ltd (NYSE: PAGS), a Brazil-based mobile payment provider that focuses mostly on micro-merchants, small- and medium-sized companies, faces a "compelling" opportunity in its home market, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets.  The Analyst KeyBanc Capital Markets...

Mercadolibre Inc (NASDAQ: MELI), an Argentinian e-commerce company with exposure to multiple Latin America countries including Brazil, faces a negative near-term catalyst that prompted Stifel to downgrade the stock.  The Analyst Stifel's Scott Devitt downgraded MercadoLibre's stock...

Ex-U.S. equity exchange-traded funds have been popular destinations for investors for over a year, but some investors like the idea of skirting volatility in international markets. This is particularly true with emerging markets stocks. The iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Emerging Markets ETF (CBOE:EEMV...

Brazil-based Pagseguro Digital Ltd (NYSE: PAGS) raised around $2.27 billion in its January initial public offering. The fintech company's business model is similar to that of Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) and offers card processing services to smaller merchants that are dependent on Brazi's...

Last year, the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSE: EWZ), gained 23.7 percent, a performance that on its own sounds impressive, but in reality is not when considering the MSCI Emerging Markets Index jumped 37.3 percent. EWZ, the largest exchange traded fund dedicated to stocks in Latin America's...

The iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (NYSE: EWZ) closed modestly higher Wednesday, extending its one-month gain to almost 12 percent. Brazilian stocks and exchange-traded funds such as EWZ could be boosted by plans to keep Brazilian oil giant Petrobras SA (NYSE: PBR) in government control. Although...

Seasoned emerging market investors know that even supposedly diversified emerging markets exchange-traded funds are heavily allocated to Chinese stocks. Those allocations stand to increase following MSCI's June announcement that China A-shares, the stocks trading in Shanghai and Shenzhen, will...