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Liquidity in Latin American Equity Markets: A Tale of Two Trends
During recent years, Latin American flagship indices have exhibited strong performance, surpassing the gains of the broader emerging markets segment: in local currency terms, the S&P Latin America BMI has posted 10.0% annualized performance over the past five years, while the S&P Emerging BMI has trailed with 7.7% annualized performance. During this period, all local…
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Latin Markets: Still Dancing to the Same Beat
Just as Latin American musicians dominated global charts in 2025, the region’s equities delivered quite the performance last year. While markets navigated shifting interest rates and economic transitions, Latin America stood out as a top-performing region worldwide. The S&P Latin America BMI hit a high note, surging by 53.8% for the year, outperforming the S&P…
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Introducing the S&P MERVAL Index (MEP): A Local USD View of Argentina’s Equity Market
The S&P MERVAL Index is Argentina’s flagship equity index and the main reference used by market participants to measure the performance of that market. However, in a high-inflation environment, Argentine peso returns can become distorted, so investors often look at returns in U.S. dollars. This raises an important question: in a market with high inflation…
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The Evolution of the S&P/BMV IPC Ecosystem
Since its inception in 1978, the S&P/BMV IPC has served as Mexico’s flagship equity index, tracking the performance of the 35 largest and most liquid stocks listed on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV). Over the decades, the index has become a cornerstone of the Mexican financial market, and the ecosystem surrounding it has grown…
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Navigating Brazil’s Currency Volatility with USD Credit
Brazil’s fixed income market is one of the deepest in emerging markets, with an outstanding government debt of over BRL 8 trillion (roughly 75% of GDP) and a corporate bond market dominated by floating-rate instruments tied to the interbank deposit certificate (CDI). Domestic market participants are accustomed to high nominal yields; local treasury bills linked…
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Salsa, Cumbia, Bossa Nova: Global Markets Dancing to Latin Rhythms
This year, Latin America has been the loudest music in the stock market disco. As Exhibit 1 shows, the S&P Latin America BMI (up 24.7%YTD) has outperformed other regions for most of the year. Notably, the S&P Latin America BMI is bouncing back from being the worst-performing region last year, when it closed down 24.4%….
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The S&P/BMV IPC during Each Presidential Administration in Mexico
On Oct. 1, 2024, a new presidential administration took office in Mexico amid a series of constitutional reforms and a new political landscape. Political change can create uncertainty, so it is useful to analyze past periods to identify trends and gain insights on the effects of similar events. How did the S&P/BMV IPC and the…
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Back to the Future
In “Back to the Future,” Marty McFly accidentally ends up 30 years in the past while using Doc Brown’s time-traveling DeLorean. After realizing what has happened, he tries to get back to 1985 while not disrupting anything in the past that might adversely affect his life in the present. Marty’s main challenge was to save…
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The Challenge Continues: Results from the SPIVA Latin America Mid-Year 2023 Scorecard
In the history of SPIVA (S&P Indices Versus Active) Scorecards, most active managers have tended to underperform benchmarks most of the time, especially over longer periods. The SPIVA Latin America Mid-Year 2023 Scorecard revealed that active managers produced mixed performance during the first half of 2023. During H1 2023, more than one-half of active managers…
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Latin American Equities Outperformed Global Regions in 2022
Despite a difficult year for most global equity markets, the S&P Latin America BMI gained 4.9% in 2022, and it was the only major regional equity market to close the year in positive territory. This marked a stark reversal from 2021, when Latin American equities were the sole region in the red, while the S&P…
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