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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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The Peruvian Stock Market: Insights on Performance and Benchmarking
S&P Latin American equities have done well in 2025, with Peruvian equities demonstrating strong performance even beyond this year (see Exhibit 1). The S&P Peru Select 20% Capped Index had an annualized performance of 15.3% when back-tested over the past decade, outperforming many regional equity markets. Despite higher volatility, its risk-adjusted performance was strong. Political…
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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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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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