Associated Capital Group

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte

Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund

WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund

IQVIA Hlds

Franklin FTSE Mexico ETF

FLMX tracks a market-cap-selected and -weighted index of Mexican equities.

iShares MSCI Mexico ETF

Direxion Daily MSCI Mexico Bull 3X Shares

Mexico has been well established as a center of integrated manufacturing supply chains, particularly around assembly, for the North American market. Mexico has managed to avoid many US tariffs, and its share of US imports of semi-articulated truck trailers increased to 87.2% in the 12 months to May 31, 2023, from 70.5% in 2016.

Mexico As A Supply Chain Reshoring Leader

The market discount sees a Mexican central bank rate cut from November. We agree, and we in fact can see rates being cut faster than the market discounts thereafter.

Tequila Turn: Mexico To Front-Run The U.S.

Franklin FTSE Mexico: A Lower-Cost Mexican Equities ETF

Mexico's stock market has been performing well this year, with “green” initiatives in the cement industry playing a part. Mexico's domestic stock market has been performing well.

Materials As A Building Block Of Mexico's Market Resilience

Franklin FTSE Mexico ETF: 'Near Shoring' And Its Investment Boom In The 'Close South'.

Franklin FTSE Mexico ETF: 'Near Shoring' And Its Investment Boom In The 'Close South'

Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund

Major U.S. indices are up but lagging developed international peers. The growth investment style is significantly outperforming value.

3 Low-Cost Stock ETFs That Are Crushing It This Year

Global X DAX Germany ETF

Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF

Investors will understand by now the value of looking outside the U.S. for equities exposure. Yes, U.S. stock indexes are mostly up so far in 2023, but they're largely overvalued and beset by several looming challenges, from the recent bank crisis drama and all that portends to stubborn, sticky inflation and increasingly tight interest rates.

3 Low-Fee Single Nation ETFs to Diversify Outside U.S.

iShares MSCI Italy ETF

Franklin FTSE Italy ETF

The bank crisis may be in a lull, but just as the bank contagion seems to have quieted, the Fed returned yesterday with yet another 25 basis point rate hike.

As Rates Tighten, Single-Nation ETFs Show Strength

VettaFi's vice chairman Tom Lydon discussed the Franklin FTSE Mexico ETF (FLMX) on this week's “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe of “Money Life.” FLMX is an opportunity for investors to add exposure to an area of the market that has been beaten up tremendously but is rebounding meaningfully.

ETF of the Week: Franklin FTSE Mexico ETF (FLMX)

With news that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is perhaps looking at hastening the pace of additional rate hikes this year to tame inflation, the U.S. market is looking like an increasingly stressful environment in which to operate.

As U.S. Industries Look South, Consider Mexico ETF FLMX

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iShares MSCI Argentina & Global Exposure ETF

Global X MSCI Argentina ETF

VanEck Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF

Direxion Daily MSCI Brazil Bull 2X Shares

ProShares UltraShort MSCI Brazil Capped

iShares MSCI Peru ETF

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF

First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX Fund

Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF

Franklin FTSE Latin America ETF

First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX Fund

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV

iShares Latin America 40 ETF

Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.

Petroleo Brasileiro

Southern Copper

Vale S.A.

The MSCI Latin America Index has performed better than the MSCI Emerging Market Index cumulatively over the past 5 and 7 years as well as over longer time periods, buoyed by its natural resource companies. The region is well placed to take advantage of the opportunities created by the renewable energy revolution with 54% of global lithium reserves concentrated there.

Investment Opportunities In Latin America

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) hosted US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Mexico City between Jan. 9 and 11 for the North American Leaders' Summit. The main issues on the agenda and the resulting pledges were all on regional supply chains, migration, and security co-operation.

Mexico's Nearshoring Potential Likely To Grow As Alignment With U.S. Increases

Geopolitics was one of 2022's biggest trends for markets, from the headline news of Russia's invasion of Ukraine to investor panics regarding China's zero-COVID policy, the Chinese Communist Party, and the growing U.S.-China trade war.

Play Mexico's Growing Role in Global Trade With FLMX

SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

iShares MSCI Chile ETF

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

VanEck Vct Emrg Shs

SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets USD Bond ETF

iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF

VanEck J.P Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF

SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF

iShares MSCI Poland ETF

iShares MSCI South Africa ETF

First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF

Franklin FTSE South Africa ETF

JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Sovereign Bond ETF

iShares J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF

Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF

Central banks across emerging markets have reacted to elevated inflation by significantly tightening monetary policy, in some cases, well ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. After largely synchronized rate-hiking cycles across EM, monetary policies could once again begin to diverge among individual countries.

Peak Inflation May Hint At Peak Rates In Emerging Markets

Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc

Global X MSCI Colombia ETF

iShares MSCI Colombia ETF

Economies of Latin America and Caribbean have continued their strong post-pandemic rebound, but the winds are shifting as global financial conditions are tightening and commodity prices are reversing their upward trend, while inflationary pressures persist. The reopening of contact-intensive sectors, especially hospitality and travel, the unwinding of pandemic pent-up demand, and still favorable external financial conditions supported a solid expansion in the first half of the year, allowing services to catch up with manufacturing, and employment to reach pre-pandemic levels.

Shifting Global Winds Pose Challenges To Latin America

Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF

Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF

Mexico is particularly well-placed to benefit from companies relocating their operations closer to their main destination markets (nearshoring). Companies relocating to Mexico in the five-year outlook, however, are still likely to face security-related risks, particularly road cargo theft and extortion.

Mexico Nearshoring Potential For Critical Minerals

Believe it or not, broad benchmarks of emerging markets equities are outperforming the S&P 500 this year, but with the widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index down 17.63% year-to-date, it's understandable that investors aren't running to developing economies. However, there are pockets of opportunities if investors know where to look.

Surprise Market Could Offer Refuge for Investors

The main disruption for Latin American traders comes from increased shipping costs and long delays to products arriving at their destinations. Latin American exporters of fruit, meat, and other perishables were not critically affected by delays until mid-2021, with perishable goods shipped through direct routes that often avoid bottlenecks.

Supply Chains Disruptions In Latin America

Latin America will start 2022 in a very fragile position given the economic fallout from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a deteriorated fiscal position, weak FDI, and the erosion of real wages due to high inflation. The strong economic rebound in the second half of 2021 is likely to slow in 2022, not least because of rising policy rates (notably in Brazil).

Emerging Risks In Latin America In 2022

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Mexico Equity & Income Fund Inc

Mexico Fund

Mexican pension funds have had a particularly large home bias in their equity allocations compared to other markets.

News for Franklin FTSE Mexico ETF ETF (FLMX)