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Latin American Stocks Are Hot, Hot, Hot ... But Can It Last?

TedTed
edited July 2016 in Fund Discussions
FYI: Latin American mutual funds are making beautiful music this year after lagging the broad U.S. stock markets for much of the past 10 years.
Funds tracking stocks in Olympics-host-to-be Brazil, as well as in Mexico and other Latin American countries, are up 31.05% on average so far this year, going into Friday, according to Lipper Inc. That's attracting a very thorough look-see from investors who are seeking gains in the diversified portion of the portfolios
Regards,
Ted
http://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/mutual-funds/latin-american-stocks-are-hot-hot-hot-but-can-it-last/

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  • CrashCrash
    edited July 2016
    SFGIX. Over one-fifth in Latin America, now. Also, over one-fifth in "Europe," which includes the Middle East. Still 56% in Asia.
    PRLAX: over the past 5 years, still DOWN over -8%. If you bought into it in this past January, you're very happy!
    ODPVY (Morningstar:) + 65% YTD.
  • hank
    Crash said:

    PRLAX: over the past 5 years, still DOWN over -8%. If you bought into it in this past January, you're very happy!
    ODPVY (Morningstar:) + 65% YTD.

    http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/comment/74119/#Comment_74119
  • CrashCrash
    edited July 2016
    Good on ya, @Hank. ...And here's an item that was news to me, re: Latin America: Venezuela is such a basket-case, for the past year, it has closed its border with Colombia. Why? So people could not go shopping over there to get what they need! Shameful. Outrageous. The border has just lately been opened--- temporarily---and thousands crossed into Colombia so they could get vital staples.
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36818030
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