Francisco Andrade

The scenario was bad with Nasdaq, local politics and Argentina...but the market held up well.

The scenario was bad with Nasdaq, local politics and Argentina...but the market held up well.

Argentina could be the next market to be attacked and since the Argentine market is so close to Brazil, that read more

Argentina could be the next market to be attacked and since the Argentine market is so close to Brazil, that could bring trouble for us. Brazil still needs foreign financing this year...so we need the flow of foreign funds to continue.

The market was really thin throughout the afternoon, with a continuation of profit-taking from yesterday, but then U.S. markets came read more

The market was really thin throughout the afternoon, with a continuation of profit-taking from yesterday, but then U.S. markets came back and capital flowed in.

It's recovering a little bit abroad (today). But, the outlook is for more U.S. losses ... so we have space read more

It's recovering a little bit abroad (today). But, the outlook is for more U.S. losses ... so we have space to fall further.

With this change in the mood on Argentina, investors are buying Brazilian stocks almost indiscriminately as everything here is so read more

With this change in the mood on Argentina, investors are buying Brazilian stocks almost indiscriminately as everything here is so cheap now.