Trading The Globe: Brazil

Brazil's stock market suffered its worst one-day plunge in three months after the government imposed a tax on foreign investments in local stocks and bonds.

Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Monday the government would charge a 2 percent financial transactions tax on foreign investments in Brazilian stocks and fixed-income securities in a bid to prevent the country's currency from strengthening further. The tax took effect on Tuesday.

On the news, Petrobras

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[VALE  Loading...      ()   ], the two most-widely traded stocks in Brazil, slumped as investors dumped liquid shares. Meanwhile, Brazil's currency, the real (BRBY), tumbled 2.3 percent to 1.752 per dollar as traders fretted about the effects of the tax on short-term dollar inflows.


What must you know?

These events remind us that the rules of the game sometimes change in emerging markets, explains Tim Seymour. I still think Brazil is a great long-term story but it reminds why this is an emerging market.

For long-term investors Brazil is still attractive. Personally, I think events have presented a buying opportunity in stocks such as Vale and Petrobras. However I wouldn’t necessarily jump in immediately.

 

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