Francisco Andrade

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.

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 main worry short term is the drop in the Nasdaq. The U.S. didn't back up Argentina today, so there's read more

The main worry short term is the drop in the Nasdaq. The U.S. didn't back up Argentina today, so there's still a bit of worry about that.

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.

That's all priced in; we hope that the trade data may take the real and the bourse higher this week.

That's all priced in; we hope that the trade data may take the real and the bourse higher this week.