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Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) mistakenly announced a new set of rules for cracking down on password sharing — and the internet was in an uproar. The rules have since been retracted.  What Happened: Netflix has been testing the “paid sharing” feature in three countries —...

Copper prices rose on Monday on concerns about disruptions to supply in Chile alongside Chinese demand showing signs of picking up, according to Bloomberg. What Happened: Workers union at BHP Group’s (NYSE: BHP) operations center in Santiago rejected the company’s final wage offer...

AstraZeneca plc (NYSE: AZN) has received the regulatory nod to conduct clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine in Chile and Peru, Reuters reported Wednesday. What Happened: Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera said that his nation’s health regulator had approved the British company...

Like many of its regional peers, Chile’s economy has been hard hit by the coronavirus. But unlike other Latin American countries that have slashed interest rates to record lows, Chile’s central bank has gone one step further to become the first to put short-term interest rates close to...

After being drags on diversified emerging markets indexes and exchange-traded funds for several years, Latin American equities are leading this year's emerging markets resurgence. For example, several of this year's best-performing single-country ETFs are Latin America funds, a group that...

Goldman Sachs has started coverage of Itau Corpbanca (ADR) (NYSE: ITCB) with a Buy rating and a price target of $14, implying an upside of 18 percent, on growth potential and synergy benefits. Itau Corpbanca, which was formed with the merger of Itaú Unibanco's Chilean operation and CorpBanca, is...

Quick. Name a commodity that delivered positive returns in 2015. Congratulations if lithium was your guess, because you are correct. On the back of demand from consumers such as Elon Musk's Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), lithium prices are expected to continue rising this year. That is good...

The iPath Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return Sub-Index ETN (NYSE: JJC) is down 2.2 percent year-to-date. Usually, a slump like that for JJC would trickle down to the iShares MSCI Chile Inv. Mt. Idx. Fd(ETF) (NYSE: ECH), the lone U.S.-listed exchange-traded fund dedicated to tracking issues in...

This is how bad things have been in 2015 for Latin American stocks and the relevant exchange-traded funds trading in the United States: Of the single-country ETFs tracking Latin American economies, the Global X MSCI Argentina ETF (Global X Funds (NYSE: ARGT)) has been the best performer this year....

ETF providers are continually seeking out innovative strategies to offer investors compelling overseas investment opportunities.  That theme has never been more prevalent than with the Chinese markets, where restrictions on foreign investment can limit growth. To solve this problem,...

The job of a Chief Financial Officer is complex and often high-risk, since CFOs are responsible for their company's financial strategies. The position also forces CFOs to think long-term, which allows them to see trends and practices developing well ahead of others in executive management...

Frontier markets are on the outer fringe of the international investment community, and are considered less developed than emerging markets.  In addition, they generally involve countries with questionable political and economic stability due to leadership missteps.  Many of these countries...