Brazilian Stocks and ETFs

Brazil, a relative stable emerging country, offers investors many opportunities to profit from its cyclical economy. You can follow the broad Brazilian stock market with the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange's benchmark Bovespa index (^BVSP). See Follow Brazilian Stocks With the Bovespa Index to track the day-to-day change in the index.

You can invest in Brazil through:

Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF (BRF), holds small capitalization Brazilian companies and companies that generate at least 50 percent of their revenues in Brazil.
ishares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (EWZ), a low-fee exchange-traded fund (ETF) mostly comprised of energy, basic materials and financial stocks.
WisdomTree Dreyfus Brazilian Real Fund (BZF), a currency income ETF.
Individual stocks that trade on United States stock exchanges. Over 30 Brazilian stocks are traded on the NYSE so you can create your own customized portfolio. For a complete list of Brazilian stocks traded on United States stock exchanges see Bank of New York.

The Brazilian stocks in the following table trade on U.S. stock exchanges.

Brazilian Stocks
Company	Symbol	10-Year Moving Average Chart*	Price and PDI Chart	Multiyear Returns	Industry
Banco Bradesco	BBD	Chart	Chart	Table	Banking and investment services. More
BRF - Brasil Foods	BRFS	Chart	Chart	Table	Food processing. More
Brasil Telecom	BTM	Chart	Chart	Table	Telecommunications. More
Braskem	BAK	Chart	Chart	Table	Petrochemicals. More
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao	CBD	Chart	Chart	Table	Food retailer. More
Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas (AMBEV)	ABV	Chart	Chart	Table	Beverage products. More
Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (SABESP)	SBS	Chart	Chart	Table	Water and sewage utility. More
Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (Cemig)	CIG	Chart	Chart	Table	Electric & gas utility. More
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)	ELP	Chart	Chart	Table	Electric utility. More
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN)	SID	Chart	Chart	Table	Steel producer. More
CPFL Energia	CPL	Chart	Chart	Table	Electric utility. More
Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica	ERJ	Chart	Chart	Table	Aircraft producer. More
Fibria	FBR	Chart	Chart	Table	Paper pulp producer. More More.
Gafisa	GFA	Chart	Chart	Table	Homebuilder. More
Gerdau	GGB	Chart	Chart	Table	Steel producer. More
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes	GOL	Chart	Chart	Table	Airline operator. More
Itaú Unibanco	ITUB	Chart	Chart	Table	Banking, insurance and investment services. More
Net Servicos de Comunicacao	NETC	Chart	Chart	Table	Pay-television and Internet provider. More
Pretroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras)	PBR	Chart	Chart	Table	Integrated oil & gas. More
TAM	TAM	Chart	Chart	Table	Domestic and international airline. More
Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo	TSP	Chart	Chart	Table	Fixed-line communications provider. More
Tele Norte Leste Participacoes (Oi/Telemar)	TNE	Chart	Chart	Table	Telecommunications. More
TIM Participacoes	TSU	Chart	Chart	Table	Cellular Telecommunications. More
Ultrapar Participacoes	UGP	Chart	Chart	Table	Distributes liquid petroleum gas, produces chemicals and ships bulk cargo. More
Vale	VALE	Chart	Chart	Table	Mining - iron ore and other metals. More
Vivo	VIV	Chart	Chart	Table	Cellular Telecommunications. More

NOTE: * A stock with fewer than eleven years of price data from Yahoo! Finance will not display a 10-year moving average.

Non-Dividend-Paying Portfolios includes links to each portfolio of a few or no dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend-Paying Portfolios includes links to each portfolio of dividend-paying stocks.

Great Dividend Stocks includes links to more dividend-paying stocks.

To follow the day-to-day progress of the Brazilian portfolio, check out the chart below. It is updated each day, so the portfolio values are always current. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $666.67 was invested (total of $10,000) in each of 15 stocks at their closing weekly price for the first week of January 2001. NOTE: BBD, BRFS, BTM, CPL, GFA, GOL, ITUB, SBS, SID, TAM and VALE are not included in the portfolio value computations because of lack of price data.

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Today's date: Mar-19-10.