Tag: chile

 

Hanging up the commodities boom hat

Published on January 15, 2009

Our neighbors to the south had a fantastic few years, but the boom is over. For countries like Brazil, Chile and especially Venezuela it is time to diversify… or bust.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Baltimore – (TFN): After enjoying nearly half a decade of economic good-ol’-days, South America is retracting faster that a lawmaker making an [...]

Don’t Buy Telmex (TMX)! Buy Telmex Internacional!

Published on June 11, 2008

“Unless Telmex gets the triple-play permission, it could see little to no, or even negative (with more and more customers trading in their landlines for cell phones), growth in coming years.” — Stephanie Grimmett
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore – (TFN): Shares of Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) (TMX: NYSE) crashed today after it spun off its subsidiary [...]

Commodities Investing: An IPO for Chile’s Codelco?

Published on January 4, 2008

‘The SSE chair said “there’s something in the air” right now that’s making exchange officials hopeful for a public offer. Your guess is as good as mine, as to what that “something” is… perhaps Yrarrazabal has finally found the right government official to bribe or maybe his team won against the Chilean securities ministry in [...]