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BLOOMBERG

Default jitters mount in Argentina as local yields top 70%

27-06-2022 13:12 Two years after Argentina emerged from its latest default, a debt crisis in brewing once again.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina bonds drop to record as faster CPI swells debts

22-06-2022 17:32 Argentina’s sovereign bonds fell to a record low Wednesday, extending a two-week slump.

And that reminds me…

Economic questions

18-06-2022 08:15 There is a massive sale of risk financial assets on a global scale, not just Argentine bonds (even if more unattractive than most).

by Michael Soltys

Bloomberg

Bioceres soars as China approves drought-resistant HB4 soy seeds

29-04-2022 13:46 Argentine biotechnology firm scores big win as China approves imports of the company’s HB4 drought-resistant soybean strain.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s dollar bonds slip to eight-month low on wait for economic plan

25-11-2021 15:23 Argentina's dollar bonds trade at an eight-month low. Slide comes just days after investors cheered outcome of midterm elections.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine stocks bet on government to suffer setbacks in vote

11-11-2021 15:20 Argentine stocks have posted the world's biggest rally this month as investors increase bets that this weekend's midterm elections will strengthen the power of the opposition.

Bloomberg

Argentina's stocks rally as opposition gains ground on Fernández

01-09-2021 18:08 Argentine stocks are jumping amid growing speculation that allies of President Alberto Fernández are poised for a poor showing in midterm elections scheduled for November.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s peso mess is delivering windfall profits to brokers

14-04-2021 15:12 In Argentina, financial markets are all but dead. From stocks to bonds to traditional foreign-exchange venues, trading volumes are razor thin. Except, that is, in one unusual corner.

Obituary

Bernard Madoff, mastermind of giant Ponzi scheme, dies at 82

14-04-2021 12:37 Bernard Madoff, the Manhattan investment adviser who promised stellar returns to his A-list clients and instead defrauded them of more than US$19 billion in history’s largest Ponzi scheme, has died in jail at 82 years old.

BRAZILIAN FIRM

Oil giant Petrobras sheds US$19 billion in value over two days

22-02-2021 20:45 A sell-off in Brazil’s state-controlled oil firm Petrobras picked up on Monday after a group of analysts downgraded the stock within 24 hours, following Jair Bolsonaro's decision to replace the company’s chief executive officer.