Since last July, he has been recommending Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap (BRF) from Van Eck Global.
Anti-trust officials are currently considering reversing a multi-billion dollar merger that created BRF-Brasil Foods (BRFS) in 2009.
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Maj Marcus Mudd, the commander of the BRF, said his troops would be dropping in behind enemy lines.
The two year old Market Vectors Brazil Small Cap (BRF) is getting there, with volume averaging around 300, 000.
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Van Eck Global, which runs the Market Vectors Brazil Small Cap (BRF) exchange traded fund is underweight the country.
The iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ) is off 3.27% and the Market Vectors Brazil Small Cap (BRF) is off by 5.75%.
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The iShares MSCI Brazil ETF is down 7% and the Market Vectors Brazil Small Cap ETF (BRF) is down 10.8%.
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Even the broad-stroke Market Vectors Small Cap ( BRF) has been a dud, down over 8% in the last 12 months.
The Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) was among the first wave of troops.
But be careful, BRF is not for the faint of heart--it will swing quickly on both upside and downside moves in markets.
The Market Vectors Brazil Small Cap ETF ( BRF) has also had an impressive run, racking up 8.83% gains in the past month.
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The smaller Market Vectors Brazil Small Cap (BRF) ETF, however, is down over 1 percent in the first two trading weeks of the year.
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The weekly chart of BRF shows a much stronger uptrend than EWZ as it closed last week at its best level since last April.
For Brazil, the iShares MSCI Brazil ( EWZ) and the Market Vectors Brazil Small Cap ( BRF) ETFs are down 15.2 percent and up 1.34 percent, respectively.
Among the largest underlying components of MOO, in trading today Potash ( NYSE: POT) is up about 3%, BRF Brasil Foods ( NYSE: BRFS) is up about 1.1%, and Archer Daniels Midland Company ( NYSE: ADM) is higher by about 1.7%.
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Among the largest underlying components of BRF, in trading today Gafisa S A ( NYSE: GFA) is down about 5.3%, Tam SA ( NYSE: TAM) is down about 3.7%, and Jaguar Mining Incorporated ( NYSE: JAG) is lower by about 3.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of BRF, in trading today TAM S.A. ( NYSE: TAM) is up about 1.3%, Gafisa S.A. ( NYSE: GFA) is down about 0.2%, and Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA ( NYSE: GOL) is up by about 0.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of ECON, in trading today Companhia de Bebidas das Americas-AMBEV ( NYSE: ABV) is up about 0.7%, BRF- Brasil Foods S.A. ( NYSE: BRFS) is down about 1.3%, and LATAM Airlines Group SA ( NYSE: LFL) is lower by about 0.5%.
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