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FBZ (First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX Fund) is no longer actively trading.
This usually means the fund has been liquidated, merged into another product, or its ticker has been retired. Every price, valuation, dividend, and analyst figure on this page is frozen at the last available trading session and reads as historical reference, not a current-day signal.
Latin America's political right has been cleaning up at the ballot box for three years, but on Sunday it suffered a setback in Brazil. Leftist President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva of the Workers' Party defeated Senator Flávio Bolsonaro of the conservative Liberal Party 51.8% to 48.2%.
Brazil's markets and currency plungedMonday in the aftermath of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's reelection victory, prompting a temporary halt in trading in the South American country.
Nur Cristiani, head of Latin America investment strategy at JPMorgan Private Bank, examines the market implications of the Brazilian election after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled off a stunning comeback to defeat Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing candidate that many investors preferred. She speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.
Brazil's ethanol and sugar producers on Thursday despaired at the imposition of new 25% tariffs on Brazilian goods by the U.S. government, lamenting a rollback in cooperation between the two countries.
WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today the approval of the liquidation of First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX® Fund (Nasdaq: FBZ), a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund II (the “Fund”). Based upon the recommendation of FTA, the investment advisor of the Fund, the Board of Trustees of First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund II determined that it was in the best interests of the Fund to liquidate the Fund. Accordingly, the Board of Trustees a.
The First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX Fund, a little-known ETF, has outperformed global stocks and emerging markets quite handsomely this year. FBZ employs an enhanced methodology which assigns priority to certain growth and value screeners. On further scrutiny, we find quite a few flaws in this product, and feel that the largest Brazilian ETF- EWZ has better qualities.
Emerging markets continued to expand at a solid pace midway into the first quarter of 2024, supported by broad-based expansion across both manufacturing and service sectors.
China and Hong Kong markets had a humbling 2023 with equities down more than 10%. Beijing has also begun stepping up tourism and travel promotions, granting visa-free entry to 11 countries, with Singapore and Thailand the latest to be included.