Talking of clichés, top marks to my old mucker Paul Day, chief market analyst at MIG Investments, for sending out some commentary entitled Brazil scores an own goal. The country’s decision to impose a 2% tax on foreign investments in equities and fixed instruments had the expected result and the BRL came under quite strong selling pressure.
The fact that the government is taking such action shows just how far many of the emerging markets have developed.
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