Fidelity, Hedge Funds Buy Brazil Stocks as Outlook Brightens

  • Policymakers signal ebbing inflation may lead to rate cuts
  • Legacy Capital dismantled bearish bet against Brazil equities

A man walks in front of the stock market building in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 03, 2022.

Photographer: ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP
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Investors are buying the dip in Brazil’s stock market as the nation’s hyper-aggressive central bank warms to the idea of easing painfully high interest rates.

Fidelity Investments and a smattering of local hedge funds are adding exposure to shares from Latin America’s largest economy, convinced that lower borrowing costs will accelerate corporate growth — just as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s new fiscal framework edges closer to reality.