Global Cash Is Fueling a Historic Start for Latin America Stocks

Global investors are piling into Latin American stocks at the fastest clip in a decade, sending markets across the region to multi-year highs.

Equity markets in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico have seen a surge in overseas buying, helping push the MSCI EM Latin America Index to an eleven-year high and jumping over 20% in 2026. That marks the strongest start to the year since 1991.

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This renewed appetite underscores how investors are recalibrating bets on the long-overlooked region ahead of presidential elections in Brazil and Colombia, where traders ...