Betting On Brazil

Why Liberalism Is Dying?

Stephen Kanitz — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:29:11 -0300

Liberalism has dwindled as a political force over the last one hundred years, partly because it won many of its battles. The fall of the Berlin wall, free trade, free speech through the Internet, lower marginal taxes. But it has not offered solutions to the growth of organized crime, the...

Evaluating NGO Risk and Performance Through Credit Scoring

Stephen Kanitz — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:05:45 -0300

Which are the best run charities and NGOs in America? Which are the best run NGOs in the world? Which are the charitable organizations that really deserve to receive our donations? Which are the NGOs that will make the best use of our money? These are the most pressing questions...

Brazil: A Hungry Planet and Brazilian Agriculture. Now What ?

Stephen Kanitz — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:54:10 -0300

Serra or Dilma? Who Would Be Best For Brazil?

Stephen Kanitz — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:04:31 -0200

This is the most frequent question I receive from investors these days. Both candidates are expert government administrators, tough, hardly charismatic, but know their ropes around bureaucratic government. Government bureaucracy is definitely one of our bottlenecks, and both candidates will do an excellent job in putting government to work. In...

Consumer Sales 10% Growth in 2009

Stephen Kanitz — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:41:03 -0200

These figure do not include 2009 Xmas, so final numbers should be better still. Now compare this with predictions for 2009. Morgan Stanley -4,5% Nakano, da FGV -4,0% Economists Cepal -2,0% Celso Pastore 0,5% Gustavo Loyola 0,3% Febraban 0,3% Leitores O Brasil Que Dá Certo 1,8% our brazilian blog. So...