South America: The Economic and Political Uncertainty [ANALYSIS]

South America has, for years, been a mixed bag for investors. The continent has seen high growth in some regions, mixed with political and economic uncertainty in others. A new report, from Frontier Market Asset Management, examines the state of the continent’s nations, as they stand right now.

The report assumes very little foreknowledge about the continent of its readers. First of all it, examines the current state of the countries of the region by basic economic metrics.

As can be seen above, in the four regions studied, there is significant commonality between the countries. All...