Brazilian equities, Direct Line, and Sovereign Mines of Africa - all in today's Daily Newsletter from Master Investor

Follow this link if this email is not displaying correctly DAILY BULLETIN Thursday 2 March 2017 Can Brazilian stocks continue to rally? by Adam Patterson | Equities | 6 mins. to read After three years of subdued performance, there are once again signs of life for Emerging Market equities, including Brazil. By the end of 2015, the main Brazilian stock market, the Bovespa, had seen five years of annual negative performance – the longest in dollar terms since 1983 – as the index became a lightning rod for myriad economic and political stress factors in the country, including impeachment, recession and downward pressure in global commodity prices. By the middle of last year, the index was ranked as one of the most volatile in the world. However by the end of 2016, the Bovespa followed broader emerging assets in dialling back their negative streaks, closing out the year as the third best global equity market performer, with an 80% year on year uptick in dollar terms (+39% in local currency terms). The MSCI Brazil Index also rose 66.6% in value (BRL). Click here to read the full story LATEST STORIES FROM OUR BLOG Is Direct Line a bargain after the profit warning? by Robert Stephens | Equities | 5 min. to read According to a range of headlines this week, car insurance premiums are set to soar. Normally, this would be great news for car insurers such as Direct Line (LON:DLG), but its shares slumped 7% on the news.   Click here to read the full story Servision: Above latest chart gap could lead to 10p by Zak Mir | Trading | 1 min. to read It would appear that in Sovereign Mines of Africa (LON:SMA) we have a company with a little more personality than many of its sector peers.    Click here to read the full story Calling all business investors… Calling all business investors to be a part of the Huddle 100. Huddle, the new business-to-business lending platform, is to launch at the Master Investor Show.   Click here to read the full story Servision: Above latest chart gap could lead to 10p by Zak Mir | Trading | 1 min. to read Mobile live streaming group Servision (LON:SEV) ticks many of the boxes in terms of an exciting small cap situation.   Click here to read the full story When will it all end? by Evil Knievil | Evil Diaries | 6 mins. to read In general, taxpayers try to minimise their contributions to the government budget, either by optimising their tax rate or through trying to delay payments wherever they can.   Click here to read the full story QUOTE OF THE DAY "I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries."                                                 Jules Renard SPECIAL OFFER FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS MASTER INVESTOR VIDEO EXCLUSIVE LATEST EDITION OUT NOW SyndicateRoom - Invest with the pros Time to short Google? - Jim Mellon thinks so... Tom Stephenson's big four - Four funds to exploit global trends in 2017 The twilight of the bankers - And the rise of the fintech usurpers AIM IPO superstars - The new issues making waves for investors Click here to download as PDF   Click here to read online Master Investor Ltd. Suite 88, 22 Notting Hill Gate London, W11 3JE T: +44 7515 542707 E: swen@masterinvestor.co.uk Share the newsletter: Follow us: Copyright © 2017 Master Investor Ltd, All rights reserved. Master Investor is a trading name of Master Investor Ltd. Material contained within Master Investor Magazine and its website is for general information purposes only and is not intended to be relied upon by individual readers in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment decisions. Master Investor Ltd. does not accept any liability for any losses suffered by any user as a result or any such descision. If a Daily Bulletin is too frequent, why not opt in to our once weekly mailing list for a round up of the week's news. Want to change how you receive these emails? Why did I get this | Unsubscribe from this list | Update subscription preferences