Beat the BRICS: The Three Latin America Markets You Can’t Afford to Ignore

The stock exchanges of Colombia, Peru and Chile agreed last November to merge their trading, giving international investors access to roughly 600 stocks - more than any single country in Latin America. Earlier this month, the trio demonstrated just how serious they were, with the Peruvian and Colombian stock exchanges entering into a full-blown merger agreement. These are the three best-run countries in Latin America, with a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of more than $500 billion. If they get their act together, it'll be these three countries - and not Brazil, that much-ballyhooed "BRIC" country - that are the "must-have" havens for our money. Let me show you why...