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Brazilian government bonds could become an “oasis” for some investors, said CNBC analysts, especially how to nibble on the tensions of global stores.
The Latin America’s largest economy bond market has been more guided by idiosyncratic factors such as fiscal policy and the prospect of inflation, not global feelings, said Viktor Zvabo, director of investment in the emerging team in the emergence on Abrdn.
The Brazilian 10-year-old government bond yield is currently 15.267%, which indicated the jump more than 40% compared to a year ago, according to LSEG data.
“Brazil offers one of the highest real rates in all bond government markets,” ZvaBo said.
Its yields are significantly higher compared to other colleagues on the emergence market. For example, yields on a 10-year-old government bond of Chile hovering about 5.939%, while a 10-year state bond in Mexico is about 9.487%.
The cocktail mix of sticky inflation and uncertainty over Brazilian fiscal appearances are the main drivers of high yields in the country, especially in recent months, CNBC market observers said.
“In the last five years, Brazil has been at the bottom of Latin America, something ahead of Chile and Colombia,” said Gustavo Mederos, head of research at the Ashmore Group, an emerging market management company. Mederos added that Uruguay and Mexico has offered the best overall refund in the last five years.
Brazil, however, now seems ready to surpass its regional peers.
“Year to today [Brazil] is the local market of the best effect because the bonds are withdrawn with c. 16% to c. 14.6%, and the Brazilian real respect was from 6.2 to 5.8 compared to the dollar, “Medeairos said.
A unique bond market
The Brazilian bond market is quite unique, and prices have been dominated by local fast money, Abrabo -Id called.
“This contributes to the premium of high risk and the large bond market and the currency of the currency,” he added.
“Due to this idiosyncraTic nature, the monetary policy of Brazil Brazil can also deviate from the cycle of advanced economy rates and even its regional peers,” Zvabo said.
Since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned At the Presidency of Brazil in January 2023, the economy of the country moves with a complex set of challenges and opportunities, such as the high inflation rate inherited from the previous administration.
Lula started significant consumption programs, which asked questions about sustainability The public debt of the country. Brazilian public debt as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) is 76.1%.
Adding to their idiosyncrassion, market observers were told by CNBC that they believe that Brazil was relatively isolated from global trade cracks with regard to its moderate trade connections with the USA
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The threat of protectionist trade policies from the USA has adversely influenced the mood for many market assets, but Brazil is unlikely to be the primary goal of US President Donald Trump, according to Noah Wise, Allspring Global Investments, a senior portfolio manager for Plus Fixed.
The Brazilian assets have so far recorded a recovery in 2025, with a currency strengthened over 4% over Greenback since the beginning of the year. The Brazilian stock market has also made progress, with the ibovespa increasing more than 12%according to LSEG data.
Wise said that he began to add Brazilian government bonds back to his portfolio after his “significant effect” in recent months, after previously reduced the extracts of Brazilian government bonds by over 50% in 2024. When the fiscal situation in the country was deteriorating.
As the market in the spotlight turns to tariffs and geopolitics, the high wearing of Brazilian property and relatively low chances of hitting American trade policy are attractive in the short term, said Ning Sun, the older market of the older market of State Street Global Markets.
‘Oasis’ for some investors?
The Brazilian bond market proves a “very unsuspecting” to all other bond markets, said George Efstathopoulos, a portfolio manager at Fidelity International.
“Brazilian bonds of local currencies could be” Oasis “for investors based in Brazil, which do not have to worry about FX risk,” said Efstathopoulos.
Local investors can get high nominal yields that are by far the eclipse of inflation, but also competitive yields, Efstathopoulos told CNBC. However, for foreign investors, foreign currency risk is real, especially given the great depreciation of last year, the Portfalle manager added.
“We believe that prizes compensate for more than adequate for risk,” said Zsolt Papp, JPMORGAN ASSET management, an emerging debt investment specialist.
“Getting access to the Brazilian Government Bonds through actively managed funds, offers investors diversifying a return source and active risk management,” PAPP said.
