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A flying start, but can it last?

Financial markets in Latin America have made a flying start to 2012 following a recovery in global risk appetite and an improvement in the incoming economic data. Nonetheless, we would caution against getting too carried away. If the euro-zone begins to break-up this year, as we expect, then a renewed fall in investor risk appetite is likely to cause the region’s markets to take another leg down.

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