Showing posts with label paper and pulp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paper and pulp. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The Aracruz news today is an example of the Fed plan working nicely

Come to think of it, he looked kinda Brazilian once............

1) Bennyboy&Co. offer U$30Bn in facilities to Brazil (along with S.Korea, Singapore and Mexico, of course).

2) Banks rebound.

3) Today's news is that Aracruz Celulosa, world-class heavyweight in the paper/pulp business, has reached agreement to unwind 97% of its derivatives losses with local banks (undisclosed names). The amount in play is a very hefty U$2.13Bn.

4) Aracuz stock is up 9% in early Brazil trading on this news and leads the Bovespa right now.

The moral of the story is; offer free money to Brazilians and they know what to do with it. This is how it's supposed to work everywhere, I think. The hoarding techniques used up North so far have meant this kind of freeing-up deal hasn't happened so far in the US markets.