BRAZIL IS CRASHING AFTER LULA WINS A RECORD 4TH TERM
The iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ fell 27% premarket, on track for the biggest drop in its 26-year history per WSJ$XP(XP.US) is down more than 40%, $Petroleo Brasileiro SA(PBR.US) is down 25% in what would be its 2nd worst day ever, and $Mercadolibre(MELI.US) and $Ambev(ABEV.US) are both down about 10%The Brazilian real sank about 8% to R$5.42 per dollar and Ibovespa futures fell almost 15%, right near the exchange's emergency floorLula beat Flávio Bolsonaro with 51.79% of the vote after markets had priced in a right-wing win and fiscal tighteningBrazilian stocks had rallied almost 7% since the first round, so this whole trade is unwinding in a single morningWhen an entire country's market gets repriced overnight on one election, the lesson is that consensus positioning is the biggest risk of allSource: StockMarket.News

