As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, moves in and around Mexico are occurring fast and furious. As Ford Motor announces it is no longer building a new plant in Mexico, shifting the work to existing plant in the region, and a regional ETF is falling in value along with the peso, remittances into the nation from Mexican workers primarily in the US (Money Transfers) are dramatically increasing. While eyes are on the Trump administration’s potential limiting of such cash flow, a Goldman Sachs report expects “workers’ remittances to perform well going forward,” with 5% year-over-year growth anticipated. Largest…
Money Transfers To Mexico Grow Amid Trump Uncertainty
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.