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Profile - Brazil Fund (NYSE:BZF)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
Phone: (800) 349-4281
Fax: (617) 295-4086
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Misc. Financial Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 39%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 1,000  shares
·Institutional: 42% (69% of float)
(24 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 713.0K shares (+11.45%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The Brazil Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. As of June 30, 2000, the Fund's portfolio holdings are comprised of equity securities (95%) and cash equivalents (5%). For the same period, the Fund's equity securities are distributed in the following sectors: telecommunications (21%), banking (19%), petroleum (16%), food and beverage (10%), utilities (9%), mining (7%), forest products (4%), tobacco (3%), electrical equipment (2%), and other (9%). As of June 30, 2000, the Fund's ten largest equity holdings are Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Banco Itau S.A., Companhia Cervejaria Brahma, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, Tele Centro Sul Participacoes S.A., Banco Bradesco S.A., Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A., Companhia Paranaense de Energia-Copel, Embratel Participacoes S.A., and Aracruz Celulose S.A.
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Financial Summary
The Brazil Fund is a closed-end investment company seeking long-term capital appreciation through investments primarily in the equity securities of Brazilian issuers. For the six months ended 12/31/00, investment income totaled $5.6 million. Net decrease in assets from operations totaled $19.4 million. Net asset value per share totaled $21.91. Results are not comparable due to the change in fiscal year from December to June.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]

Position
Juris Padegs, 67Chairman
Nicholas Bratt, 51Pres
John Millette, 36VP and Sec.
Bruce Goldfarb, 34VP and Assistant Sec.
Kathryn Quirk, 46VP and Assistant Sec.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:BZFAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 11-July-2001
$13.30 
Recent Price$13.81 
52-Week High
on 24-Jan-2001
$19.25 
Beta1.21 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)36.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)51.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-25.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-0.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$227.0M
Shares Outstanding16.4M
Float10.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$21.91 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.03 
Earnings (mrq)-$1.18 
Sales (ttm)$0.72 
Cash (mrq)$0.30 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.63 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)19.28 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$11.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$6.51M
Income available to common (ttm)-$16.9M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating Margin (ttm)55.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJune 30
Most recent quarter31-Dec-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-4.33%
Return on Equity (ttm)-4.42%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$4.88M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short44.0K
Percent of Float0.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
9,000 
Short Ratio1.33 
Daily Volume33.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Dec-2000)

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