Financial Analysts Favor Brazil in World Cup

With two weeks to go before the start of the World Cup, most financial analysts are in agreement as to who will emerge victorious in South Africa.

According to a report on FT Alphaville, Morgan Stanley, Danske Bank, Evolution Securities and UBS have all predicted that Brazil will be the winner.

“(We) expect Brazil to once again become World Champions. So, we are happy to be long Brazil as we head into the World Cup,” read a Danske Bank note.

Goldman Sachs hedged itself by forecasting the four semi-finalists: England, Argentina, Brazil and Spain.

JP Morgan, meanwhile, thinks England will be the winning side at the July 11 final in Johannesburg.