International Investing

Learn the latest to help with your international investing.

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How China’s Economy Passed the United States

According to the International Monetary Fund, when you measure national economic output in “real” terms of goods and...

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How Argentina Could Improve Its Monetary Policy

"Ni Democracia ni Dictadura" -- Graffiti on wall in Rosario, Argentina I spent a week in Rosario, Argentina,...

Why This Wounded Bear Could Become a Bucking Bull

Russia is a mess. Plunging oil prices, a ruptured ruble, years of a corrosive “kleptocracy,” Western economic sanctions...

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China Offers Enticing International Investing Prospects

A prospective client asked me which parts of the world I thought were the best in terms of...

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How the Coming Changes to China’s Market will Affect the World

One trend I’ve noticed during the past several months is the lack of international stock exposure in most...

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Why Japan Surprised the World with its Quantitative Easing Announcement

Just when you thought the financial world would take a much-needed break from quantitative easing (QE), the Land...

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How Vanguard Takes on Developed Markets

VEA is Vanguard’s third-largest fund by assets under management at $44.46 billion, and its 0.09% expense ratio is...

How Global Markets are Faring in 2014 so Far

If you’ve been invested in a stock market anywhere in the world over the past month, then I...

ISIS Terrorists Devastate Economies and Communities with Religious Persecution

The barbaric reign of murder, violent religious persecution and other brutality waged by Islamic State of Iraq and...

Souring Chinese Consumers Weigh on Alibaba Shares

There’s been no shortage of commentary on the recent initial public offering (IPO) of Alibaba (BABA) shares.