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What's New?
Economic News Calendar
New Articles (full article list here):
Feb 10: Trade Up, Imbalances Grow
Jan 27: Housing Weakness, Low Rates
Jan 20: U.K. Lags Peers in Production
Jan 13 Robust German Trade
Jan 5: What's Next for Housing?
Dec 22: China, Germany Inflation First?
Links to Investor Relations Links to IR pages are now available for Japan, Australia, & Canada.
New FT500 Data (Dec '09):
Sections for all nine countries are complete. Why these countries? The Financial Times tracks the top 500 companies each year in their FT Global 500 ranking. A full 76% of these companies are based in these nine countries. See more.
Economic News Calendar
New Articles (full article list here):
Feb 10: Trade Up, Imbalances Grow
Jan 27: Housing Weakness, Low Rates
Jan 20: U.K. Lags Peers in Production
Jan 13 Robust German Trade
Jan 5: What's Next for Housing?
Dec 22: China, Germany Inflation First?
Links to Investor Relations Links to IR pages are now available for Japan, Australia, & Canada.
New FT500 Data (Dec '09):
Sections for all nine countries are complete. Why these countries? The Financial Times tracks the top 500 companies each year in their FT Global 500 ranking. A full 76% of these companies are based in these nine countries. See more.
Why Invest Globally?
Diversify Globally! We all know we should do this when we invest, yet few of us really do. For example why do Americans allocate 10% to foreign stocks when that number should be closer to 40% or 50%? We invest in what we know, what we are comfortable with. Foreign markets and companies are, well, foreign.
But these markets and companies can become familiar. With the context that the Individual Global Investor provides and some research on your own, you can become globally diversified. One example** of proper allocation is:
United States: 45%
Other Developed Markets 47%
Emerging Markets 12%
**Charles Ellis in Sept. 15, 2008 Barrons' article.
Diversify Globally! We all know we should do this when we invest, yet few of us really do. For example why do Americans allocate 10% to foreign stocks when that number should be closer to 40% or 50%? We invest in what we know, what we are comfortable with. Foreign markets and companies are, well, foreign.
But these markets and companies can become familiar. With the context that the Individual Global Investor provides and some research on your own, you can become globally diversified. One example** of proper allocation is:
United States: 45%
Other Developed Markets 47%
Emerging Markets 12%
**Charles Ellis in Sept. 15, 2008 Barrons' article.
Welcome to the:
Bringing the context of global markets to the individual investor. You will learn about a country's major indices, it's economic data, and it's most successful companies. A focus on the global leaders from each country provides meaningful insight into the dynamics of that economy. Whether you invest in mutual funds, ETFs, or individual stocks, this is the place to make foreign markets familiar to you. Choose a country listed on the left to get started.
Bringing the context of global markets to the individual investor. You will learn about a country's major indices, it's economic data, and it's most successful companies. A focus on the global leaders from each country provides meaningful insight into the dynamics of that economy. Whether you invest in mutual funds, ETFs, or individual stocks, this is the place to make foreign markets familiar to you. Choose a country listed on the left to get started.
