Which of these countries' equities should in invest in? Eastern Europe or Japan or China or S America ?
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Hi,\nIf you want to invest your money for long term then invest in the emerging marekt ecconomy. As this wil give you maximum returns. But before investing look easy exit routes for your investments. Many countries offer easy way of investing but rigid rules to take your money back. \n\nFollowing countries are emerging ecconomies.\n\n1. China\n2. India\n3. Brazil\n4. South Korea\n\nOf these China is emerging ecconomy but the current pricing of its listed stocks seemed to be ficticious. As presently there is no trasparency and lack of credibility in their financial statements. \n\nHope this helps you. \n\nIf you want more help then you can reach me at sdjp@yahoo.com
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The big in Asia are, presently, Japan and China.  Indonesia has a great potential  and an honesty of purpose.. but no 'greatness' yet in Economy. Growing well.  Best wishes.
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The problem with most Eastern European countries is high corruption and plenty of red tape to deal with. Thus the potential return on investment might be overblown. If I invest $1,000 and get a return of $1,300, that might be a good return by world measures, but if I have to pay off $100 to one bureacrat and $100 to another, the return is suddenly not that beneficial.
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Depends on what you consider a country, and what area of that country is under the microscope. Military, the United States.\nEconomically, the European Union (not a country, but their economies are integrated together, and they are economically more powerful than the USA).\nIn terms of economic and military potential, the Dragon (China) is starting to awaken, and could possibly overtake the USA and the European Union in terms of both military and economics.
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Cubes just because they are more volatile.  I go short and long so volatility is good if my stomach can stand it.  If you want diversified ETF's though, IWM (Russell 2000) is doing well now, and Japan coming out of depression looks good (EWJ).
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Chinese. China is the most populated country in the world and will continue to grow exponentially. If you have any interest in the business world, knowing Chinese will be an amazing asset.\n\nIt is THE one language to learn - don't bother with issues like ease or how cool Japanese aname is. They're not relevant to the question.
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In US stocks, most academic studies show that a broad index fund will have the lowest risk.  If you add in foreign stocks, studies differ, but a mix of ~80% US stocks and ~20% foreign stocks is optimal for lowest risk.\nI would suggest:\n80% Vanguard Total Stock Market Index fund\n20% Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund \nHowever, unless you are very young, you should put some money in bonds, and increase this percent as you get close to retirement.  The bonds will further minimize risk, but they lower your overall return.
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I think international stocks, mostly mutual funds that trade in stocks of coutries like India, China, Russia etc. The indian stock market overtook dow jones a couple days back, first time in 18 something years..
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Hi well depending on how much do you are investing? also if you have the time to research and do the homework on the stock such the big companies like IBM, GE, Honda, Toyota, Southwest airlines etc.\n\nGood Luck \n\nPedro
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In general the eastern countries will have the lowest prices. Of course inside of major city centers, you may be surprised that prices are quite high. "Cheap" properties are available in some rural areas or provincial towns, but you usually get what you pay for. The best value for your money (as well as potential investment return) from my experience would be Coastal Croatia, Southern Poland, Western Czech Republic, Northern Slovakia, Lake Balaton Hungary. Romania and Bulgaria may have some excellent values, but I do not have experience there.
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I heard 25% of our deficit is owed to Japan and China.  I don't know the exact amount per country.
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it depends on the $ return!\n\nchavatshimshon>yahoo>co>uk
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India.  Why?  because my boutique banker told me.  He said that 5 years ago, it was China.  But now it's all crap and by the time the names go on the stock or the investment is open to the rest of the world, it's all sucked dry.\n\nTrust me on this.  I BUY my information.  I don't beat it out of the internet.
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Hello,,\nI'm no expert on Irish politics or economics,,,which are typically 2 primary considerations in  foreign investment.\n\nI Do know a few Irish stocks which trade on American exchanges.\n\nThey have generally done well,,both as Companies and in terms of maintaining American Investors' confidence.\n\nThat's not real research,,but it's a Positive Indication towards both InvestorSentiment and Ireland's economic/business climate\n\nAnd I don't know of anything about Ireland which would make Investing  there particularly or unusually risky.\n\n\nAIB IRE CRH ELN ICLR IONA RYAAY SKIL TRIB\n\nThere's a few US Traded "pink sheets" also,\n\nAGIBY CCGGY GLAPY GNCGY KRYAY GCMXY\n\nAll those represent only a small sampling of "Business in Ireland",but as you can see the stocks have done pretty well\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=AIB,IRE,CRH,ELN,ICLR,IONA,RYAAY,SKIL,TRIB\n\nYou may have to check the PinkSheet Symbols on BigCharts.com,etc to see their charts in order to observe their historical performances.\n\nhttp://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=agiby&sid=0&o_symb=agiby&freq=2&time=13\n\n\nActual research can be done online according each specific company.\n\n\nIreland seems OK to me\n\nHope that helps
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Yamaha is a Japanese company, so I'm going to guess Japan.
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Securities markets fluctuate however they can also surge and crash. India, like japan is in a bull market. The sinsex has not boomed to the point of a collapse-india is just going to grow for a long time. I think that India is a relatively safe place to invest for the next few years. I would not worry of a "bust". My suggestion would be to buy Indian companies that trade on US exchanges though. ie. HDB
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Do both, keep money in both places, if last year you would have invested in the mexican bolsa you would have had more than 40% more money. And if they mis managed the economy and break it, the United States will come with a rescue package like Bill Clinton did in 1995, so your money is safe there.