international investing

There are several ways to engage in international investing, including buying stocks or other international investment instruments internationally and buying into funds that invest internationally.

Investing internationally is a way to diversify portfolios. Diversification may reduce overall portfolio risk by increasing the chances that when one investment is declining in value, another investment may be increasing in value.

Investing internationally includes additional risks to local investing.

These risks include:

• exchange rate fluctuations
• economical instability of foreign countries
• political risks at foreign countries
• accounting standards of foreign countries
• international taxation

Foreign investments require as much strategy as investing for the local markets do. Also, knowledge of the international risks in investing is essential.

Investing in International Markets- Resources

With the invention of Internet, international investors are able to get information on global financial affairs in real time from several online resources.

The global exchanges are also many times good information resources on investing in them, including lists of brokerages that can help in buying and selling instruments traded in the exchange.

Many of the major financial newspapers have reporters based internationally, making them great resources for international breaking news.

Online international resources for investing globally include:

• ft.com
• forbes.com
• bloomberg.com
• reuters.com
• bigcharts.com
• cbsmarketwatch.com

If you think about different kinds of international investments you can find a lot of information on national governmental bureaus that enhance international direct investments into their country.


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