Contrarian investors “run into burning buildings.” This doesn’t mean they’re daredevils. It just means they understand a basic principle of the market: That the best time to buy is when the crowd is running in the opposite direction. This stampede effect causes prices of perfectly good assets to hit the floor.
It’s easy to repeat Warren Buffett’s advice at dinner parties: “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.” It’s harder to follow when it comes to your own portfolio.
Dividend champions are particularly attractive if you’re nearing retirement or are already retired. That’s because on top of capital growth (what happens when the stock price rises) they allow you to create a passive income stream in your account.
Today, I want to dig a little deeper into this topic. Because it is one of the best investment opportunities available to U.S.-based investors today. This is especially true, if you’re the type of person who has no interest in checking the market everyday.
I have a friend in London. He’s in the property business. And he’s a smart guy. He recently came by some money through an inheritance. And he wanted to invest in an equities fund of some sort.
Everyone knows the world is in crisis. Yet I’m looking forward to the new year…and you should be, too…because you could make some serious money.
China, Brazil and India were the big emerging-market growth stories of recent years. Indonesia is this year’s story.
Templeton – who died at the age of 95 in 2008 – is the most successful overseas investor ever to have lived. And he had one of the longest and most successful investment records of all times.
In 1954, the founding father of overseas investing, Sir John Templeton, had a big idea: look beyond America’s borders for investing riches.
Here at International Living Investor we like big, unstoppable trends. Trends you can profit from year after year…and even decade after decade.
Vietnam is a place that gets me excited. In the capital Hanoi, the sights, sounds and smells assault your senses all at once. Of all the cities in the 32 or more countries that I’ve traveled to, Hanoi is my top pick for a city trip.
As you probably know by now if you’ve been dipping into these reports, I’m bullish on emerging markets. Fact is if you want to make big returns over the next decade, you’ve simply got to have some emerging markets exposure in your portfolio.
There’s a currency I think of as the “anti-dollar” that continues to appreciate against the U.S. dollar.
Today, I’m going reveal a secret Wall Street doesn’t want you to know about.
Imagine the scene… It’s September 1, 1939. Crack German troops and Panzer tanks are pouring into Poland. One million Polish soldiers—including some heavily outgunned cavalry divisions—are desperately battling to save their country from the Nazi invaders.
It’s all over now—except for the profit-making, of course.
As the bar closed, signatures were still being inked on contracts, backs were being patted, and hands were shaken. No somber business meeting this…there were lots of smiles and laughter.
We all know that the world is in turmoil. Things aren’t great anywhere…except Brazil…and China…and a few other really attractive places.
As Financial Editor of International Living I have one goal: To help you protect and grow your wealth so that you can live the life of your dreams overseas.
I am writing to you today from Rocha in Uruguay. I love it here—clean air, green fields, traffic-free roads and miles of unspoilt sandy beaches. Bliss.
Whether you’re investing $10,000 or $10 million, these six factors will determine your eventual net worth.
When markets plummeted and Congress rushed to hand over your money to Wall Street…International Living editors kept their cool.
One way to ensure that you are on the right investment path is to watch for what the big guys do.
Forests have long been considered a steady, yet boring investment. But recently, an upturn in timber prices has led to a renaissance in timber shares. However, none of this was felt at Highland Timber plc, a tiny English forest company listed on London’s AIM market. Ever since the mid-1990s, the share price has only ever gone downward. That is, until a few months ago.
