AnalProbe

You may thank me later...

From best to worst country :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_int...tment_position

HandballJim

The top 10 are on the money, I started looking at some China mutual funds.

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jimmycooper

That's a pretty weak metric. Would be better if it factored in rate of growth and used GDP per capita instead of just GDP so as to account for population. Adding a value that indicates the level of political corruption in each country would also be nice.

Check out EEM. ETFs have more flexibility than mutual funds. I've had about 40% of my portfolio invested in it for just over 2 years. Shares are pretty much flat since I first bought in, but I write calls on them every month so am up about 40% or so.

Here's a breakdown of holdings by country

China 16.36%
South Korea 14.66%
Brazil 14.36%
Taiwan 11.58%
South Africa 7.85%
India 7.43%
Russia 6.38%
Mexico 4.60%
Malaysia 3.53%
Indonesia 2.99%

http://us.ishares.com/product_info/f...erview/EEM.htm

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scubadiver626

Stash it in panama, then watch the movie "blow" with johnny depp.

Eem is a great etf I've always thought, and if we do see a double dip I'll be taking a position.

Ffs, I owned Amazon at $18. Kicking myself for not sitting on that.

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HandballJim

Whats your opinion of this investment? Someone I know has money in this and it pays 7%
https://www.davidlerner.com/Real-Est...nt-Trusts.aspx

I like this penny stock IMSC.pk , looks like they might get a TSA contract in the future.

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adultzone

Philippines! Philippines!

jimmycooper

I don't really follow the fluctuations too closely, but it's had a nice rebound over the past month, something that past trading patterns would indicate a possible dip.

It's really hard to say. My whole investing strategy over the past 2+ years has been to have no more than 2 or 3 holdings and to know as much as one can possibly know about them with publicly available information. So I have 60% AAPL and 40% EEM and don't know much about anything else.

I actually bought EEM as a safe way of getting around that rule because It's diversified in such a way that all I really need to do is stay up to date with 'emerging markets' as a whole, which is something that can be done by simply reading the Economist every week something I do and would be doing anyway. Of all the emerging market etfs, I chose EEM b/c it's is the one that is weighted most towards Brazil and least towards China. In terms of growth, communist governments are bad and infrastructure improvements/capital investment in preparation for the Olympics/World Cup are good, so the plan is to hold up until right before the World Cup. With the high options trading volume, it's an easy 1.5% every Monday after expiry, if I sell the shares for exactly what it was at when I purchased the first batch two years ago, I will have still doubled my money. Selling covered calls is like stealing money. Having traded long calls and puts in the past, I know that once you write the contract and it hits the market, it becomes like a hot potato which will expire worthless in a month. All I have to do is supply the potato.

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AnalProbe

Anyone starting about corruption and presenting a list of countries containing India, Mexico, Indonesia and Brazil has no clue whatsoever.

I was not talking about making money, but keeping it... rough times are coming...

Stick to the top 13 of my list and you will not lose a dime... they are all very stable.

If you still have doubt which country to choose, combine these two lists :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupt...ceptions_Index

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_int...tment_position