Global Investing

MAKE SOME INVESTMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY All Investors Tend to Have a Home Country Bias U.S. Has Been the Place to Invest for the Last Decade Its Late in the Economic and Market Cycle for U.S. Early in Cycle for Some Countries, Particularly in the Emerging Markets Some Countries Experiencing Economic Turnarounds […]

CONSIDER PUTTING A SMALL AMOUNT OF YOUR EMERGING MARKETS ALLOCATION INTO AN ESTABLISHED LATIN AMERICAN FUND. LATIN AMERICA ECONOMIC EXTREMES FAILURES: Venezuela’s economic collapse SUCCESSES: Open market economies: – Chile – Colombia – Peru POTENTIAL TURNAROUND Brazil- attempting serious pension reform ESTABLISHED LATIN AMERICAN STOCK FUND T. Rowe Price Latin American fund (PRLAX) […]

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME DEFENSIVE HOLDINGS IN YOUR PORTFOLIO Ward’s Choices: Counter-cyclical stocks like utilities and cell tower companies Individual Investors’ Choices: Defensive non-stock assets like cash, Treasury bonds, gold … Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.

HAVE FAITH IN THE RESILIENCE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY Contractions are caused by: Excesses in important sectors of the economy Overheating and “irrational exuberance” Prices and inflation spike Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.

OWN SOME U.S. TREASURIES Safe haven asset class in recession eras U.S. rates higher than other developed markets Longer maturity = more dramatic price moves Every 1% decline in yield: – 2-yr Treasury note value + 1.9% – 10-yr Treasury note value + 8.6% – 30-yr Treasury bond value +19.1% Watch the related […]

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES AVAILABLE IN CASH CASH COUNTS Best performing asset class 2018 3 month T bills +1.9% Cash can provide a positive return Competitive rates available RAISE YOUR OWN RATES Higher rates available than savings accounts at commercial banks and most brokerage firm cash accounts YIELD BOOSTERS Savings […]