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These aren't easy trends to invest in. Health clubs, golf courses and specialty travel companies tend to be privately owned. Cruise lines are cyclical; casinos are overbuilt; Wal-Mart is crushing the profit margins in vitamins, supplements and health food...
After this summer's market meltdown and the dollar's fall against the euro, who could blame the weary, wary American investor for seeking shelter overseas? Investing abroad is a logical choice to balance your portfolio. But how much? And where? Time senior writer Daniel Kadlec and reporter Jyoti Thottam asked three top portfolio managers, Gary Bergstrom, chairman of Acadian Asset Management; Barton Biggs, chairman of invest- ment management for Morgan Stanley; and Sarah Ketterer, CEO of Causeway Capital Management. Here are their top picks among overseas markets and some advice on the smartest ways to diversify globally...
...Awesome," says Diane, 35. She's spending that $40,000 on home improvements, and expects to get a bigger return for her buck from them than from stocks. "My parents just lost $200,000 in the stock market," she says. "I saw what happened to them. I prefer to invest in my home...
...billion remodeling their homes, up from $107 billion in the 12 months that ended March 31, Harvard's Joint Center reports. Some of the money came from stocks. But most was borrowed against homeowners' record $6.7 trillion of equity. Home has never been sweeter. "It's good to invest in your house, to fix it up," says Patricia Chavez, 40, who lives with her husband and three children in Moreno Valley, Calif. The Chavezes just borrowed $20,000 against the house, partly to pay off high-interest credit cards. "The price of homes going up has truly benefited us. Otherwise...
...stocks slump for a third consecutive year, investors are rediscovering the benefits of true international exposure. Mutual funds that invest in foreign stocks are seeing net inflows, and much of the action is in emerging markets, a sector that boasts economies with heady growth rates of 4% to 8% and companies that are relatively disconnected from conditions in the U.S. In a period of weakness for the U.S., the best foreign funds will be those that own shares of local companies that don't do a lot of business in the States. These funds, like Pioneer Emerging Markets and Dreyfus...