Word: investments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PARIS: Europeans, fed up with having trade policies vetted by Washington, are gearing up for a fight. With the support of the European Union, France threatened counter-measures Tuesday if the U.S. opts for sanctions against French oil giant Total, which plans to invest $2 billion in Iran...
Stock brokers and mutual-fund companies have been harping on the investment opportunities in foreign lands for years, and they keep making it easier to take the plunge. There are 1,200 U.S.-based stock funds that invest overseas or south of the border. Nearly 500 foreign companies, such as Russia's petroleum giant LUKoil and Mexico's version of AT&T, Telefonos de Mexico, list their shares with major U.S. stock exchanges. Those numbers are growing, and Americans are happy to take a flyer. They own $560 billion of stock issued by companies outside the U.S.--a 15-fold...
...world today is one big capitalist playpen, and there are some pretty good companies in most corners of the globe. Want to invest in the world's largest pharmaceutical company? It's Switzerland's Novartis, not U.S.-based Johnson & Johnson or Merck. Have a taste for the planet's biggest food company? It's Netherlands-based Unilever, not home-baked RJR Nabisco or Sara Lee. Biggest farm-equipment maker? It's Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, not Caterpillar or Deere. Metal goods? Try France's Pechiney, not Alcoa...
CHINA. This is a market that wants to bust at the seams, so despite shoddy standards of disclosure, investment banker Chen says it makes sense to invest there. To play it safe, he says, buy only the 10 or so Chinese stocks traded in the U.S. as ADRS. The vast majority of companies in China are burdened with excessive debt, but the ADRS are in better shape. His favorites: Huaneng Power, Shanghai Petrochemical and China Southern Airlines...
...hunter Sam Zell has been building one of the nation's largest portfolios of apartment buildings. Meanwhile, the way the sky-high stock market has been bouncing has some folks fretting that a tumble is in store. This may be a good time to take some stock gains and invest in larger quarters. "It's a way to diversify," says Bob Van Order, economist at mortgage reseller Freddie...