Does anyone have any tips, information, or links for investing foreign (from U.S.)?

Question

Any links with information about companies will be appreciated and helpful. Thanks!

Answer 1

i just heard from --www.forbes.com

tht saudi arabia is increasing their production more than EVER!!

i'd say go for it!!

Answer 2

You have 2 ways of doing it:

1) Invest in U.S. companies that have more than 50% of their business abroad (P&G, PM International, etc.)

2) Buy ADRs of top foreign companies. See

world equity Indexes on www.forbes.com for names. I will recommend Nestle to you.

Good luck!

Answer 3

The easiest way is to find ETFs for the markets/ industries you are interested in. Look at Vanguard, StateStreet Golbal Advisors ...

http://www.ssgafunds.com/etf/etf_perf_su...

https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/e...

On these websites you can look and find all offered ETFs (including international) you may be interested in, their tickers and all information you need.

Hope it helps.

EDIT: people below also provide good complementary ways to do so.

Answer 4

ADRs are one option you have for investing in foreign stocks from the U S. ADRs are foreign stock traded on U S exchanges.  Here is a link to most ADRs

http://www.adrbny.com/home.jsp

Some are traded on the pink sheets either as ADRs or as virgin foreign securities.  Here is a link to the pink sheets.

http://www.pinksheets.com/index.jsp

You can open an account with a broker that has access to some foreign exchanges.  Here is a link to one such broker.

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ibg/ma...

There are countless mutual funds, index funds, and closed end funds that hold only foreign stocks.  Some specialize in the stocks of certain foreign countries, some on regions, and some on sets of countries.  For example  the closed end fund CAF specializes in B stocks of China., which foreign individual investors can not buy.  IIF specializes in India.  And so on.

Answer 5

Well, Halo almost made it easy. You can indeed look at the ETFs, but there is one more thing available. You can look up the holdings on those ETFs and do some cherry picking of the ones that look most interesting to you. (See link below as an example, just one of many).

Another option is to browse the listings at the major exchanges and especially if they are U.S. exchanges then look for the parenthetical initials "ADR". Some brokerage or bank has bought some shares of a company abroad and sells these American Depository Receipts.

Finally, and probably something you really should have checked first, is check with your broker and see what non-U.S. exchanges they also represent.