Global Bargain Hunting The Investor&39s Guide to Profits in Emerging Markets [Paperback]

A RANDOM WALK AROUND THE WORLD
With the same clarity and insight that made Burton Malkiel's enormously popularA Random Walk Down Wall Streetan influential bestseller,Global Bargain Huntingshows nonprofessional investors how to reap investment profits from the tremendous economic growth potential of developing countries. Describing a variety of strategies, Malkiel and Mei show you how to significantly reduce investment risk and increase profit from an expected recovery in emerging markets. In this book you will find out:
* Why long-term investment is the key to financial success in emerging markets
* How to adjust asset allocation and risk exposure for a variety of life-cycle investment objectives (high growth, college expenses, retirement, etc.)
* Why low-cost, low-turnover index funds should be the core of a well-diversified international portfolio
* How emerging market bonds, real estate, and natural resource securities can help round out the portfolios of those with substantial assets
* The most up-to-date changes in the global financial landscape in a new introduction written especially for this editionBurton Malkielholds the Chemical Bank Chairman's Professorship at Princeton University, and is the author ofA Random Walk Down Wall Street.He serves on the boards of several major corporations, including The Vanguard Group, an investment company with over $450 billion in assets. He is former president of the American Finance Association. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.Introduction to the Paperback Edition: Recent Crises Present Historic Opportunities
In the first edition ofGlobal Bargain Hunting,we wrote not only of the large, long-run growth opportunities in the stock markets of emerging countries, but also of the enormous risks involved. We indicated how political and currency instability could sour many investment opportunities and how lawlessness and corruption made many emerging ml³: