Finding the Hot Spots

Praise for FINDING THE HOT SPOTS "e;David Riedel's Finding the Hot Spots provides keen insights into the new reality of investing with a global perspective. Internationally diversified investment portfolios reduce risk while enhancing returns, as many American-based individual and institutional investors have discovered in recent years. Riedel succeeds in providing simple, effective tools and strategies."e; --J. Craig Chapman Managing Director, Long-Term Asset Management (HK) Limited "e;Finding the Hot Spots simplifies and demystifies international investing and makes non-U.S. markets alluring and accessible . . . a must-read for all individual investors."e; --John D. Meserve Chairman, BNY Jaywalk, Inc. "e;Anyone considering investing in emerging markets should begin by reading David Riedel's Finding the Hot Spots. This excellent book explains how to reap the benefits while avoiding the risks of investing in the world's fastest growing economies. Having worked with David in Thailand during the peak of the Bangkok Bubble in the mid-1990s, I believe few people are more qualified to write about this subject than he is."e; --Richard Duncan Author of The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures

Praise for FINDING THE HOT SPOTS"David Riedel's Finding the Hot Spots provides keen insights intothe new reality of investing with a global perspective.Internationally diversified investment portfolios reduce risk whileenhancing returns, as many American-based individual andinstitutional investors have discovered in recent years. Riedelsucceeds in providing simple, effective tools andstrategies."J. Craig Chapman Managing Director, Long-Term Asset Management(HK) Limited"Finding the Hot Spots simplifies and demystifies internationalinvesting and makes non-U.S. markets alluring and accessible . . .a must-read for all individual investors."John D. Meserve Chairman, BNY Jaywalk, Inc."Anyone considering investing in emerging markets should begin byreading David Riedel's Finding the Hot Spots. This excellent bookexplains how to reap the benefits while avoiding the risks ofinvesting in the world's fastest growing economies. Having workedwith David in Thailand during the peak of the Bangkok Bubble in themid-1990s, I believe few people are more qualified to write aboutthis subject than he is."Richard Duncan Author of The Dollar Crisis: Causes, ConsequencesCures

Chapter 1 Invest Internationally for Yourself 1Chapter 2 Think Globally, Invest Locally 11Chapter 3 Diversify--Don't Put All Your Eggs in OneBasket 33Chapter 4 Understanding Relationships: Who Is Benefiting fromCurrent Trends? 85Chapter 5 Invest in Line with Government Goals 121Chapter 6 Don't Buy Regulatory Structure 139Chapter 7 Know the Shareholders 155Chapter 8 Buy the Banks 163Chapter 9 The Impact of Currency 173Chapter 10 Don't Be the Last One In 185Conclusion 193Appendix 201Index 209