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Foreign Intrigue

By Kaizen Wealth Managment | Published: February 17, 2010
U.S. Stocks with Heavy Foreign Exposure: Company Listed followed by its % of Sales Outside North America Colgate-Palmolive          81 Avon Products                77 Coca-Cola                          74 Autodesk                           72 Aflac                                    72 Merck & Co.                      70 Waters                                70 Caterpillar                        66 Nike                                     66 3M                                        64 Pfizer                                   58 Proctor & Gamble          57 You may be surprised by how big your foreign exposure is, or how small your domestic exposure is, when looking at your portfolio of [...]
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Opportunities in International Investing

By Kaizen Wealth Managment | Published: December 21, 2009
More and more, we are finding it easier to justify our higher allocations to international equities.  Roughly 55% of the investable equity universe, by market cap, is outside of the U.S.  Also, world GDP has outpaced the U.S. GDP every year this decade; moreover, emerging markets have seen average GDP growth since 2000 of 5.9% [...]
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