Monday, May 25, 2015

Investable stock markets

If you are seeking greener pastures compared to wherever home currently is, here is a (subjective) list of what may be deemed "investable" countries, where otherwise there are no major macroeconomic or accounting fraud risks to consider.

A verdict on the market is not the same as a judgment on a stock, so you must come to your own conclusions on each individual company yourself.


North America
USA
Canada

Europe
Germany (Warren Buffett has recently invested here)
UK
Switzerland
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Spain and Italy - Buffett has expressed interest in these countries (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti1hjSZdEZY)

Asia/Middle East
Israel (Buffett has said this nation reminds him of the United States at its own birth)
Singapore
Hong Kong
South Korea
Taiwan
Japan
India
China

Australia
New Zealand

You may find the Economist's rankings of Business Economic Risk here: http://pages.eiu.com/rs/eiu2/images/BER_2014.pdf?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRogsqrBZKXonjHpfsX67eosWKexlMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ES8pmI%252BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFTbjGMbht2bgMUhU%253D

Thoughts? Additions or subtractions? Please share.