Globalization Investment

The "Globalization" of the investment business has become a recurring theme in recent years. The U.S economy is now much more integrated with the rest of the world than it was several decades ago. Similarly, U.S financial markets are now more sensitive to events abroad than they previously. The growth in foreign security markets has significantly increased international opportunities for U.S investors. Although the U.S stock market has participated in this growth, non-U.S. stock markets have expended even faster. As a result, the total proportion of the world’s common stocks represented by the united states has declined over the last 25years almost two-thirds to roughly 45% today. With formation of vibrant stock markets in Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the far Far East, non-U.S capital markets may continue to grow in relative importance.