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Getting Started in Global Investing

by Robert Kreitler

Forward by
Roger Ibbotson

Getting Started in Global Investing by Robert Kreitler introduces The Island Principle.

The Island Pricinple

Getting Started in Global Investing explains why most investors should consider dramatically increase their ownership of stocks outside the U.S. Then the book provides a relatively simple and clear way for them to do this.

In addition to outlining a straight forward way to invest globally, this easy-to-read book offers investors a new outlook on building a portfolio. From the perspective of an imaginary island, the book asks investors take a fresh look at many traditional investment ideas.

Getting Started in Global Investing explains that there are really 21 developed markets investors can choose among (not just two� U.S. and foreign) and that the U.S. has never been the best performing of those markets. The book provides a fresh perspectives on indexing, market capitalization, and short-term versus long-term investment risks.  Getting Started in Global Investing is written to change investors' attitudes about investing.

Whether you follow The Island Principle strictly or simply adopt some of its ideas, any investor can benefit from reading this book.

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