Looking outside the square

I follow your articles with interest and like your ideas. I understand that we are heading for a bit of volatility and perhaps, with this in mind, we should be looking outside the square.

My question to you is  how to target the markets that our “cousins” in the US can get access to?

For instance, I read in a financial spiel that China Railways will be building lots of rail connections through to Russia and Europe and will take off and be a similar growth factor for the country like the Union Pacific was for the US at the end of the last century.

If we can’t access any of this “future action”, why not set up a Fund using experts from China for us subscribers to get on the bandwagon?

Secondly, I think India will eventually get going and was wondering if you think the India Fund currently being offered would be a good investment.

A: Thanks for the comments.

I think if you want to target the markets “that our cousins in the US get access to”, then it may be easiest to open an international share trading account and buy units/shares in these funds directly that are listed on the major US exchanges. Back on the Chinese market, there are funds like AMP Capital China Growth Fund (ASX Code AGF), however it is only investing in China A shares.

With regard to the India Fund, I won’t be investing (at least not in the IPO). My impression of India is huge potential, missed opportunities. Maybe this time it will be different.


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