International Fundamental Analysis

Research a country and/or an industry or company in a specific country at Wright Investor's Service (www.wisi.com). Pull down the menu bar under Wright Research Center, make your selection, and then review the companies. This is an excellent site for researching international companies and industries.

International Investing

Go to the Morgan Stanley Global Economic Forum archives at www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/digests.html and click on a recent date to see the report for that day. Choose a company from those listed and read the section that discusses the country's current economic situation. What factors are cited as significant? How would each of the factors affect your decision about whether to include securities from this country in your portfolio?

Return to the archives page and choose another report approximately one year older than the one you just reviewed. Find the report for the same country (you might have to check a few surrounding dates to find the same country). Compare the issues that were listed a year ago to those you found in the recent report. Is there any overlap or are they completely different?