Don’t let it get away! Keep track of the stocks that matter to you. Help yourself with the Fool’s FREE and easy new watchlist service today. Click Here Now Investors have a unique perspective on current events, as they always have to consider the financial ramifications of what’s happening throughout the world. Sometimes, as we saw with the Greek sovereign debt crisis, the event that spurs civil unrest is itself a direct consequence of activity in the financial markets. Yet more recently, uprisings in Egypt, Turkey, and Brazil have raised concerns about the potential future economic impact if tensions continue to rise — and have stirred some opportunistic investors to try to take advantage of falling markets in those countries to find investment bargains. Before you seek your fortune in potential hot spots around the world, though, you need to know some of the dangers involved. With your investment safety in mind, let’s take a look at the biggest risk that faces investors looking to concentrate on particular countries and what you need to do to control that risk. The danger of thinly traded marketsYour most important concern when investing in a particular country should be figuring out how easy [...]
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