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The thing is though that even though the S&P 500 and DOW have done well there are markets all over the world that are doing even better than they are and I believe will be absolutely incredible going forward.

In the third quarter of this year the DOW rose 14%.

He said the US was foresaking its historical isolationism to adopt a new missionary role to act as the world's good samaritan by spreading democracy throughout the world.

This rally is almost certain to continue through the end of this year, because there are so many money managers that have cash on the sidelines that they are going to have to put back into the market.

For example while the DOW went up 14% in the third quarter I made much more by having only about 1/4 of my money invested in foreign stocks.

The 20th Century Was the American Century Right after World War II Time Magazine publisher Henry Luce made the statement that the 20th century was the American century.

In fact you could have simply diversified in a few of them next to US stocks you may own and still done great.

You could have just about put your money into any foreign ETF and beat just about every mutual fund manager invested in US stocks.

At the same time Brazil - which you could have bought with the ETF EWZ - went up 26%.

By the end of the 20th century the US became the world's sole superpower with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Instead of leading the world in manufacturing, the US imports most of its consumer goods while th....

I want to share some facts with you that caught my attention the other day.

It used that position to create a cold war alliance and create a new Bretton Woods monetary system in which the US dollar became the exchange trade currency of the world.

The reason is simple.

Well if you were invested in a basket of foreign markets you would have made a lot more money than that and it's easy to do.

But in the past decade its economic position in the world has weakened due to giant fiscal deficits and a negative trade deficit that has turned the US into the world largest debtor nation.

With the defeat of the Axis after World War II the US emerged as the strongest western nation both economically and militarily.

And if you bought foreign stocks instead of ETF's you could have done even better.

Fifty years ago the largest and most dynamic company in the United States was General Motors.

Fact - From 2000 to Now China Stocks and Commodities Have Trounced The DOW Fact - US Investors Are Only Now Getting Back What They Lost Last Year Fact - The US Is Saddled With Bankrupt Banks, Growing Deficits And A Sluggish Economy Fact - The Investors That Make Money In The Years Ahead Will Focus On Global Markets They Will Be MarketMasterMinds Hi my name is Mike Swanson.

In the future I plan on putting even more of my money into overseas stocks though and you should too.

All you would have had to do is buy some exchange traded funds that track the stock exchanges of the right countries.

IF you were afraid you wouldn't be able to pick the right country you could have bought the emerging markets ETF EEM and made 18% in the last quarter.

Now the company that typifies the US economy is Wal-Mart.

Foreign stocks are doing better than US stocks and this is a trend that I expect we'll see continue for years.

That's good for us, but there is something even better.

For instance while the DOW rose 14% in the third quarter EWA - the ETF linked to Australia - returned 33.8%.

As you know we've been in the midst of a nice stock market rally that is probably making you some nice returns.

I am a retired hedge fund manager and run a private and trading service(it's closed to new members).

Some of the stocks I bought have risen over 50% and several of them pay dividends of over 10% a year.

When the year is over they won't want to look flat-footed.