BRIC

The U.S. stock market's recent gyrations have many investors ready to look overseas for better returns. But it's a complicated world out there, which is why many less-experienced investors are still sitting on the global sidelines. Here's what you need to know make investing in emerging markets a little less scary.

Sky-high oil prices may slow U.S. economic growth in the quarters ahead, so prudent investors may want to put some money into companies with strong international operations that can take advantage of growth elsewhere. Here are three impressive options.

Three years ago, the financial crisis spread across the globe, dragging the world into its deepest recession in seven decades. Now, the U.S. recovery is losing momentum, but economists say this time, when America sneezes, the world doesn't have to catch a cold.

A new report by Goldman Sachs examining emerging markets says the total value of Chinese stocks are on track to become the world leader. India is set to become No. 3.

Should it matter to U.S. investors that Middle East stock markets are among the worst-performers this year, with many trading at or near 52-week lows? Hard to know for sure, but here's why this is a development that bears watching.

Thanks to rising affluence, more sedentary populations and Westernized diets, the demand for drugs that combat cardiovascular diseases is growing in the developing world. And Western pharmaceutical companies are paying attention.

The growth stories in the BRIC countries appear in sharp contrast to the view in developed markets, which are struggling to stabilize and reignite wide swaths of their economies; leading indices in Brazil, Russia, India, and China have all handily outperformed the S&P 500 ($SPX) in 2009. But...

Oil traded on Globex moved to $75.15 overnight Tuesday. Part of the reason is that OPEC said it expected demand to rise next year -- up by 200,000 barrels a day. More and more analysts are predicting crude will hit $85 before the end of the year. Their arguments are compelling. Demand is likely to...

Since 2001, Goldman Sachs (GS) has been touting the wonders of the rapidly advancing BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- as the global economic powerhouses of the coming decades. Citigroup (C) recently jumped on the bandwagon with a report that noted the growing economic influence...

How to implement super investor Jim Roger's favorite investment idea. ______________________ Goldman loves these stocks with BRIC exposure. ______________________ Is this stimulus really working? ______________________