concentrated in nontradable goods; faster productivity growth in foreign tradable goods will actually exacerbate the U …

of the current account: exports and imports of goods and services, income from U.S. and foreign portfolio and direct … investments, and net unilateral transfers. …

Interest in foreign investment has been high among U.S. investors in recent years. Many investors know that geographic … weight to give to foreign investment, are questions often subject to heated debate. Whether or not to invest abroad is part … based on major asset classes, including two foreign indices, European and Pacific, in addition to domestic stocks, bonds …

The authors review the empirical literature that studies the relationship between foreign direct investment … foreign direct investment and national growth? And does the output of the "multinational sectors" exhibit higher labor …

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been growing rapidly, at a pace far exceeding the growth in international trade …

position reflects sizable capital gains stemming from strong foreign equity markets and a weaker dollar - conditions that could … of return on U.S. foreign direct investment (FDI) assets than on U.S. FDI liabilities, ongoing borrowing is likely to …

and equities within their U.S. portfolios. The poor timing of foreign investors--caused primarily by deliberate trading … entirely by the poor timing of rich, developed (mainly European) countries. Finally, while poor foreign timing appears to be …

Counter to extant stylized facts, using newly available data on country allocations in U.S. investors' foreign equity ….S. investors' foreign equity portfolios outperformed a value-weighted foreign benchmark by 160 basis points per year. …