Bangkok--9 Oct--Standard & Poor’s Standard & Poor’s Investment Advisory Services LLC (“SPIAS”) believes that the roller-coaster performance in US markets is good reason for investors to look at diversifying their portfolio abroad. The overriding concerns regarding credit and liquidity in the U.S. debt markets provides investors with a window of opportunity to look at investing in emerging markets, especially Asia and Latin America. Although performance there may be appealing, investors need to discern among the various economic- and policy-related factors that tend to differentiate one emerging market’s performance from another. These and other findings are available in Global Investment Prospects and Strategy, published by Standard & Poor’s, a leading provider of financial market intelligence. SPIAS believes that through careful selectivity investors may be able to benefit from international investments. While emerging markets may still have upside potential in performance, uncertainty dogs the Andean markets in Latin America and potential bright spots in Western Europe are beginning to dim anew. In its report, Standard & Poor’s identifies a number of markets that it believes are currently positioned quite well to benefit investors in the present economic climate internationally. “The questions surrounding U.S. market performance, as well as those facing Japan, and Europe of late, have kept investors’ attention keenly focused on emerging equity markets,” says John Krey, Senior Investment Officer, Standard & Poor’s Investment Advisory Services. “While the slowdown in the U.S. may fuel some apprehension, there are potentially further gains to be made for those who examine global equity prospects closely. We believe the core factors that will likely propel market growth are essentially macroeconomic, but we are not taking a blanket regional approach to investing. There are quite a few issues that could add to or detract from shareholder returns across the developing and developed regions of the world.” Global Investment Prospects and Strategy is published on a quarterly basis by SPIAS. The financial market intelligence contained within is based on the independent, objective analysis, which SPIAS provides to the investment management and advisory marketplace. Members of the media can request a copy of this report from the communications contact listed at the end of this release.